Job Title: IT Administrator / IT Operations Manager
Location: Gurgaon
Company: 39k Group India's Largest Crypto Trading Firm
About 39k
39k Group is India's largest crypto trading firm, running high-frequency strategies across global crypto venues. We build and operate highly automated, secure infrastructure to support global trading, research, and internal operations. We're now looking for an IT Administrator / IT Operations Manager to take full ownership of internal IT systems, user access, hardware, security, and endpoint management.
Role Overview
This role is for someone who thrives in fast-moving, high-accountability environments, with deep hands-on experience in IT administration, user onboarding, and secure system access across cloud and on-prem infrastructure. You will ensure that every device, user, and system across the firm is managed, monitored, and protected with industry-best practices.
You'll work closely with engineering, HR, and leadership to deliver secure and frictionless technology operations from Day 1 onboarding to day-to-day network and access management, including overseeing cloud IAM policies and end-user compute environments.
What You'll Do
- Own employee onboarding/offboarding workflows: provision laptops, manage VPN access, secure credentials, and control tool permissions across the stack.
- Administer and govern cloud access and IAM across AWS, GCP, Azure ensuring least-privilege access, auditability, and compliance.
- Deploy, maintain, and support DaaS solutions like Citrix, VMWare Horizon, or Azure Virtual Desktop.
- Manage firewalls, VPN servers, and endpoint protection (Sophos, Defender, etc.) across office and remote environments.
- Maintain asset inventory and manage hardware procurement, deployment, and troubleshooting for servers and end-user devices.
- Handle network and internet infrastructure WiFi, leased lines, redundancy, firewall rules, and traffic monitoring.
- Monitor and respond to security incidents or IT service requests in a timely and documented manner.
- Manage firm-wide licenses, software installations, and tool configurations (Office365, Zoom, Slack, Jira, GitHub, etc.).
- Define and enforce IT policies and best practices around access control, patch management, device usage, and escalation protocols.
- Work with engineering and security leads to maintain audit logs, conduct reviews, and close gaps across IT surface area.
What We're Looking For
- 10+ years of experience in IT systems administration, preferably in finance, trading, or security-conscious industries.
- Proven expertise in managing cloud IAM across AWS, GCP, and Azure.
- Hands-on experience with Citrix, VMware, or Azure Virtual Desktop.
- Strong understanding of endpoint protection, email security, data loss prevention (DLP), and SIEM tools.
- Familiarity with Active Directory, Intune, Windows and Linux servers, and mobile device management (MDM).
- Experience managing office infrastructure switches, routers, firewalls (Fortinet/Sophos), VPNs, printers, and conferencing setups.
- Strong documentation habits and a proactive, security-first mindset.
- Excellent troubleshooting skills and ability to support both technical and non-technical teams.
Nice to Have
- Certifications like CompTIA Security+, Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator, AWS Certified SysOps Administrator, or CCNA/CCNP.
- Prior experience setting up SIEM, SSO, Zero Trust architecture, or compliance frameworks (ISO 27001, SOC2, etc.).
- Experience supporting distributed teams or multiple office locations.
- Familiarity with automation tools (e.g., scripting with PowerShell, Bash, Python for IT ops).
Why Join 39k
- High-impact role at a profitable, fast-moving firm with global scale.
- Full ownership of IT systems, tools, and infrastructure.
- Collaborative team and leadership that values reliability, security, and performance.
- Hybrid work setup and lean, execution-focused culture.
If you're an experienced IT administrator who loves clean systems, secured access, and zero chaos and you want to be a key enabler of a high-performance trading firm we'd love to talk.
