Senior IT Support Engineer

About Knightscope
Knightscope (NASDAQ: KSCP) is a security technology company building the nation's first Autonomous Security Force — autonomous machines, AI-driven software, and elite security professionals operating as one integrated managed service. The Company is on a mission to make the United States of America the safest country in the world. One Team. One Force.
Job Summary
The Senior IT Support Engineer is the senior technical individual contributor on the Knightscope IT team and the escalation point of last resort before the Director of IT. The role owns Tier 2/3 engineering and escalation across a 250+ user Microsoft 365 and Okta-integrated environment, leads IT infrastructure and rollout projects end to end, and acts as the business analyst bridging department stakeholders and the IT stack. Beyond hands-on engineering, the position carries technical leadership responsibility — mentoring analysts, setting standards, owning runbooks and documentation, and driving service improvement across the ITSM function. The successful candidate is equally comfortable writing a PowerShell automation, running a project schedule with vendors and executives, and translating a business requirement into a system design.
Location and Schedule: Full-time, exempt. Primarily on-site at Sunnyvale HQ, with remote and after-hours work as business needs require
About the Role
Knightscope’s IT team runs a modern, cloud-first stack supporting a hybrid workforce across engineering, operations, finance, and executive functions, plus an ongoing integration of the KSF subsidiary. This role sits at the center of that stack. You will own the technical depth behind endpoint, identity, and security operations while simultaneously carrying two or three concurrent infrastructure projects — security tooling rollouts, network and AV buildouts, ITSM automation, M&A-driven system integrations, and AI tooling deployment.
You will work directly with the Director of IT on roadmap and budget, act as technical lead for the IT analyst team, and interface with Finance, HR, Security, Engineering, and outside vendors as the IT-side owner of business requirements. The environment is technically demanding, moves fast, and rewards people who take ownership, close loops without being chased, and document what they build. Candidates who thrive with autonomy, move decisively through ambiguity, and communicate clearly with both field technicians and executive staff will excel here.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Operations and Endpoint Engineering
Serve as the Tier 2/3 escalation point for all hardware, software, connectivity, and identity issues across Windows and macOS endpoints; own root cause analysis and permanent fixes rather than repeat break-fix
Own the full device lifecycle — imaging and zero-touch provisioning, compliance policy, application packaging and deployment, patching, and secure decommission — via Microsoft Intune and Apple Business Manager
Design and maintain PowerShell automation for user lifecycle, bulk administration, license reconciliation, reporting, and Microsoft 365 / Okta API integrations
Administer the Microsoft 365 tenant at an advanced level — Exchange Online, SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, security and compliance policy, and license optimization
Support and engineer conference room AV and event technology for company-wide meetings, earnings calls, and executive briefings
Maintain accurate asset inventory and coordinate hardware procurement and lifecycle refresh with vendors including CDW
Identity, Security, and Infrastructure
Own Okta SSO and Microsoft Entra ID administration — application SSO integration, SCIM provisioning, group and app assignment rules, MFA and conditional access policy, and Okta Workflows automation
Administer endpoint security tooling (SentinelOne EDR, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint) including agent deployment, policy tuning, exclusion management, and alert triage; partner with Cybersecurity on incident response and remediation
Support network operations across HQ and remote sites — firewall policy (SonicWall), VLAN segmentation, DHCP/DNS, wireless, and switch-level troubleshooting
Enforce and document IT policy and access control standards; produce audit-ready evidence for internal and external review
Administer physical access control (Brivo), privileged remote support (BeyondTrust), and password management (Keeper) platforms
Project Management and Delivery
Own IT projects end to end — scope, requirements, budget input, vendor coordination, schedule, risk log, testing, cutover, and post-implementation support
Produce and maintain project artifacts: project plans, RACI, status reporting to leadership, change records, and closeout documentation
Coordinate cross-functional stakeholders and third-party vendors, holding them to committed dates and deliverables
Lead technical workstreams for subsidiary and acquisition IT integrations, including domain, email, identity, device, and application consolidation
Drive change management and end-user readiness for new platform rollouts, including training material, communications, and adoption tracking
Business Analysis and Process Improvement
Partner with department stakeholders to gather and document business requirements, then translate them into system requirements, workflow designs, and platform configurations
Map current-state processes, identify gaps and manual effort, and recommend automation or platform changes with a clear cost and effort case
Evaluate vendors and platforms — build comparison matrices, run proofs of concept, and produce written recommendations to support purchasing decisions
Own ITSM service design in Fresh service — service catalog, workflow automation, SLA policy, approval routing, asset records, and reporting
Build and maintain operational reporting on ticket volume, SLA attainment, license consumption, and asset position to support IT budget and headcount planning
Technical Leadership and Mentorship
Act as technical lead for IT Support Analysts — set standards, review work, provide direction on escalations, and develop skills through structured mentorship
Own the IT knowledge base and runbook library; enforce documentation discipline across the team
Serve as acting IT lead in the Director’s absence for operational decisions and escalations

Employment type
Full-Time

Work arrangement
No