Senior IT Manager

TITLE: Senior IT Manager

LOCATION: Bellevue WA - onsite

TerraPower is a nuclear technology company based in Bellevue Washington. At its core the company is working to raise living standards globally through a more affordable secure and environmentally friendly form of nuclear energy along with innovations in medical isotopes to improve human 2006 TerraPower originated with Bill Gates and a group of like-minded visionaries who evaluated the fundamental challenges to raising living standards around the world. They recognized energy access was crucial to the health and economic well-being of communities and decided that the private sector needed to take action and create energy sources that would advance global energy deployment. TerraPowers mission is to be a world leader in new nuclear technologies while developing innovators and future leaders in the nuclear field. As a result the companys activities in the fields of nuclear energy and related sciences are yielding significant innovations in the safety and economics of nuclear power hybrid energy and medical applications all for significant human health benefits.

TerraPower is seeking to hire highly motivated and forward-thinking professionals who are interested in focusing on advanced nuclear reactor research and development and influencing change within the nuclear power landscape and bringing forward the critical production of medical isotopes. TerraPower is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex gender identity sexual orientation race color religious creed national origin physical or mental disability protected Veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local addition as a federal contractor TerraPower has instituted an Affirmative Action Plan (AAP) in an effort to proactively recruit hire and promote women minorities disabled persons and veterans.

Senior IT Manager

TerraPowers IT team is responsible for the design implementation and management of all enterprise systems from data center infrastructure to applications. The team is seeking a Senior IT Manager to lead the team supporting TerraPowers core enterprise infrastructure and systems. This includes resources hosted at our local data center in our Azure tenant or as a SaaS offering. The ideal candidate will play a crucial role in ensuring the reliability security and scalability of our IT operations as we continue to expand our facilities and capabilities.

Candidates should have experience managing the staff that implement and maintain a variety of applications and infrastructure components. They should be comfortable working both independently and with other IT management across departments and with outside partners. Attention to detail is critical. Candidates should have experience supporting users hardware and applications in an enterprise environment.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and manage the IT infrastructure and application support systems team

Develop and implement IT strategies that align with company growth and objectives

Oversee the design deployment and maintenance of IT infrastructure including networks servers storage and backup technologies

Oversee the teams responsible for deployment and maintenance of applications supporting the enterprise and programs including project support for requirements evaluation of solutions and project staffing during deployment production support until application retirement

Ensure the security and integrity of company data and systems through patching and upgrades

Manage IT infrastructure and application projects and coordinate with other departments to support business initiatives

Defining requirements for alerts from application monitoring system to support performance and reliability

Manage alerting solutions for systems under IT management including communication with team internal stakeholders and users as required

Develop and maintain IT policies procedures and documentation

Provide technical guidance and support to team members and end-users

Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies to ensure continuous improvement

Support engagements with external vendors supporting procurement and implementation activities including vendor management on deliverable quality and cost management

Qualifications

Bachelors degree in Information Technology Computer Science or a related field

A minimum of ten (10) years of experience in IT management with a focus on infrastructure and application support

Proven experience leading and managing IT teams in a fast-paced growth-oriented environment

Strong knowledge of IT infrastructure including networks servers and storage

Experience with both on-premises and cloud-based systems

Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills

Excellent verbal and written communications skills

Ability to build productive working relationships with others

Experience providing guidance on steps to optimize system performance and reliability

Experience developing and maintaining IT policies procedures and documentation

Current with industry trends and emerging technologies

Nice to have qualifications

Experience with HPC infrastructure and operations

Experience with Confluence and Jira

Experience with GitHub Enterprise and CI/CD for code management and testing

Experience with Ansible deployments

Job Functions

Job Functions are physical actions and/or working conditions associated with the position. These functions may also constitute essential functions for the job which the employee must be able to fulfill with or without accommodation. Information provided below is to help describe the job so that the applicant has a reasonable understanding of the job duties/expectations. An applicants ability to perform and/or tolerate these actions and conditions will be discussed and workplace accommodations may be made on a case-by-case basis following an individualized assessment of the applicant and other considerations including but not limited to any governing safety standards.

Motor Abilities: Sitting and/or standing for extended periods bending/stooping grasping/gripping fine motor control (hands)

Physical exertion and/or requirements: Minimal with ability to safely lift up to 25 pounds

Repetitive work: Occasional

Special Senses: Visual and audio focused work

Work Conditions: Stairs typing/keyboard standard and/or sitting working environment of >8 hrs./day

Travel required: 0-10%

TerraPowers technology is controlled for export by various agencies of the U.S. Government. TerraPower must evaluate applicants who are foreign nationals (other than asylees refugees or lawful permanent residents) in accordance with U.S. Government export control requirements. To facilitate TerraPowers export control reviews you will be asked as part of the application process to identify whether you are a U.S. Citizen or national asylee refugee or lawful permanent resident of the United States. Government export authorization approval times vary. Based on the business needs for a particular position TerraPower may not consider a foreign national from a country if it is impracticable to obtain timely Government export approval.

Job Details

Job Type: Full-time

Salary Level 12: $169922 - $ 235464

*Typically our employee salaries are within .90 1.0 of the mid-point of the posted salary band. Any salary offered within the posted salary band is based on market data and commensurate with the selected individuals qualifications and experience. This range is specific to Washington State.

Benefits:

Competitive Compensation

Salary eligible to participate in discretionary short-term incentive payments

Comprehensive Medical and Wellness Benefits Medical

Vision

Dental

Life

Life and Disability

Gender Affirmation Benefits

Parental Leave

401k Plan

Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)

21 days of annually accrued PTO

Generous Holiday Schedule

10 paid holidays

Relocation Assistance

Professional and Educational Support Opportunities

Flexible Work Schedule

TerraPower Career and Benefits information: Experience:

Manager