📍 Location: Remote, or Texas, Florida, Maryland, Washington (project dependent)

Salary Range: $60,000–$210,000

The Role

We are seeking a Nuclear IT Leader to build, secure, and manage information technology infrastructure for a growing nuclear engineering organization. This person will own everything from endpoint configuration and network architecture to information security policy, compliance posture, and high-performance computing strategy. The ideal candidate thrives in greenfield environments, standing up IT programs from zero, writing the policies, selecting the tools, configuring the machines, and mentoring the organization on secure computing practices (not afraid of setting up an engineer or CEO or intern’s laptop and mailing it to them personally). Nuclear industry IT experience is strongly preferred, but candidates from adjacent regulated environments (defense, national labs, DOE programs) who understand the compliance landscape will be considered.

What You’ll Do

Establish and implement enterprise IT policies, procedures, and governance for a company with no existing IT framework, including acceptable use, identity and access management, data classification, incident response, and disaster recovery.

Design and maintain computing infrastructure aligned with NIST SP 800-171, NIST 800-53, or similar standards.

Stand up and administer FISMA/FedRAMP-compliant computing environments for employees, ensuring continuous monitoring, POA&M management, and audit readiness as the organization scales.

Architect and operate (or procure) high-performance computing (HPC) clusters, whether on-premise or cloud-based, capable of securely executing export-controlled nuclear analysis software (e.g., MCNP, SCALE, RELAP, MELCOR) in compliance with 10 CFR 810 and related export control requirements.

Implement and manage a layered cybersecurity program encompassing physical and environmental security, logical access control, network segmentation, and advanced threat detection using technologies such as Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB), deception tools, Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), and DevSecOps security testing pipelines.

Manage identity providers, single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, mobile device management, and role-based access control across all company systems.

Support secure collaboration tools, cloud productivity suites, and engineering software licensing.

Evaluate, procure, and integrate AI-enabled tools and automation where they improve security posture, operational efficiency, or developer productivity.

Serve as the primary point of contact for security audits, customer security questionnaires, and regulatory inspections related to information systems.

Develop IT onboarding, training, and awareness programs for employees at all levels.

Qualifications

BS in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, or related field (equivalent experience considered)

4+ years of progressive IT leadership or senior individual contributor experience, including infrastructure, security, and operations

Demonstrated familiarity with and hands-on experience implementing Information Security (InfoSec) policies and systems compliant with NIST SP 800-171, NIST 800-53, or similar computer security standards

InfoSec experience encompassing physical and environmental security, access control, and cybersecurity using technologies such as Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB), deception tools, Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), and security testing for DevOps (DevSecOps), among others

Strong communication, documentation, and cross-functional collaboration skills

US citizenship or eligibility for DOE/NRC security clearance

Strongly Preferred

More than 1 year of experience in a nuclear industry-specific IT role (power plant, national lab, fuel cycle facility, reactor vendor, or nuclear engineering consultancy)

Experience setting up high-performance computing clusters or securely executing export-controlled nuclear analysis software on cloud-based HPC networks

Familiarity with 10 CFR 810 export controls and their implications for IT systems and data handling

Proven ability to come into small, new companies with no IT policies or consistency and build IT procedures and implement them from scratch. Willing to do it all by themselves for a number of months and justify growing IT team which they lead in time.

AI and coding experience (scripting, automation, infrastructure-as-code, or software development)

Experience with GSA Advantage procurement of pre-configured FISMA-compliant hardware

Why This Role

Own the entire IT and security program from day one, shaping it to your standards.

Direct influence on how a nuclear organization protects its most sensitive intellectual property and meets regulatory expectations.

Work at the intersection of nuclear engineering and cutting-edge computing (HPC, cloud, AI).

Benefits

Competitive salary • Bonus (where applicable) • 401(k) with match • Health, dental & vision insurance • Equity • Relocation Assistance