Senior IT Systems Engineer — Onsite Factory IT Backbone

FREEFORM; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision insurance (em1

Life insurance

401(k) with employer match

Paid vacation and holidays

Parental leave

Free daily catered lunch

Job summary

Freeform builds AI-native manufacturing systems in Hawthorne, CA, unifying software, hardware and physics to produce industrial-scale parts. As a Senior IT Systems Engineer, you will connect people, factory and data—identity and endpoints, servers and storage, cloud and Kubernetes, and the security layer over all of it.

Join a fast-moving team that values a “no job too big or small” mindset, with five-days-a-week on-site presence.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in systems administration or infrastructure engineering with 3+ in a senior/lead role in mixed Windows, Linux, cloud, and network environments.
• Experience with Hybrid Microsoft 365, Intune, and Azure in on-prem AD synced Entra ID environments.
• Proficiency with Windows Server DNS/DHCP/RADIUS/NPS, Linux (Ubuntu/Red Hat), and SAN storage.
• Hands-on Kubernetes (on-prem and cloud), AWS/GCP/Azure, and networking concepts.
• PowerShell and Bash scripting experience and clear written communication.

Responsibilities

• Run Microsoft 365, Entra ID, and Azure in a hybrid setup with on-prem AD; manage RBAC and licensing.
• Maintain Windows Server, Linux servers, and SAN storage; ensure security and hardening.
• Administer Kubernetes on-prem and in EKS; manage clusters, networking, storage, and RBAC.
• Oversee AWS infrastructure (EKS, S3, IAM) and cost monitoring; participate in incident response and on-call rotation.
• Design and implement automation, document runbooks, and mentor staff.

Skills

Clear written communication

Leadership

Mentoring junior staff

Education

Degree in computer information systems / computer science / computer engineering

Tools

Hybrid Microsoft 365

Intune

Azure

Windows Server

Ubuntu & Red Hat

vSphere/Hyper-V/OpenShift

AWS / EKS / S3 / IAM

Kubernetes

Networking (L2/L3)

Defender XDR / pfSense

Job description

Freeform builds AI-native manufacturing systems in Hawthorne, CA, unifying software, hardware and physics to produce industrial-scale parts. As a Senior IT Systems Engineer, you will connect people, factory and data—identity and endpoints, servers and storage, cloud and Kubernetes, and the security layer over all of it.

Join a fast-moving team that values a “no job too big or small” mindset, with five-days-a-week on-site presence.