Head of Information Technology

Castelion Corporation•Torrance, CA

19h

About The Position

Castelion is building affordable hypersonic weapons and requires secure, reliable IT infrastructure to support engineering, testing, and manufacturing. The Head of Information Technology owns the company’s IT strategy, infrastructure, and execution across all locations. This is a hands-on leadership role responsible for building and scaling a high-performing IT organization while retaining the technical depth to address complex infrastructure challenges personally. The role supports engineering facilities, manufacturing operations, and test locations by delivering reliable connectivity, compute, storage, endpoints, security, and user support. It partners with leaders across engineering, manufacturing, flight test, and business functions to remove infrastructure bottlenecks, maintain operational readiness, and support rapid growth. The position also oversees technology investments, vendors, budgets, and resource allocation, while establishing clear accountability and continuous improvement.

Requirements

Demonstrated exceptional personal technical achievement, with examples of complex systems built, difficult technical problems solved, and measurable results delivered.
Proven success leading a substantial IT or infrastructure organization, including managing managers and multiple technical disciplines.
Experience scaling an IT organization through rapid business growth while improving reliability, responsiveness, security, and technical quality.
Deep technical expertise across networking, identity and access management, Windows and Linux systems, compute, storage, cloud infrastructure, and automation, with exceptional depth in multiple areas.
Experience supporting demanding engineering, manufacturing, or test environments where infrastructure failures have immediate operational consequences.
Strong architectural judgment and ability to translate ambiguous requirements into reliable, scalable solutions quickly.
Proven ability to attract exceptional talent, recognize technical excellence, develop future leaders, and address performance issues directly.
Excellent communication skills, decisive prioritization, and commitment to personal ownership and measurable outcomes.
Ability to access applicable export-controlled information without additional export licensing being required.
If designated by the company or applicable U.S. Government requirements, ability to obtain and maintain required government security clearance or authorization and satisfy applicable citizenship or other eligibility requirements.

Nice To Haves

Experience with factory networks, operational technology (OT), and infrastructure supporting manufacturing and test operations.
Experience deploying IT infrastructure for new facilities, factories, and geographically distributed sites.
Familiarity with engineering compute environments, high-performance computing, and specialized technical workloads.
Experience implementing security controls in defense, aerospace, or other environments handling sensitive or controlled technical information.
Track record of building scalable, automated infrastructure that improves reliability, security, and operational efficiency.
Demonstrated ability to build and develop high-performing technical teams, establish strong leaders, and maintain exceptional execution standards.
Proven success balancing hands-on technical problem-solving with organizational leadership, strategic planning, and resource allocation.

Responsibilities

Build, lead, recruit, develop, and retain an exceptional IT organization across infrastructure, networking, systems, cybersecurity, and end-user support.
Maintain deep technical ownership by designing systems, reviewing configurations, writing automation, and troubleshooting complex failures alongside the team.
Scale infrastructure across multiple sites, including deployment, commissioning, and operational readiness for engineering facilities, manufacturing operations, and test locations.
Build resilient infrastructure, monitoring, tested disaster recovery, and disciplined incident response; resolve recurring issues at their root cause and minimize downtime.
Partner with engineering, manufacturing, flight test, and business leaders to understand operational requirements and eliminate infrastructure bottlenecks.
Automate and standardize provisioning, identity and access management, configuration, patching, monitoring, and recovery.
Lead practical IT security implementation, including access controls, network segmentation, endpoint hardening, logging, vulnerability management, and protection of sensitive information.
Manage budgets, vendors, capacity planning, and technology investments; make build-versus-buy decisions and communicate tradeoffs.
Define service and reliability metrics, set expectations, ensure commitments are met, and drive continuous improvement.