IT Operations & Security Lead - UK (Remote)

IT Operations & Security Lead   Location: Remote. Collaborating with teams in the USA, Canada and Europe.  Type: Full-time Salary: Up to £90k. We are open to negotiation as we recognise there are different situations, but this is our general guardrail. 🌍 Our vision Every child deserves a better start toward the best possible future. The right educator in the right classroom at the right time can change a child’s chances and, at scale, a nation’s trajectory. Yet too much of our education system’s time, money, and talent are lost to inefficiency. At Zen Educate, we’re changing that through technology: helping schools save millions in tight times, helping educators find work that rewards their skills and fits their lives, and building a better-educated society that invests its best in every child. What I’m looking for 👋 Hi, I’m Martin, Chief Technology Officer at Zen Educate, and I’m looking for someone to own Zen’s internal IT systems and security as we grow. You’ll report directly to me as part of our new Business Systems team, and you’ll be the first dedicated hire to replace what has so far been spread across several roles. I’ll lean on you to execute well and to show the way on modern IT and security practice, including automation, governance and AI adoption. Your north star is a clear, proportionate, defensible and scalable IT and security posture, for the company Zen is today and the one it’s growing into. That means fixing the problem in front of you, while making sure n