Senior IT Systems Engineer

Company Overview

Zeno Power is the leading developer of nuclear batteries – compact power systems that provide reliable, clean energy in frontier environments. By harnessing the heat from radioisotopes, Zeno’s batteries power critical missions on Earth, in space, and  bring this technology to market by 2027, Zeno is seeking out purpose-driven and innovative professionals who are comfortable working in a startup environment. Team members will have a direct impact in enabling commercial and national security missions from the depths of our oceans, to the surface of the moon, and in austere environments here on Earth.

Zeno is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing a highly qualified, diverse, and dedicated work force. 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 law.

Zeno is seeking a highly motivated Senior IT Systems Engineer to support the mission-oriented efforts of developing and bringing to market Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS) technologies. The Senior Systems Engineer (SSE) will be supporting the organization's enterprise systems, including responsibility for maintaining 24/7 operations of those systems, services, and solutions in service of Zeno Power’s mission. In addition, they are tasked with enabling the organizations’ efforts by designing and implementing secure on-premises and cloud-based solutions for the transmission, storage, and processing of mission critical data, along with ensuring secure collaboration systems for various external partners.

This role reports to the IT Manager as a member of the IT Services Group, which is ultimately responsible for the management and secure operations of our technology infrastructure, SaaS services, and cybersecurity systems.

In this role you will be responsible for the following:

• Infrastructure Support
  • Manage all systems hardware and equipment including servers, storage, networking, virtualized systems and cloud-based services.
  • Lead the administration of remote monitoring and management systems, along with the proactive monitoring and response to alerts.
  • Routinely monitor, manage, and validate systems/services for security and compliance issues for remediation.
  • Execute and continually refine various support processes, plans, and SOPs for established services.
  • Occasional support for enterprise services outside normal working hours may be required.
  • Contribute to the internal knowledge system to assist other team members in managing systems and services.
• Solutions Engineering & Data Management
  • Develop strategies for complex systems implementations; architect and design the infrastructure required to support the organization’s strategies.
  • Lead, coordinate, and participate in key process improvements as they relate to the IT infrastructure and cybersecurity environments.
  • Serve as project lead in the planning, execution, and review of systems, applications, and hardware; provide capacity planning and cost analysis to identify cloud and on‑premises hosting opportunities.
• Security
  • Monitor, respond, and proactively address security alerts and issues.
  • Partner with the Information Security Officer to investigate, remediate, and respond to open Infosec incidents and request.
  • Possess SME level experience of the Microsoft Defender suite, Purview and Azure security tools to improve security and monitor baselines for the organizations infrastructure and critical data systems.
  • Ensure that an industry best practice security posture is implemented for all systems such as M365 GCC‑H, Azure/AWS Gov Cloud’s and other SaaS products. This includes the development and validation of security policies for on‑premises, cloud‑based and collaboration systems.

• Minimum of 6 years of experience working with infrastructure and cloud solutions.
• Equivalent combination of education, training or experience is required.
• Experience with regulatory…