IT Support Technician (12-8PM EST) - job 1 of 2

About Datadog: 

We're on a mission to build the best platform in the world for engineers to understand and scale their systems, applications, and teams. We operate at high scale—trillions of data points per day—allowing for seamless collaboration and problem-solving among Dev, Ops and Security teams globally for tens of thousands of companies. Our engineering culture values pragmatism, honesty, and simplicity to solve hard problems the right way.

The Team:

The IT Support team is responsible for the hardware and software that Datadog employees around the world use on a daily basis to successfully do their jobs. This means supporting thousands of endpoint devices such as macOS, iOS, Chrome OS and Windows. In addition you will support software as a service (SaaS) solutions like G Suite, Slack, Zoom, Jamf, and more.

The Opportunity:

This position offers extra hours support from our NYC headquarters and is a 12-8PM position. As an IT Support Technician for the IT Support team, you will help ensure our ever growing user base has everything they need to do their job. You will onboard new hires, support existing ones and make sure the technology in our offices is working.  

You Will:

• Provide support during the 12-8PM EST shift
• Provide amazing day to day hardware and software technical support for our employees
• Deploy laptops as part of onboarding and refresh cycles
• Assist with new hire orientations covering policies, best practices and services used within Datadog
• Handle general ticketing, account management, and problem escalation
• Maintain hardware and software inventory
• Support unified communications needs for Datadog employees in conference rooms and other common areas
• Create and maintain internal and user facing documentation
• Participate in deployment and security related projects
• Participate in the IT Support on call rotation

You Are:

• You love helping people
• You have supported Apple devices such as Macbooks and iPads
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• You are fascinated by the way things work and love to learn
• You want to work in a fast paced, high growth startup environment
• You’ve used G Suite and other common SaaS applications such as Zoom and Slack/Teams

Bonus Points:

• You take computers apart for fun
• You have supported large WiFi environments using Meraki or similar
• You can write basic scripts to automate tasks

Why You Should Apply: 

• Generous and competitive global and US benefits
• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan
• Continuous career development and pathing opportunities 
• Product training to develop an in-depth understanding of our product and space
• Best in breed onboarding
• Internal mentor and buddy program cross-departmentally
• Friendly and inclusive workplace culture

Equal Opportunity at Datadog:

Datadog is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and more. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

Your Privacy:

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