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IT Engineer - Security Analyst & Desktop Support

About Celestial AI

With the growth in Generative AI, data center infrastructure it is not just about the System on Chip but about the System of Chips. In the era of Accelerated Computing, data center bottlenecks are no longer limited to compute performance, but rather the system’s interconnect bandwidth, memory bandwidth, and memory capacity. Celestial AI's Photonic Fabric is the next-generation interconnect technology offering a10X increase in performance and energy efficiency over competitive technologies.

The Photonic Fabric™ is available to our customers in multiple technology offerings, including optical chiplets, optical interposers, and Optical Multi-chip Interconnect Bridges (OMIB). This enables our customers to seamlessly integrate high bandwidth, low power, low latency optical interfaces into their AI accelerators and GPUs. The technology is fully compatible with both protocol and physical layers, including standard 2.5D packaging flows. This ease of integration enables XPUs to have optical interconnects for compute-to-compute and compute-to-memory fabrics that deliver tens of Tbps bandwidth with nano-second latencies.

This innovation empowers hyperscalers to improve the efficiency and economics of AI processing by optimizing the XPUs needed for training and inference and significantly lowering the TCO2 impact. To support customer engagements, Celestial AI is cultivating a Photonic Fabric ecosystem. These tier-1 partnerships consist of custom silicon/ASIC design, system integrators, HBM memory, assembly, and packaging suppliers.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

We are seeking a highly motivated IT Engineer with a blend of Security Analyst and desktop support expertise. This role will be responsible for monitoring security alerts, analyzing security incidents, and responding quickly to potential threats, while also providing technical support to end-users.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Security Analyst:

  • Continuously monitor security alerts and events from various security tools.
  • Ensure timely patch management and the resolution of identified vulnerabilities.
  • Assist in the development, implementation, and enforcement of security policies, procedures, and standards.
  • Develop and conduct security awareness training sessions.
  • Prepare regular reports on organization security posture.

Desktop Support:

  • Troubleshoot and resolve a wide range of hardware, software, and network issues for end-users.
  • Provide technical support via phone, email, and in-person assistance.
  • Document and track support tickets to ensure timely resolution.
  • Maintain knowledge of current technologies and software applications.

QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Requires BS Degree with 2+ years of experience in related areas of expertise.

Security Analyst Skills:

  • Experience with security monitoring tools, threat detection, and incident response.
  • Familiarity with Cloud security principles
  • Security Certifications is a plus

Technical Skills (Preferred):

  • Proficient in troubleshooting Windows and MacOS operating systems.
  • Experience with common desktop applications (e.g., Microsoft Office Suite, web browsers).
  • Knowledge of basic networking concepts.
  • Ability to learn new technologies quickly.

Work Environment:

  • This role may require on-call duties for security incident response outside of regular business hours
  • Strong interpersonal skills 
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team

 

Location:  This role is based out of Santa Clara, CA

 

For California location:

As an early startup experiencing explosive growth, we offer an extremely attractive total compensation package, inclusive of competitive base salary and a generous grant of our valuable early-stage equity. The target base salary for this role is approximately $70,000.00 - $90,000.00. The base salary offered may be slightly higher or lower than the target base salary, based on the final scope as determined by the depth of the experience and skills demonstrated by candidate in the interviews.

We offer great benefits (health, vision, dental and life insurance), collaborative and continuous learning work environment, where you will get a chance to work with smart and dedicated people engaged in developing the next generation architecture for high performance computing.

Celestial AI Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer.

 

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