Senior IT Manager

| Austin | Hybrid
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BigCommerce, named a "Best Place to Work" in Austin in 2017, is seeking a driven Senior IT Manager to join our team to ensure that our core business processes are supported, maintained, and continuously improving. As a leader, you will manage a global team and work with other departments to develop solutions that meet the needs of our ever evolving business to ensure our employees have the best work environment. You’ll also be responsible for the daily performance and availability of the organization's network. This position has a huge potential for growth, and you’ll be an integral part of optimizing BigCommerce’s office infrastructure.

What You Will Do

  • Perform periodic review and evaluation of employees, managing necessary performance issues, training requirements, coaching, and goal setting
  • Build strong intradepartmental relationships
  • Build and maintain strong vendor/contractor relationships
  • Plan and manage small to large IT projects
  • Ensuring clarity around priorities and goals for the entire functional area
  • Ensure Team and Systems stay current with industry best practices
  • Advocate process and solutions for continuous improvement
  • Establish working schedules, manage time off to ensure appropriate coverage for operating workloads
  • Manage a global team of System and Network Engineers
  • Ensure uptime and optimal performance of network, applications, and conference rooms
  • Evaluate infrastructure and recommend improvement to keep pace with growth
  • Manage hardware refreshes and upgrades
  • Manage maintenance of servers and network
  • Manage technology component of office builds
  • Manage health and activity dashboards for the office
  • Manage alert and escalation process
  • Manage asset tracking and inventory
  • Build reports, dashboards, and scorecards to ensure the our system’s health

Who You Are

  • Bachelor or Master's Degree in Information Technology, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience
  • 8+ years of IT Management experience
  • Strong project management skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communication
  • Extensive experience in managing through a crisis
  • Extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals
  • Fosters team collaboration
  • Relationship building
  • Customer service focus
  • BGP experience
  • Excellent knowledge of
    • PC, MAC, and Linux operating systems
    • Active Directory, Domain Controls, Radius Servers
    • OKTA SSO
    • Google Application Suite
    • Google Hangouts, Lifesize, and GotoMeeting
    • Microsoft Group Policy Management Console, JAMF
    • Networking: switches, routers, WAPs

Inside BigCommerce

BigCommerce is a robust, flexible ecommerce platform that provides established and emerging brands with everything they need to launch, promote, manage and scale a successful online store. BigCommerce merchants earn more than retailers on competitive ecommerce solutions thanks to advanced features, better site performance and streamlined business processes. Founded in 2009, the company has received more than $100 million in funding from SoftBank Capital, American Express, Telstra Ventures, General Catalyst, Revolution Growth and FLOODGATE. BigCommerce supports thousands of retailers around the world from its offices in San Francisco, Austin and Sydney.

We’re a team of smart, passionate and talented people on a mission to democratize commerce. If you’re looking to work with industry leaders and love what you do, we want to hear from you!

Perks & Benefits

  • An amazing company culture that doesn’t just talk values, but lives them
  • Open vacation policy for salaried team members and generous accrual vacation policy for hourly team members, + paid sick time
  • Competitive compensation packages and meaningful stock grants for every employee
  • Comprehensive health insurance coverage that starts on day one
  • Fully stocked kitchens and craft beers (don’t worry, we also subsidize gym memberships)
  • Especially cool offices in Austin, San Francisco and Sydney
  • A free online store to help you live out your entrepreneurial dreams
  • Employee-driven team building activities like paintball, rock climbing, social sports leagues, hackathons, movie nights, river floats, etc.
  • Time off for volunteering and employee-driven charity events, i.e., the opportunity to work with various charitable groups within BigCommerce for underprivileged children, homeless pets, and a variety of other causes.
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Location

Our HQ is set amongst trees and nature trails in the beautiful hills of Austin.

What are BigCommerce Perks + Benefits

BigCommerce Benefits Overview

We empower our employees to think big and do great work by offering a positive work environment and outstanding benefits.

For your health: We offer multiple national medical insurance plans including PPO and HDHP options. We also offer a PPO dental plan and vision insurance.

For your wealth: We offer a 401(k) retirement plan, a Health Savings Account (HSA), a Healthcare Flexible Spending Account (FSA), and a Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (DCRA) as pre-tax benefits. We also offer company paid life insurance up to 3 times your annual salary, as well as company paid short-term & long-term disability insurance.

For your resilient self: We care about your wellbeing in addition to your health and wealth. To assist with that, we offer paid vacation leave (15 days PTO for hourly employees and open vacation for our salary employees). All employees receive paid sick leave, paid volunteer time, and a paid wellness day. We have multiple family benefits for caregivers including paid parental leave, newborn child sick leave, adoption assistance, and a flexible return to work policy. We also offer educational reimbursements, a free BigCommerce ecommerce store, and an Employee Assistance Program.

Last, but definitely not least, we like to enjoy ourselves at work. We have company-sponsored employee programs including Employee Resource Groups, culture clubs, even virtual events.

Culture
Volunteer in local community
We encourage our employees to give back to our local communities through volunteer work. BigCommerce provides two paid Charity/Volunteering Leave days per calendar year to all permanent employees.
Partners with nonprofits
Each year, the BC family partners with Partnerships for Children to help kids in the Austin area who have been taken from their homes and are living in protective custody during the holidays.
Open door policy
Open office floor plan
Employee resource groups
Employee-led culture committees
Hybrid work model
Flexible work schedule
Remote work program
Diversity
Dedicated diversity and inclusion staff
Mandated unconscious bias training
Diversity manifesto
Diversity employee resource groups
BEmpowered for women, non-binary people, and allies; BProud for LGBTQ+ and allies; B-United for Veterans and allies; BCinColor for people of color and allies; BigFamily for caregivers and alli
Hiring practices that promote diversity
Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Disability insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health insurance
National United HealthCare PPO & HDHP plan options with deductibles as low as $500, coverage up to 100% for in-network services and low monthly premiums
Life insurance
Pet insurance
Wellness programs
Team workouts
Mental health benefits
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
Company equity
BigCommerce offers equity to employees through a number of different occasions, including an annual equity performance review period.
Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
Generous parental leave
Family medical leave
Return-to-work program post parental leave
Company sponsored family events
Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Unlimited vacation policy
Generous PTO
Unlimited vacation policy for salaried team members and generous accrued time off policy for non-exempt team members.
Paid volunteer time
Paid holidays
Paid sick days
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
Company-sponsored outings
Free snacks and drinks
Some meals provided
Company-sponsored happy hours
Onsite office parking
We offer employees parking in a garage on the property.
Fitness stipend
Onsite gym
Professional Development Benefits
Job training & conferences
BigCommerce offers a variety of opportunities for learning and development from training sessions and workshops, to different conferences to attend.
Lunch and learns
Promote from within
Mentorship program
Career mentorship is available.
Continuing education stipend
Continuing education available during work hours
Online course subscriptions available
Customized development tracks

Additional Perks + Benefits

We empower our employees to define culture in the areas of wellness & fitness, community & volunteerism, and team building through local culture clubs that help our employees connect. Our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) support our diverse workforce through supportive, inclusive networks that help develop awareness and respect across the company. We sustain our culture by understanding what drives our employees' engagement, measuring that engagement, and implementing initiatives to continue to make BigCommerce an even better place to work.

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