Senior It Analyst

Mercury Mercury · Fintech · Remote · Information Security

This role is for a Senior IT Analyst at Mercury, a fintech company. The primary focus is on providing IT support, managing IT assets, implementing security measures, and automating IT processes to ensure secure system maintenance and operational efficiency. The role involves collaborating with various teams to address security, privacy, and compliance challenges, and maintaining trust with internal stakeholders and customers through secure processes and system design. Experience with IT internal controls, macOS, MDM platforms, IAM, and scripting (Python/TypeScript) is required. Fintech or compliance-adjacent environments are strongly preferred.

What you'd actually do

  1. Provide day-to-day IT support to employees and contractors via a support queue, serving as a primary point of contact for IT operations
  2. Own and implement a comprehensive asset management program covering endpoint devices, virtual infrastructure, cloud assets, domains, certificates, and IoT devices
  3. Establish and maintain a codified, periodic inventory reconciliation process across discovery tools (e.g., Torii, MDM) to ensure accuracy and completeness
  4. Write scripts and build automation (Python or TypeScript) to reduce manual IT workload, enforce controls, and improve operational efficiency; contribute to and polish existing IT bots
  5. Aid in the creation and maintenance of IT policies and standard operating procedures that meet regulatory and audit requirements

Skills

Required

  • 4+ years of IT operations experience
  • macOS proficiency
  • Jamf, Kandji, or comparable MDM platforms
  • asset inventories beyond endpoints
  • IAM, MDM, and SaaS management tooling
  • Python or TypeScript programming experience
  • familiarity with standard security and compliance frameworks (NIST, CIS, ISO)
  • strong problem-solving skills
  • bias for action, ownership
  • comfort operating in high-velocity, high-accountability environments

Nice to have

  • fast-paced tech startup experience
  • fintech, banking, or compliance-adjacent environments
  • working knowledge of Windows, Linux, iOS, and Android
  • familiarity with IAM concepts and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
  • security certifications

What the JD emphasized

  • security is an ongoing process
  • protecting our customer’s security and privacy is a top priority
  • secure process and system design
  • security risks are always changing
  • IT Security and Support on board is crucial
  • regulatory context
  • IT internal controls
  • regulatory and audit requirements