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# Senior IT Systems Engineer at Nexxen

- **Company:** Nexxen
- **Location:** New York, NY
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-10-22
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-24
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/nexxen/ee40884e-1f44-4fe7-80a1-5537cd00039d

## Job description

Who is Nexxen? Flexible advertising, unified by data. Nexxen empowers advertisers, agencies, publishers and broadcasters around the world to utilize data and advanced TV in the ways that are most meaningful to them. Our flexible and unified technology stack comprises a demand-side platform (“DSP”) and supply-side platform (“SSP”), with the Nexxen Data Platform at its core. With a global footprint, you can be part of a team that is transforming advertising through our creative, flexible, and unified solutions.

Why join the Nexxen team? With a global footprint, you can be part of a team that is transforming advertising through creative, flexible, and unified solutions. Our employees live the Nexxen Way through the 3Cs: Customer Centric, Curious Mindset, and Collaborative with No Ego.

This role will be based in the New York City office. Our team follows a hybrid schedule working in-office three days a week and remotely for the rest. This is an exempt position. Each day can be different here at Nexxen, but some of the things you can expect to be doing daily are:

## The Role

The Senior IT Systems Engineer serves as a senior technical leader responsible for the design, administration, security, reliability, and operational excellence of Nexxen's enterprise technology platforms across cloud, SaaS, and on-premises environments. This role leads infrastructure strategy, drives modernization initiatives, strengthens security and compliance controls, and serves as a key escalation point for complex technical issues.

Working with substantial autonomy, the Senior IT Systems Engineer partners across business and technical teams to deliver highly available, secure, and scalable technology solutions while improving operational efficiency through automation, standardization, and process improvement.

## What you will do

Infrastructure Engineering & Operations

- Design, implement, and support enterprise infrastructure across AWS, Azure, Microsoft 365, SaaS platforms, and on-premises environments.
- Lead infrastructure modernization, platform standardization, migration, and lifecycle management initiatives.
- Design and support highly available, scalable, and resilient systems, including disaster recovery and business continuity capabilities.
- Perform capacity planning, performance optimization, proactive monitoring, and operational health management.
- Lead complex troubleshooting efforts, root cause analysis, and post-incident remediation activities.
- Serve as the highest-level escalation point for infrastructure, networking, cloud, and identity-related issues.

Identity & Access Management

- Architect and administer Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID environments.
- Lead enterprise identity initiatives including SSO, SCIM provisioning, MFA, and identity lifecycle management.
- Implement and maintain RBAC, privileged access controls, and least-privilege security models.
- Partner with application owners to integrate enterprise authentication and access governance solutions.

Microsoft 365, Automation & Collaboration

- Administer and optimize Microsoft 365 services including Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Teams, and OneDrive.
- Develop automation solutions using PowerShell, Microsoft Graph, APIs, and cloud-native technologies.
- Implement AI-enabled operational efficiencies while maintaining governance, security, and compliance controls.
- Support and integrate enterprise collaboration platforms including Microsoft 365, Slack, and Jira Cloud.

Network & Security Engineering

- Administer and optimize enterprise network infrastructure, including Cisco Meraki and Palo Alto Prisma Access/GlobalProtect environments.
- Design and maintain secure remote access, VPN, segmentation, firewall, and network security architectures.
- Implement security controls across cloud, identity, endpoint, and network environments.
- Lead vulnerability management, patch management, endpoint protection, and remediation programs.
- Assess infrastructure and technology risks and recommend appropriate mitigation strategies.

Compliance, Governance & Operational Excellence

- Define and maintain backup, retention, recovery, logging, and business continuity standards.
- Support SOX, SOC 2, and other regulatory or audit requirements through control validation and documentation.
- Develop and maintain architecture documentation, runbooks, operational procedures, and engineering standards.
- Lead large-scale projects, technology migrations, integrations, and strategic initiatives.
- Mentor engineers and contribute to technical leadership, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement efforts.

## What you will bring

- 7+ years of experience in systems engineering, infrastructure engineering, or related enterprise IT roles.
- Demonstrated experience managing complex enterprise environments across cloud, SaaS, and on-premises platforms.
- Strong expertise with:
- AWS cloud infrastructure and services
- Microsoft 365 and Entra ID
- Active Directory and identity services
- VMware administration
- Enterprise networking, routing, switching, firewalls, VPNs, and high-availability architectures
- Experience implementing and supporting:
- SSO
- MFA
- SCIM provisioning
- RBAC and access governance
- Advanced PowerShell scripting and automation experience utilizing APIs and Microsoft Graph.
- Strong knowledge of cybersecurity principles, vulnerability management, risk management, and compliance frameworks.
- Experience leading infrastructure projects, migrations, and operational improvement initiatives.
- Proven ability to perform advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis across infrastructure, networking, cloud, and SaaS technologies.
- Strong documentation, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

## Preferred Qualifications

- Industry certifications in AWS, Microsoft, VMware, Security, or Networking.
- Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
- Experience administering PagerDuty or similar incident management platforms.
- Experience supporting global, geographically distributed organizations.

At Nexxen, we value our differences, varied experiences, and collective contribution. We know that not everyone takes the same career path, so if you don’t match this job description perfectly, don’t worry! We would rather see your application than risk missing out on your potential to make an impact. In support of pay transparency and equity, the minimum and maximum full-time annual base salary for this role is $100,00-$130,000 at the time of posting, with the potential of an incentive or bonus. While this is our reasonable expectation this is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, actual compensation is influenced by a wide range of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, education, certifications, responsibility, and geographic location. Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location. We offer a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability insurance, 401(k), EAP, parental leave, unlimited vacation, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available will vary depending on the state, start date, and employment type. Our Talent Acquisition team will be happy to answer any questions you may have.

