Sr. Infrastructure Administrator

Impulse Space•Redondo Beach, CA

About The Position

As a Senior Infrastructure Administrator at Impulse, you will be responsible for the operational ownership, stability, and continuous improvement of core infrastructure platforms supporting engineering, manufacturing, and corporate environments. This role serves as the senior operational resource within the systems team, responsible for maintaining reliability of production infrastructure while driving automation, standardization, and operational maturity. This position bridges daily infrastructure operations and systems engineering by leading complex troubleshooting efforts, executing advanced deployments, and improving platform resilience across hybrid datacenter and cloud environments.

Requirements

5+ years experience administering enterprise infrastructure environments.
Experience working with Windows Server administration.
Demonstrated administrative proficiency with Linux systems.
Experience operating virtualization platforms in production environments.
Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex multi-system issues.
Experience automating administrative workflows using scripting.
Strong understanding of infrastructure dependencies and service architecture.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting engineering, manufacturing, or lab infrastructure.
Exposure to hybrid cloud deployments and identity integration.
Experience with enterprise storage and backup systems.
Familiarity with infrastructure monitoring and observability platforms.
Experience operating within regulated or compliance-driven environments.

Responsibilities

Own day-to-day operation and reliability of assigned infrastructure platforms.
Administer enterprise server environments across on-premises datacenters and cloud platforms.
Maintain Windows and Linux systems supporting engineering and business workloads.
Lead response and resolution efforts for complex infrastructure incidents.
Perform advanced troubleshooting across compute, identity, storage, and dependent services.
Ensure systems maintain high availability and predictable performance.
Lead lifecycle management including upgrades, migrations, and platform modernization.
Implement infrastructure changes aligned with engineering standards.
Support expansion of datacenter and lab infrastructure environments.
Validate system performance and operational readiness following deployments.
Maintain configuration consistency across environments.
Develop and maintain automation to reduce manual operational work.
Improve system provisioning and maintenance workflows.
Identify recurring operational pain points and implement long-term solutions.
Contribute to infrastructure standardization initiatives.
Act as primary escalation point for infrastructure incidents.
Coordinate cross-team troubleshooting with network and security engineering.
Perform root cause analysis and implement corrective improvements.
Drive preventative maintenance and reliability enhancements.
Maintain infrastructure in accordance with cybersecurity and regulatory requirements.
Implement secure configuration baselines and access control standards.
Support audit activities and technical validation efforts.
Ensure infrastructure handling aligns with controlled data and export requirements.
Maintain accurate architectural and operational documentation.
Develop and refine operational runbooks and standards.
Mentor junior administrators and provide technical guidance.
Promote operational discipline and consistent engineering practices.
Participation in on-call rotation with escalation responsibilities.
Ability to support operational events requiring rapid response.
Work performed within datacenter, lab, and production environments as required.
Collaboration with Systems Engineers on infrastructure improvements and deployments.