IT Systems Engineer

Icarus•El Segundo, CA

1d•$120,000 - $160,000•Onsite

About The Position

Icarus is hiring a hands-on IT Systems Engineer to own internal IT, from employee laptops to the systems that keep its factory connected. This individual-contributor role has end-to-end responsibility for configuring hardware, administering systems, troubleshooting issues, writing automation, and delivering projects to working results. The engineer works on-site with engineering, manufacturing, operations, and leadership, independently identifying problems, prioritizing work, restoring service, and ensuring fixes last.

Requirements

At least 3 years of hands-on IT, systems administration, or infrastructure experience, or equivalent demonstrated experience delivering and operating these systems.
A record of personally delivering improvements and resolving difficult problems, with the ability to explain the work, testing, and outcomes.
Strong Windows and Microsoft 365 administration skills, including identity, permissions, endpoint management, and practical security controls.
Networking fundamentals and the ability to troubleshoot methodically across devices, services, and connectivity.
Comfort writing and maintaining scripts or small integrations to eliminate repetitive work.
Good judgment handling sensitive information, privileged access, incidents, and production changes, including knowing when to act or escalate and how to document work.
Clear communication, responsive support, and the ability to prioritize urgent issues while completing longer-term projects.
Ability to work at the El Segundo factory five days a week.

Nice To Haves

Experience building or scaling IT at a startup, hardware company, factory, or other fast-moving environment.
Experience with Microsoft Entra ID, Intune, macOS or Linux administration, virtualization, cloud infrastructure, or engineering software environments.
Experience implementing technical controls and gathering evidence for NIST 800-171, CMMC, or similar security programs.
Experience supporting site moves, factory expansion, or recovery from a significant outage.

Responsibilities

Serve as the first point of contact for internal IT issues; diagnose problems, communicate clearly, restore service, and follow up with affected users.
Purchase, provision, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot laptops, engineering workstations, peripherals, printers, and meeting-room equipment; maintain asset records, spare equipment, and software-license records.
Administer Microsoft 365, accounts, groups, email, collaboration tools, and application access; manage documented approvals and complete onboarding and offboarding.
Deploy and troubleshoot office and factory Wi-Fi, switches, firewalls, VPNs, cabling, DNS, and DHCP, coordinating with engineering on boundaries between corporate IT and product or test systems.
Implement and maintain MFA, least-privilege access, device management, encryption, patching, endpoint protection, and appropriate logging; partner with compliance owners on controls and evidence.
Write, test, maintain, and document PowerShell, Python, shell-script, or API-based automation for device setup, account lifecycle tasks, inventory, and recurring administration.
Maintain backups, test restores, monitor critical services, and document recovery steps; handle incidents with clear priorities, safe changes, and verified fixes.
Own projects such as migrations, new tools, vendor coordination, and factory IT improvements, managing dependencies and verifying results with users.
Maintain useful, current documentation for systems, ownership, access procedures, and troubleshooting.