IT Infrastructure Engineer El Segundo, CA

At Arbor Energy & Resources Corporation ("Arbor Energy"), we’re creating technology to power our lives while protecting the planet that sustains them. Our advanced power systems deliver clean, reliable baseload electricity with zero operating emissions—modular, fuel‑flexible, and engineered for the realities of today’s energy demand. At the core is a supercritical CO₂ turbine with integrated carbon capture, designed to bring carbon‑neutral power online quickly at meaningful scale.

Our team includes aerospace engineers, combustion experts, and systems thinkers with a shared goal: to build technology worthy of the world we want to live in. While many of us began our journeys looking to the stars, we’re applying that expertise here at home to deliver dependable, emission‑free baseload power and a future of lasting abundance.

If you share our values and are drawn to rigorous work with lasting impact, we’d love to learn more about you. Come build what the future will run on.

Steward our planet
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We build for tomorrow, ensuring every bolt we tighten and every hand we lend leaves our environment stronger than we found it.

Lead with Love
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We champion the success of our people, partners, and planet, nurturing excellence through camaraderie and rigor.

Explore the Uncharted
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We embrace the unknown with curiosity, using courage and discipline to transform uncertainty into opportunity.

We're seeking a Systems & Infrastructure Engineer to own the deployment, performance, and scalability of our network infrastructure across current operations and upcoming facility expansions. You'll architect and execute network solutions, manage enterprise identity across Azure and Google Workspace, and serve as the technical authority on all infrastructure and security decisions.

This is a hands‑on role that requires both strategic thinking and tactical execution. The ideal candidate thrives in fast‑paced, hardware‑focused environments and operates with a high degree of autonomy.

• Design, deploy, and operate enterprise and mission‑critical network infrastructure across offices, test facilities, and remote environments
• Implement and manage routing protocols (BGP, OSPF), VLANs, VPNs, site‑to‑site connectivity, and secure tunneling architectures
• Configure and maintain firewalls, switches, and network security appliances
• Architect network segmentation strategies to isolate corporate networks from testing and data acquisition environments
• Implement Quality of Service (QoS) policies to prioritize critical data streams and ensure network reliability
• Monitor network performance, proactively identify bottlenecks, and resolve connectivity issues

• Enforce security policies and implement Zero Trust frameworks across all infrastructure
• Manage transport‑layer security and encryption standards (TLS, OpenSSL, SHA‑256)
• Collaborate with security teams to harden systems, apply patches, and maintain compliance with frameworks such as NIST 800‑171 or CMMC
• Design and implement access control policies for hybrid cloud and on‑premises environments
• Develop security policies and procedures for endpoint management, VPN access, and data protection

• Administer enterprise systems including Windows Server, Linux, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, and virtualization platforms (VMware / Hyper‑V)
• Manage identity and SSO across hybrid Azure AD/Entra  Google Workspace environments
• Oversee outsourced IT partner responsible for tier‑1 help desk, device procurement, and onboarding workflows
• Lead infrastructure projects from planning through deployment, including migrations, upgrades, and system rollouts

• Partner with software and systems teams on data ingestion pipelines, telemetry infrastructure, and real‑time monitoring dashboards
• Support integration of edge automation hardware and data acquisition systems with backend infrastructure
• Design containment layers and network isolation for AI tools and automated workflows
• Provide technical guidance and infrastructure support for engineering and operations teams