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Mach Industries

Develops unmanned military systems and propulsion

Senior IT Systems Engineer

System AdministrationConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeHuntington Beach, CA, USA

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • At least 5 years of systems engineering or infrastructure engineering experience.
  • Deep experience supporting complex enterprise environments across cloud and on-premises systems.
  • Hands-on experience with automation and scripting, including PowerShell, Python, Bash, or similar tools.
  • Experience building and maintaining infrastructure as code and configuration automation using Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, or similar tools.
  • Experience with CI/CD platforms such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or similar.
  • Expertise in Windows, Linux, virtualization, identity systems, endpoint management, cloud platforms, backup and recovery, and enterprise systems operations.
  • Experience with observability, monitoring, logging, and operational health tools.
  • Knowledge of systems security, access control, hardening, and vulnerability remediation.
  • Ability to travel.
  • Availability to work extended hours and weekends as needed.

Responsibilities

  • Build reference architectures, deployment blueprints, and repeatable site rollout models for offices, warehouses, production environments, and remote locations.
  • Drive an automation-first approach using infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, and operational automation for provisioning, patching, compliance, backups, certificates, and access management.
  • Improve reliability through standardized recovery procedures, automation, and resilient support models.
  • Oversee enterprise systems administration and operations, ensuring availability, performance, lifecycle management, and disaster readiness.
  • Strengthen security and compliance by implementing controls aligned with NIST, ISO 27001, SOC 2, and CMMC, while advancing SSO, MFA, PAM, RBAC, and conditional access.
  • Translate business needs into technical execution plans.

Desired Qualifications

  • Background in regulated or compliance-driven environments such as defense, manufacturing, aerospace, or similar industries.
  • Exposure to security and compliance frameworks including NIST 800-171, CMMC, SOC 2, ISO 27001, or related standards.
  • Experience with SRE-style operational practices and service reliability or platform engineering initiatives.
  • Familiarity with integrating enterprise IT systems with software delivery pipelines and cloud-native tooling.
  • Working knowledge of modern infrastructure technologies such as containers, artifact repositories, secrets management, and service orchestration.
  • Experience developing automation for identity lifecycle management, PKI/certificates, patching, endpoint deployment, or compliance validation.
  • Experience supporting standardized infrastructure deployments for branch offices, warehouses, or production sites.
  • Relevant industry certifications such as Microsoft, AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, VMware, CISSP, RHCSA, RHCE, or similar.

About the Company

Mach Industries

Develops unmanned military systems and propulsion

Mach Industries designs and builds unmanned military systems, including VTOL drones, long-range strike weapons, and counter-UAS, along with propulsion and energetics. Its products combine flight hardware, power plants, and munitions into compact, military-ready systems, with most components produced in-house to lower costs. The company differentiates itself through vertical integration, a large California manufacturing footprint, and acquisitions (like Exquadrum) to expand solid-rocket-motor capability and reduce bottlenecks. Its goal is to scale manufacturing and accelerate programs to meet defense contracts and national security needs, supported by large funding rounds to grow production and operations.

Company size
201-500
Company stage
Series C
Total funding
$1.1B
Headquarters
Huntington Beach, CA
Founded
2022

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