Head of IT

Generalmatter; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical, Vision, and Dental coverage

401(k) retirement plan

HSA/FSA/Commuter benefits

Unlimited Time Off

Job summary

General Matter is seeking an experienced Head of IT to lead and scale our IT stack across security, infrastructure, and automation. You will partner with engineering to design reliable, compliant systems and drive technology initiatives that align with our mission to power America's nuclear future.

The role requires hands-on leadership, strong communication, and the ability to operate in a fast-paced environment while delivering high-availability enterprise IT solutions.

Qualifications

• Requires a BS in CS/engineering or equivalent experience with 3+ years in systems administration.
• Experience managing Windows-based servers in physical and virtual environments.
• Strong AD/ Kerberos/ Entra ID and multi-factor authentication experience.
• Proficiency with monitoring, security, and scalable IT infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Oversee IT systems, security, and reliability to support growth.
• Collaborate with engineering to design scalable, automated environments.
• Implement standards and changes using formal change control.
• Maintain health of core IT infrastructure and uptime for critical systems.
• Drive automation, performance improvements, and cost efficiency.

Skills

Active Directory

Kerberos

Entra ID

Windows administration

Monitoring systems

Python scripting

PowerShell scripting

Bash scripting

Linux administration

Networking: VPN/SD-WAN

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Ansible

Salt

Chef

Windows Server

Job description

About the Company

At General Matter, we’re strengthening America’s capacity in nuclear energy to create a new set of possibilities, from generating clean energy at scale to forging energy security.

With nuclear energy powering the next wave of American progress, we’re ensuring our country has the fuel it needs for the next generation of reactors, no matter what’s happening around the world.

We are backed by top tier investors. Our lean, world-class team of engineers and operators is applying a first-principles approach to solving the problem of nuclear fuel production. We are a mission-driven company with a culture of urgency, accountability and transparency.

About This Role

General Matter is looking for an experienced Head of IT with strong knowledge and experience across IT technologies. The Head of IT will oversee the company's IT systems, implement best practices, and drive technology initiatives that align with our business goals. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring our infrastructure scales as we grow while maintaining security, efficiency, and reliability. The ideal candidate will be flexible and flourish in a fast paced and challenging environment and will exercise a high degree of responsibility for the processes, systems, and tools you create and manage; all supporting the goal of ensuring the country has the fuel it needs to power its nuclear reactors.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with General Matter engineers to gather requirements, research, evaluate, design, plan, deploy, and support Microsoft enterprise software platforms and related technologies in a world-class environment that meets the needs of the demanding General Matter engineering teams.
• Manage and maintain highly resilient, high-performance, scalable, and flexible systems.
• Make recommendations, justify, and implement improvements using an accepted change control methodology.
• Work within diverse groups to design and deliver creative solutions and resolve problems in a timely and proactive manner by interacting with internal business units.
• Define, document and follow standards and best practices for systems design, testing, and implementation.
• Responsible for the health of the IT core infrastructure:
• Ensure uptime of critical systems to the business
• Drive improvements to optimize security and performance of the infrastructure
• Build automation at scale to improve overall efficiency

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or engineering discipline with 3+ years of systems administration experience; OR 5+ years of professional systems administration experience in lieu of a degree.
• Experience with servers in physical and virtualized environments.
• 5+ years of experience with Active Directory, Kerberos, Entra ID, and multi-platform authentication/identification environments
• 5+ years of experience (including the ability to setup, configure, upgrade, manage, and troubleshoot) with Windows-based systems and services in both physical and virtual environments.
• 5+ years of experience in monitoring mission-critical enterprise environments

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Expertise in creating repeatable, reliable, scalable systems architectures, with high availability, fault tolerance, performance tuning, monitoring, and statistics/metrics collection.
• Understanding of developing web, python, Powershell, and bash scripting applications and build processes.
• Experience with linux administration.
• Experience with automation platforms (Ansible, Salt, Chef).
• Networking experience in IPv4, IPSEC VPN, SSL-VPN, SD-WAN, switching, routing, firewalls and HA architecture.
• Comfortable working with mission critical and sensitive systems, with a sense of urgency appropriate to the responsibilities.
• Excellent communications skills with the ability to communicate with internal/external customers, vendors, management etc. in both formal and informal situations.

Additional Requirements

• Ability to work extended hours and weekends as necessary.

Equal Opportunity Employer

General Matter is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with General Matter is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

Compensation and Benefits

The base salary range for this role is $200,000-$260,000 annually.

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.

Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package at General Matter. You may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of company stock options. You will also receive access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, HSA/FSA/Commuter benefits, and various other benefits. General Matter also offers all employees an 'Unlimited Time Off' policy.