IT Support Specialist

The IT Services and Support team is responsible for providing seamless, efficient, and reliable IT solutions across the organization. We handle frontline IT support, manage vendor relationships and equipment inventory, and continuously improve our processes and documentation to enhance the overall employee experience. About the Role As a Frontline IT Support Specialist, you’ll be the first point of contact in our helpdesk for hardware, software, and network issues. You’ll resolve incoming support requests, collaborate across teams to improve repeatable workflows such as onboarding and device imaging, and share ideas that make everyday work smoother for everyone. This role is based in our San Francisco office and requires five days per week on site. Relocation assistance is available. In this role, you will: Provide frontline helpdesk support: Serve as the primary contact for troubleshooting hardware, software, and network issues, ensuring prompt and reliable resolution of employee requests. Improve support systems and processes: Work with cross‑functional partners to identify opportunities for improvement, help create and maintain repeatable workflows, and contribute ideas during IT team meetings. Participate in on‑call rotation: Join a scheduled helpdesk on‑call rotation for priority incidents. You might thrive in this role if you: Bring strong technical expertise in macOS (with working knowledge of Windows as a plus), identity and device management (Azure AD, Jamf, Intune), and enterprise collaboration tools such as Google Workspace, Office 365, Slack, and Atlassian products. Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills, ensuring clarity and professionalism in every interaction. Are highly driven and motivated, with a proactive approach to problem solving and continuous improvement. Show precision and attention to detail in your work, consistently delivering high‑quality results. Possess a customer‑first mindset and the ability to clearly explain technical details to diverse audiences. About OpenAI OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general‑purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Background checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable law, and qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment consistent with those laws, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act, for US‑based candidates. For unincorporated Los Angeles County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: protect computer hardware entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon termination of employment or end of assignment; and maintain the confidentiality of proprietary, confidential, and non‑public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected information technology systems and related data security obligations. To notify OpenAI that you believe this job posting is non‑compliant, please submit a report through this form. No response will be provided to inquiries unrelated to job posting compliance. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made via this link. At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology. #J-18808-Ljbffr