Hiring: Senior Engineer Who Wants to Run the Show (Eventually)
Location: Phoenix, AZ — mostly remote, ~2 days/week in the field
Hours: Monday to Friday, 9 to 5, with occasional scheduled after-hours work for migrations, on call expectation is limited as senior backup.
Type: Full-Time W2 w/ benefits
Reports to: Owner (me)
I recently bought a small, profitable Phoenix MSP. My background is sales and ops, not technical. I'm hiring the person who'll grow into running the technical side of the business while I move into the CEO and growth seat. My team has deep experience with our current client base's needs (mostly on-prem server environments), but we need someone who can help us service businesses focused on the cloud.
What you do
You own the complex work. M365 migrations, server replacements, network refreshes, security stack deployments, new client onboardings. You scope it, you build it, you deploy it, and you're the one who knows it inside out afterward.
No handing projects off to the next tier. No inheriting someone else's half-finished job. You own the whole stack, start to finish.
You make the architectural calls. You decide what tools we use. You handle the escalations nobody else can. And because we're small, you pitch in on frontline tickets too. Everyone does, until we grow enough to add helpdesk. That part eases over time.
Who you are
You see a problem and your first instinct is to solve it, then document it so the next person can handle it without you. You finish what you start. You don't need to be managed.
You can run a complex migration on Monday and help carry workstations during an office move on Tuesday and not think either one is beneath you.
You tell people the truth, that includes clients, teammates, and me. You'd rather have the hard conversation early than the easy one late.
You've got 7 to 10 years in IT or MSP work, with real project ownership under your belt. You know M365, Entra ID, Azure, networking, Windows Server, backup and DR, and endpoint security. You don't have to be the best at all of them, but you should be strong at most.
You want to grow into a leader. Not someday in theory, but as the actual plan.
Why you'd want this job
You won't walk in blind. Our outgoing senior engineer has 20+ years with these clients and is staying on specifically to train his replacement. You get a structured, paid overlap with the person who owns this work now. Not sink-or-swim.
The path is real. Senior engineer now, technical lead or director of service delivery in 2 to 3 years, with comp and eventually equity or profit-share to match. The growth isn't recruiting fluff. It's the reason I'm hiring you.
You'll own your work and see it through. For a lot of senior engineers, that end-to-end ownership is the part that's been missing. The difference between doing a piece of the job and solving the whole problem.
Mostly work from home. Real hours. A small team where what you do is visible and matters.
Compensation
$90,000 to $110,000 base depending on experience, plus benefits: QSEHRA health reimbursement, 401(k) with 4% match, 15 days PTO plus holidays, and a $3,500/year certification budget. Comp grows as you take on more.
Who should not apply
Don't apply if "I'm a senior, I don't do tickets" is your reaction to the frontline part. Don't apply if you need someone to tell you what to work on every morning. Don't apply if you're not Phoenix-based. This role needs you local and in the field a couple days a week.
How to apply
Email careers@bitwits.com with:
Your resume. A few sentences on a complex project you owned end to end — what made it hard and how you handled it. And what appeals to you about growing into a technical leadership role at a small business, plus what makes you cautious about it.