Techops Generalist

What you’ll do

• Provide delightful day-to-day technical support to all areas of the business, to ensure our incredible employees are able to do their job as efficiently as possible. Their problems are our problems.
• Troubleshoot and fix a wide range of technical issues, from laptop faults and network issues, to automated account provisioning failures and SSO problems.
• Collaborate closely with our Security team to ensure we strike the right balance between security, productivity and user experience.
• Continually find opportunities to automate our processes and improve the user experience.
• Empower our people to help themselves by designing and building self-service solutions.
• Monitor and maintain all the tech in our offices around the world - networks, meeting rooms, printers, digital signage, CCTV, door access control.
• Lead and manage complex technical projects with multiple stakeholders from around the business. 


Examples of some TechOps projects include…
• Rollout of, and migration to, a new identity provider
• macOS and Windows MDM migration
• Rollout of a new device trust and posture compliance solution
• The replacement of insecure factors like SMS with phishing-resistant factors

What you’ll need

• Experience leading on a range of technical projects across various technologies and platforms
• A deep understanding of Windows, macOS, iOS and Android. Troubleshooting should be natural and enjoyable for you
• Experience with scripting, using APIs and automating mundane, error-prone repetitive tasks.
• To be comfortable with a huge amount of ambiguity and spinning a lot of plates all at the same time
• Experience working with multiple teams and managing multiple stakeholders.
• Experience managing and deploying applications to macOS, Windows, iOS and Android devices
• Experience with Identity & Access Management systems like Okta or Microsoft Entra.
• Experience administering and troubleshooting Single Sign-On (SSO) technologies such as OAuth, OIDC and SAML
• Understanding of identity provisioning technologies such as SCIM.
• Experience of designing and installing office networks - we use Cisco Meraki
• A conscientious approach to everything you do and a passion for doing the right thing rather than the easy thing


Don’t think you check off all of the above? We love hiring passionate people with a drive to learn so get in touch and let us know which areas you don’t currently have confidence and/or experience with, we’d love to hear from you! 

Why else you’ll love it here

• Octopus Energy Group is a unique culture. An organisation where people learn, decide, and build quicker. Where people work with autonomy, alongside a wide range of amazing co-owners, on projects that break new ground. We want your hard work to be rewarded with perks you actually care about! We won best company to work for in 2022, on Glassdoor we were voted 50 best places to work in 2022 and our Group CEO, Greg has recorded a podcast about our culture and how we empower our people. We’ve also been placed in the top 10 companies for senior leadership and most recently The Sunday Times, Best Places To Work 2023
• Visit our UK perks hub - Octopus Employee Benefits
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• This role can be either fully office in our downtown Houston office or a hybrid of a few days a week working remotely and office based.
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• We’re very excited to be growing our small team. We’re looking for skills and experience to help shape and define the future of not only our team, but the wider business at a global scale. If you’re reading this and grinning, please apply! There are huge challenges to tackle, and we need amazing people who are keen to get stuck in.


Benefits
• Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options including FSAs.
• Paid time off — we know working hard means also being able to recharge as needed, we trust our employees to get the work done and take the time they need.
• 401(k) plan with employer match.
• Parental leave. Biological, adoptive and foster parents are all eligible.
• Pre-tax commuter benefits.
• Flexible working environment: you need to shift around your schedule? You do you, we genuinely believe in work/life balance.
• Equity Options: every Octopus employee owns part of the business. We’re a team, working together towards huge goals. Every person is crucial to our success, you should be rewarded as such.
• Modern office or co-working spaces depending on location.
• Wondering what the salary for this role is? Just ask us! When on a call with one of our recruiters it’s something we always cover as we genuinely want to match your experience with the correct salary. The reason why we don’t advertise is because we honestly have a degree of flexibility and would never want salary to be a reason why someone doesn’t apply to Octopus - what’s more important to us is finding the right octofit!