Senior Manager, Application Administration & Access

X-energy; Oak Ridge (TN); On-site; USD 146,000 - 187,000; Full time

Job summary

X Energy, LLC is seeking a Manager, Application Administration to lead the team responsible for the administration of business and plant applications. The role owns account management, configuration, and lifecycle support, coordinating with platform owners, IT Support, and Cyber Security while not owning server or end-user support.

The successful candidate will oversee budgeting, licensing, and vendor relationships, ensure audit readiness, and drive standardization across the portfolio.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Typically 10 years of relevant experience, with 5+ years in application or system administration and 2+ years leading a technical team.
• Experience administering enterprise business applications, including account management, configuration, and lifecycle support.
• Experience with user access administration, role management, and segregation of duties.
• Experience working under formal change control and computer system validation.
• Ability to obtain and maintain unescorted site access.
• Experience administering applications in a manufacturing or regulated environment preferred.
• Experience with identity and access management across an enterprise portfolio preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and manage the team of application administrators.
• Set priorities, assign work, and balance workload across the portfolio.
• Establish standards, procedures, and performance expectations for application administration.
• Support hiring, onboarding, training, and career development of the team.
• Own account management, provisioning, and access administration across the portfolio.
• Direct application configuration and functional maintenance across the portfolio.
• Serve as the administrator for an assigned subset of applications, including configuration, access, and vendor escalation.
• Provide lifecycle support for applications, including updates and version upgrades coordinated with Cloud Infrastructure.
• Manage application licensing and vendor administration.
• Maintain the application inventory and documentation.
• Coordinate with Cyber Security on provisioning and access controls.
• Execute changes under formal change control and support audits/ NRC readiness.

Skills

Team leadership

Application administration

Access management

Change control

Auditing readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Job description

X Energy, LLC is seeking a Manager, Application Administration to lead the team responsible for the administration of business and plant applications. The role owns account management, configuration, and lifecycle support, coordinating with platform owners, IT Support, and Cyber Security while not owning server or end-user support.

The successful candidate will oversee budgeting, licensing, and vendor relationships, ensure audit readiness, and drive standardization across the portfolio.