Mercor
Engineering
TechnologyOperationsSpecialist(L3)
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“Technology Operations Specialist (L3) at Mercor. Skills: IT infrastructure systems, incident response, automation, troubleshooting. Handle day-to-day operations. incident response”
What You'll Achieve.
own the reliability, security, and scalability of our identity, endpoint, and IT infrastructure systems; transform reactive support into strategic, automated systems; balancing speed, security, and an exceptional user experience; improving response and resolution times; elevate team capabilities; prevent them; hire and mentor the next IT Operations team members
Industry & Context.
Systems thinker; trace dependencies; considers second-order effects; asks "why did this break?"; incident management skills; root-cause analysis; blameless postmortems; pattern recognition; Solves problems others gave up on; Thinks through second- and third-order effects
work in-person five days a week, Participate in an on-call rotation
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5–7 years in IT Operations or Technical Support roles, Systems thinker, incident management skills, Understanding of compliance controls, Clear communicator, Self-directed with a bias to action, Solves problems others gave up on, Thinks through second- and third-order effects, Documents solutions, Builds trust through technical competence and calm, clear communication under pressure
Nice to Have
supporting technical teams (SaaS, cloud, AI/ML environments), Expert troubleshooting across the Apple ecosystem, MDM (Kandji, Jamf, Intune), Advanced Google Workspace and Okta administration, SAML/OIDC, lifecycle automation, SCIM provisioning, Multi-cloud Support (AWS, Azure, GCP), Network troubleshooting (DNS, VPNs, VLANs), Scripting and automation (Python, Bash), APIs for repetitive tasks and integrations, low-code automation tools (Okta Workflows, Zapier)
What You'll Do.
Handle day-to-day operations
Triage and resolve tickets
Manage and troubleshoot Apple devices
Analyze downstream impacts
Build and maintain runbooks
Translate technical issues
Mentor future IT team members
Participate in on-call rotation
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
partner directly with the Head of IT; collaborating closely with Security, Engineering, and People Ops; Translate technical issues for non-technical stakeholders (People Ops, Finance, Legal); Mentor future IT team members
Communication Scope
Clear communicator; explain technical issues; write excellent documentation; calm, clear communication under pressure
Process & Methodology
Lead small projects
Full Job Description
ABOUT MERCOR Mercor's mission is to organize human intelligence to power the AI economy. We partner with leading AI labs and enterprises to provide the human intelligence essential to AI development. Our vast talent network trains frontier AI models in the same way teachers teach students: by sharing knowledge, experience, and context that can't be captured in code alone. Today, more than 30,000 experts in our network collectively earn over $2 million a day. Mercor is creating a new category of work where expertise powers AI advancement. Achieving this requires an ambitious, fast-paced and deeply committed team. You’ll work alongside researchers, operators, and AI companies at the forefront of shaping the systems that are redefining society. Mercor is a profitable Series C company valued at $10 billion. We work in-person five days a week in our San Francisco, NYC, or London offices. ABOUT THE ROLE: We're hiring our first IT Operations Lead to own the reliability, security, and scalability of our identity, endpoint, and IT infrastructure systems. You'll partner directly with the Head of IT to transform reactive support into strategic, automated systems that prevent problems before they occur — balancing speed, security, and an exceptional user experience for technical teams building the future of AI. You'll be based in our San Francisco office, collaborating closely with Security, Engineering, and People Ops. IN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL: Handle day-to-day operations and incident response - Triage and resolve Tier 2/3 tickets with a focus on automation and improving response and resolution times - Manage and troubleshoot Apple devices at hyper-scale - Trace root causes across complex, multi-system failures (Rippling → Okta → Kandji → Google Workspace), identify patterns in recurring tickets, and propose automation or self-service solutions - Analyze downstream impacts before making changes; map dependencies and blast radius for SSO, MDM, and access-control changes - Build
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