Director, IT Operations

Form Energy

Director of IT Operations overseeing infrastructure and services focusing on energy storage technology. Leading IT operations and managing teams across multiple sites in the United States.

Posted 6/29/2026full-timeBerkeley • California, Massachusetts, Virginia, West Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $199,950 - $293,835 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureCloudFirewallsITSMMacOS

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own core IT infrastructure: servers, storage, virtualization, and cloud (Microsoft 365 / Azure and Google Workspace).
Lead the endpoint fleet and device management across Windows and macOS.
Direct networking across all sites — LAN/WAN/WLAN, firewalls, and segmentation.
Own the service desk, procurement, and IT asset/inventory management across all sites.
Mature IT operations disciplines — incident, problem, change management; monitoring and alerting; backup and restore; runbooks; and on-call.
Operate IT general controls (access, change, operations) to ITGC standards.
Manage infrastructure, networking, and endpoint vendors, licensing, and the operating budget.
Lead a distributed team of site systems/network engineers and a service & procurement manager across MA, CA, and WV.

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years in IT with 5+ years leading IT operations and/or infrastructure teams, ideally across multiple sites.
Demonstrated operational maturity across identity, endpoint, network, and cloud (Microsoft 365 / Azure), with strong ITSM/ITIL practices.
Experience operating IT controls in a compliance-intensive environment, including producing audit evidence.
A track record of building lean, metrics-driven operations with high service levels.
Strong people leadership of distributed teams, plus vendor and budget management.
Clear, credible communication and a hands-on, pragmatic style suited to a fast-paced hardware and manufacturing environment.

Benefits

Comp & perks

100% medical, dental, and vision premiums for full-time employees
80% of healthcare premiums for dependents
At least 12 weeks of paid leave for new parents (up to 20 weeks for birthing parents)
Generous vacation policies

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Hard Skills & Tools

IT Infrastructure ManagementCloud ServicesEndpoint ManagementNetwork ManagementIT General ControlsIncident ManagementChange ManagementProblem ManagementMonitoring and AlertingBackup and Restore

Soft Skills

People LeadershipClear CommunicationPragmatic Problem-Solving