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Tekton

Manufacturer of professional-grade hand tools and storage

Information Technology Specialist

Full-Time
$55k - $95k/yr
Mid
Grand Rapids, MI, USA
In Person
IT OperationsIT Service Desk & End User Support
No H1B Sponsorship

About the job

Requirements
  • Have a solid understanding of physical technology and systems.
  • Be familiar with both Mac and Windows operating systems.
  • Have a strong intuition about the intersection of technology and security.
  • Be able to balance several tasks at once and take on new challenges daily.
  • Be organized and appreciate process and procedure.
  • Use good judgment when deciding between acting quickly to fix a problem and being thorough to prevent future issues.
  • Understand people's needs and communicate at their level of expertise.
  • Have a background in information systems or computer science, or equivalent experience.
  • Be eligible to work in the United States without visa sponsorship.
Responsibilities
  • Provide personal employee support for all IT hardware and systems.
  • Purchase, set up, and maintain computers, printers, phones, meeting room equipment, desk equipment, and other equipment.
  • Act as an administrator for multiple company-wide systems, including email, password management, design tools, and phones.
  • Perform IT onboardings and offboardings and other employee trainings as necessary.
  • Train and test employees on best technology security practices.
  • Assist in setting up and maintaining network infrastructure, including configuring switches, running wires, setting up access points, and maintaining server rooms.

About the company

Tekton designs and manufactures professional-grade hand tools, including sockets, ratchets, wrenches, pliers, screwdrivers, and tool storage systems, for both trade professionals and everyday users. The company sells a single, logically organized line of tools arranged by size and type, sourcing steel domestically and manufacturing select items in-house at its Grand Rapids, Michigan headquarters, while partnering with international suppliers for the rest of its lineup. What sets Tekton apart is its transparency, publishing country-of-origin details for every product, plus a no-time-limit, no-receipt warranty and same-day shipping. The goal is to build well-made, thoughtfully designed tools that reflect the idea that simpler is generally better and less is often more.

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Headquarters

Schaffhausen, Switzerland

Founded

2000

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • August 2026 LTS support through July 2027 gives enterprises a stable upgrade path.
  • CNCF incubation increases legitimacy and distribution across cloud-native buyers and contributors.
  • Pipelines-as-Code becoming official Tekton project broadens ecosystem and reduces dependence on core maintainers.

What critics are saying

  • GitHub Actions owns workflow mindshare; Tekton loses on simplicity and marketplace depth.
  • Tekton YAML remains verbose, so teams adopt higher-level wrappers instead of Tekton directly.
  • If Argo, Jenkins X, and OpenShift Pipelines shift away, Tekton becomes infrastructure plumbing only.

What makes Tekton unique

  • March 2026: CNCF accepted Tekton as an incubating Kubernetes-native CI/CD project.
  • Tekton v1.15.0 LTS ships end-to-end OpenTelemetry tracing and resilient resolution on August 18, 2026.
  • Tekton’s strength is cluster-native execution; it runs pipelines inside users’ Kubernetes infrastructure.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Paid Vacation
  • Flexible Work Hours
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan