IT Systems Engineer

Impulse Space•Redondo Beach, CA

2d•$120,000 - $160,000

About The Position

As an IT Systems Engineer at Impulse, you are responsible for designing, implementing, and improving infrastructure platforms that support engineering, manufacturing, and corporate operations. This role focuses on building reliable, scalable systems across hybrid datacenter and cloud environments while reducing operational overhead through automation and strong engineering practices. Systems Engineers translate organizational requirements into technical solutions and are expected to independently deliver infrastructure projects, improve platform reliability, and establish repeatable deployment patterns. The role emphasizes hands-on engineering combined with operational awareness in environments where infrastructure performance directly impacts engineering execution and production timelines.

Requirements

Experience supporting and implementing enterprise infrastructure.
Demonstrated experience designing and deploying infrastructure solutions.
Strong Windows Server administration and architecture knowledge.
Experience administering Linux systems.
Experience operating virtualization platforms in production environments.
Experience automating infrastructure tasks using scripting (PowerShell, Bash, or Python).

Nice To Haves

Strong troubleshooting skills across integrated systems and services.
Understanding of networking fundamentals and infrastructure dependencies.
Experience supporting engineering, manufacturing, or lab environments.
Hybrid cloud deployment and identity integration experience.
Experience with enterprise storage architecture.
Familiarity with configuration management or infrastructure-as-code practices.
Experience operating in regulated or compliance-driven environments.

Responsibilities

Infrastructure Design & Implementation
Design and deploy infrastructure solutions across compute, identity, storage, and cloud platforms.
Implement new services and expand existing environments to support organizational growth.
Engineer highly available systems aligned with established architectural standards.
Lead infrastructure upgrades, migrations, and modernization initiatives.
Validate performance, resiliency, and operational readiness of deployed systems.
Platform Engineering
Build and maintain standardized infrastructure configurations.
Develop repeatable deployment methodologies for servers and platform services.
Improve scalability and consistency across environments.
Integrate on-premises infrastructure with cloud services and identity platforms.
Support lifecycle planning and platform evolution.
Automation & Infrastructure Engineering
Develop automation for provisioning, configuration, and maintenance workflows.
Implement scripting and tooling to eliminate manual operational processes.
Contribute to infrastructure-as-code and configuration management initiatives.
Improve deployment speed and reliability through automation practices.
Reliability & Advanced Troubleshooting
Resolve complex infrastructure issues spanning multiple systems and dependencies.
Perform deep root-cause analysis for recurring or high-impact incidents.
Design improvements that prevent future operational failures.
Collaborate with network and security teams during incident resolution.
Security & Compliance Integration
Engineer infrastructure aligned with cybersecurity and regulatory requirements.
Implement secure identity, access control, and system hardening practices.
Support compliance initiatives through technical design and system configuration.
Ensure infrastructure solutions support controlled or regulated data environments.
Cross-Team Collaboration
Partner with engineering teams to understand infrastructure requirements.
Support deployment of systems used in engineering and operational environments.
Work closely with network engineering, security, and service delivery teams.
Provide technical mentorship to administrators and junior engineers.