Form Energy

Director, IT Operations

Berkeley, CA · Director · Full-time

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 22 days ago

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About the role

Form Energy is scaling quickly across research, engineering, and manufacturing, and maturing the operating discipline that comes with it.
This is a hybrid role, which will require working onsite from one of our office locations 3+ days per week.

Own core IT infrastructure: servers, storage, virtualization, and cloud (Microsoft 365 / Azure and Google Workspace) - including tenant infrastructure, security baselines, licensing compliance, and endpoint integration - and the identity and access infrastructure (Entra ID / Active Directory, MFA, and conditional-access policies).
Lead the endpoint fleet and device management across Windows and macOS (MDM, imaging, patching, encryption enforcement) and the supporting service catalog.
Direct networking across all sites - LAN/WAN/WLAN, firewalls, and segmentation - and partner with manufacturing controls teams on the secure IT/OT boundary (without owning OT).
Own the service desk, procurement, and IT asset/inventory management across all sites - through a Manager, IT Service & Procurement - defining SLAs and metrics and driving a strong customer-service culture for a multi-site, multi-shift user base.
partner closely with Cybersecurity & GRC and external auditors.
Manage infrastructure, networking, and endpoint vendors, licensing, and the operating budget
deliver excellence and reliability with a lean team.
Lead a distributed team of site systems/network engineers and a service & procurement manager across MA, CA, and WV

Experience in manufacturing, hardware, laboratory, or critical-infrastructure environments.
Experience standing up IT controls in a maturing or compliance-intensive company.
Familiarity with the IT/OT boundary in a manufacturing setting.
Relevant certifications (e.g., ITIL, PMP, Microsoft / identity / cloud).
This starts from day one.
Requests for accommodations will be treated with discretion.
Form Energy is committed to maintaining the privacy of our applicants.
Please be aware that we will never solicit sensitive personal information such as Social Security numbers or bank account details during the recruiting or hiring process.

Humanity is a cornerstone of Form Energy's culture, and we make sure our compensation and benefits reflect that.

The Director of IT Operations owns the infrastructure, end-user services, networks, identity, and endpoint fleet that keep the company running across four U.S. sites.

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