## #LI-DN1

#LI-Hybrid For information about how we handle your personal information please view our [Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice](https://nexxen.com/applicant-and-candidate-privacy-notice/)

Important Notice from Nexxen: Your Safety Matters At Nexxen, we care about the well-being of our current and future employees. We are aware of the growing number of online scams and fraudulent job postings, and we urge all job seekers to remain vigilant. Please be advised that Nexxen will never request payment (whether in cash, cryptocurrency, or any other form) as a condition of employment, offer positions that require you to invest in vague or dubious financial schemes, or promote roles that resemble get-rich-quick opportunities. If you receive a suspicious message claiming to be from Nexxen or encounter a questionable job posting associated with our name, please contact us at infosec@nexxen.com to verify its legitimacy. Your trust is important to us. Stay safe and informed. [Nexxen Fraud Alert and Notice: Protect Yourself from Impersonation and Fraudulent Activity](https://nexxen.com/nexxen-fraud-alert-and-notice/)

## About Nexxen

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Nexxen is a publicly traded advertising technology company that offers a unified platform of DSP, SSP, and data services to power full-funnel programmatic advertising across CTV, digital, and linear media.
- **Entity Type**: Public (Ticker: NEXN on Nasdaq and London Stock Exchange)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, USA (also dual HQ in Tel Aviv, Israel)
- **Founded**: 2005
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Advertising Technology (AdTech), Programmatic Advertising, Connected TV (CTV), Data Management
- **Target customers**: B2B — serves advertisers, agencies, publishers, and broadcasters globally
- **Mission or purpose statement**: To empower advertisers, agencies, publishers, and broadcasters around the world to utilize data and advanced TV in the ways that are most meaningful to them [nexxen.com](https://nexxen.com/)

## Products & Services
- **Nexxen DSP (Demand-Side Platform)**: A programmatic buying platform enabling advertisers to reach audiences across the open internet, including CTV, display, video, and audio.
- **Nexxen SSP (Supply-Side Platform)**: A platform for publishers and broadcasters to monetize their inventory programmatically.
- **Nexxen Data Platform**: The core data layer providing unique audience intelligence, including proprietary ACR (Automatic Content Recognition) data from 45M+ global households across the open internet [nexxen.com](https://nexxen.com/).
- **Programmatic Home Screens**: Capability to programmatically activate native smart TV home screen units.
- **Voice-to-Action Creative**: CTV creative prompts enabling voice-activated responses, built in partnership with Say It Now.
- **CTV Green Media**: Eco-conscious private marketplace inventory in partnership with Scope3.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: ~$921 million (as of mid-2026) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/nexxen-inc)
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue of $364.8 million (most recent fiscal year) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/nexxen-inc)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Public company; strategic partners include Hisense/VIDAA, PeerLogix, Comscore, Scope3, Say It Now. Has completed acquisitions of Amobee ($239M, 2022), RhythmOne ($176.5M, 2019), Unruly Group (2020), and Spearad GmbH ($14.7M, 2021) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/nexxen-inc)
- **Growth Signals**: 681 employees (+8.4% YoY); active job postings up +124.3% year-over-year with 83 open roles; operates in 14 countries across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/nexxen-inc)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Proprietary ACR Data**: Exclusive access to viewership data from 45M+ global households (via Hisense/VIDAA and PeerLogix), providing unique audience insights unavailable to competitors [nexxen.com](https://nexxen.com/).
- **Unified Full-Stack Platform**: A single tech stack combining DSP, SSP, and data management, enabling seamless cross-channel campaign management and efficiency gains.
- **CTV Innovation First-Mover**: Early leadership in programmatic CTV with innovations like voice-to-action creative and programmatic home screen activation.
- **Eco-Conscious Media**: First-mover advantage in sustainable advertising with CTV Green Media and Scope3 integration, appealing to brand sustainability goals.

## Strategic Focus
- **CTV & Advanced TV Dominance**: Deepening capabilities in connected TV and linear TV convergence through proprietary ACR data and innovative ad formats.
- **Data-Driven Performance**: Leveraging the Nexxen Data Platform to deliver full-funnel performance from awareness to conversion.
- **Global Expansion**: Scaling presence across 14 countries, with particular growth in the US, Israel, Australia, and Asia-Pacific markets.
- **Sustainability Leadership**: Differentiating through eco-conscious programmatic inventory and green media products.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as “customer-centric, curious mindset, collaborative with no ego” — the company calls this the “3 Cs” culture [nexxen.com](https://nexxen.com/careers/).
- **Work Model**: Hybrid — 3 days per week in the local office, enabling collaboration and relationship-building [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/nexxen).
- **Global Presence**: 17 total offices worldwide, including New York (HQ), Tel Aviv, London, Sydney, Toronto, Tokyo, Singapore, and major US cities [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/nexxen).
- **Engineering & Tech**: 250 Product + Tech employees; tech stack includes React, Spring, Scala, MySQL, MongoDB, Snowflake, and Oracle [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/nexxen).
- **Growth Trajectory**: Public company with aggressive hiring (+124% YoY job posting growth), strong revenue base ($364M+), and a history of strategic acquisitions — signals stability and expansion.
- **Notable Perks**: Not explicitly listed, but the company emphasizes career growth, skill enhancement, and being part of a team transforming advertising through AI and proprietary data [nexxen.com](https://nexxen.com/careers/).

## Sources
1. [Nexxen Website](https://nexxen.com/)
2. [Nexxen Careers Page](https://nexxen.com/careers/)
3. [Nexxen Job Board (Ashby)](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/nexxen)
4. [Built In - Nexxen Company Profile](https://builtin.com/company/nexxen)
5. [LinkedIn - Nexxen Company Page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/nexxen-inc)

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