Chief IT & Infrastructure Architect for AI Manufacturing

FREEFORM; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 240,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% employer-paid Medical, Dental, &

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Traditional and Roth 401(k)

Paid vacation, sick leave, and company

Generous parental leave

Free daily catered lunch and dinner

Casual dress and flexible hours

Job summary

Freeform is seeking an experienced IT infrastructure leader in Hawthorne, CA to own data centers, cloud platforms, and corporate IT. You will set strategy, run security and compliance programs, and ensure uptime for manufacturing facilities.

This hands-on executive role oversees budgets, vendors, and a growing team across on‑prem and cloud environments. You will lead architecture decisions, build repeatable blueprints for new factories, and partner with the CEO to scale Freeform’s technology

Qualifications

• 12+ years of enterprise IT and infrastructure experience.
• 2+ years leading IT or infrastructure teams.
• Data center infra: compute, storage, networking.
• Hands-on Kubernetes, on‑prem and in the cloud.
• Deep Linux-based infrastructure expertise.
• Own IT budget, vendor management, and executive reporting.

Responsibilities

• Set IT strategy and roadmap tied to factory expansion.
• Architect, build, and commission the data center for the new facility.
• Own storage and compute for petabyte-scale data and high‑bandwidth links.
• Manage Kubernetes and virtualization across on‑prem and cloud.
• Lead security program: controls, audits, incident response and compliance.
• Ensure high availability, DR, and business continuity for production systems.
• Run corporate IT alongside engineering infra; manage budget and buys.
• Mentor the IT team and grow the organization.

Skills

Data center infra

Kubernetes

Linux-based infra

Cloud and on‑prem infra

Budget ownership

Security & compliance leadership

Education

Bachelors in computer science or computer engineering

Tools

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

On‑prem virtualization platforms

Job description

Freeform is seeking an experienced IT infrastructure leader in Hawthorne, CA to own data centers, cloud platforms, and corporate IT. You will set strategy, run security and compliance programs, and ensure uptime for manufacturing facilities.

This hands-on executive role oversees budgets, vendors, and a growing team across on‑prem and cloud environments. You will lead architecture decisions, build repeatable blueprints for new factories, and partner with the CEO to scale Freeform’s technology