IT Systems Engineer

TerraPower is a nuclear technology company based in Bellevue, Washington. At its core, the company is working to raise living standards globally through a more affordable, secure, and environmentally friendly form of nuclear energy along with innovations in medical isotopes to improve human health. In 2006, TerraPower originated with Bill Gates and a group of like-minded visionaries who evaluated the fundamental challenges to raising living standards around the world. They recognized energy access was crucial to the health and economic well-being of communities and decided that the private sector needed to take action and create energy sources that would advance global energy deployment. TerraPower’s mission is to be a world leader in new nuclear technologies, while developing innovators and future leaders in the nuclear field. As a result, the company’s activities in the fields of nuclear energy and related sciences are yielding significant innovations in the safety and economics of nuclear power, hybrid energy and medical applications - all for significant human health benefits.”

TerraPower is seeking to hire highly motivated and forward-thinking professionals who are interested in focusing on advanced nuclear reactor research and development and influencing change within the nuclear power landscape and bringing forward the critical production of medical isotopes.  TerraPower is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. 

IT Systems Engineer

TerraPower is seeking a skilled and experienced Azure Engineer to support the company’s Azure Government hosted resources. These resources include identity management, HPC operations, compute workloads, data management, secure storage, and AI services. The organization conducts nuclear energy reactor design and energy production research within a controlled and compliance-driven IT environment, requiring precision, reliability, and adherence to stringent security and quality standards.

This position is in the Enterprise IT team managing Azure access, High Performance Computing (HPC) infrastructure, engineering software environments, and regulated compute workloads, partnering closely with Infrastructure Architecture, Security, DevOps, and Application teams to ensure cloud services are reliable, scalable, and compliant with corporate and regulatory requirements across all Azure Gov resources.

The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with disciplined operational awareness. They understand how to manage cloud resources in a controlled, compliant, and performance-sensitive environment, enabling advanced computing and research initiatives while maintaining security, efficiency, and reliability aligned with mission-critical objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Administer and optimize Azure Government environments, including compute, identity, networking, storage, and PaaS services
• Design, implement, and maintain secure Azure configurations supporting HPC clusters, AI workflows, and research workloads in compliance with organizational and regulatory requirements
• Support and integrate Azure CycleCloud Workspace for Slurm for orchestration, scaling, and management of HPC workloads
• Manage diverse storage solutions (e.g., Blob/File, NetApp, Managed Lustre, etc.), ensuring appropriate performance, cost optimization, and compliance with data retention policies
• Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code (IaC) templates and automation scripts in the TerraPower repository (e.g., using Bicep, Terraform, Ansible) for consistent environment deployment and management.
• Partner with DevOps teams to support application deployments and platform services
• Oversee identity and access management through Entra ID and role-based access control (RBAC) aligned to least-privilege principles
• Implement and maintain security controls including network segmentation, encryption, monitoring, and compliance reporting consistent with organizational governance requirements
• Collaborating with Infrastructure Architecture, IT Operations, and Engineering teams to support controlled environments hosting qualified scientific and engineering software
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve performance or availability issues across compute and storage services
• Support escalation management, ensuring critical or compliance-sensitive issues are promptly routed and tracked to resolution
• Generate reports on performance, identifying areas for process improvement and communicating trends to leadership

Qualifications:

• Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience managing Azure environments
• Direct experience working with Azure Government (Azure Gov) services and associated compliance boundaries
• Proficiency with Azure HPC and workload integration
• Strong knowledge of Azure storage solutions, performance tuning, and cost management
• Experience implementing and managing security and compliance controls within Azure environments
• Familiarity with identity management, AAD, and RBAC administration
• Strong scripting or automation skills (PowerShell, Python, Ansible or Terraform)
• Excellent problem-solving, documentation, and communication skills
• Ability to adapt to a fast-paced environment supporting multiple concurrent projects and business priorities
• Remain current with industry trends and emerging technologies

Nice to have qualifications:

• Experience in regulated industries (e.g., nuclear, energy, aerospace, or federal contracting).
• Understanding of ITIL service management best practices

Job Functions:

Job Functions are physical actions and/or working conditions associated with the position. These functions may also constitute essential functions for the job which the employee must be able to fulfill, with or without accommodation.  Information provided below is to help describe the job so that the applicant has a reasonable understanding of the job duties/expectations.  An applicant's ability to perform and/or tolerate these actions and conditions will be discussed and workplace accommodations may be made on a case-by-case basis following an individualized assessment of the applicant and other considerations, including but not limited to any governing safety standards.

• Motor Abilities: Sitting for extended periods, bending/stooping, grasping/gripping, fine motor control (hands)
• Physical exertion and/or requirements: Minimal, with ability to safely lift up to 25 pounds.
• Repetitive work: Prolonged
• Special Senses: Visual and audio focused work
• Work Conditions: Stairs, typing/keyboard, standard and/or sitting working environment of >8 hours/day
• Travel required 0-10%

TerraPower’s technology is controlled for export by various agencies of the U.S. Government.  TerraPower must evaluate applicants who are foreign nationals (other than asylees, refugees, or lawful permanent residents) in accordance with U.S. Government export control requirements.  To facilitate TerraPower’s export control reviews, you will be asked as part of the application process to identify whether you are a U.S. Citizen or national, asylee, refugee, or lawful permanent resident of the United States.  Government export authorization approval times vary.  Based on the business needs for a particular position, TerraPower may not consider a foreign national from a country if it is impracticable to obtain timely Government export approval.

Job details

Salary Range: $110,156.66 - $142,877.48

* We typically place offers in the lower to middle portion of the range to maintain internal equity and allow room for growth. Any salary offered within the posted salary band is based on market data and commensurate with the selected individual’s qualifications experience.  This range is specific to Washington State.

Benefits:

• Competitive Compensation
• Salary, eligible to participate in discretionary short-term incentive payments
• Comprehensive Medical and Wellness Benefits
  •   Medical
  •   Vision
  • Dental
  • Life and Disability
  • Gender Affirmation Benefits
• Parental Leave
• 401k Plan
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • 21 days of annually accrued PTO
• Generous Holiday Schedule
  • 10 paid holidays
• Relocation Assistance
• Professional and Educational Support Opportunities

TerraPower Career and Benefits information:  https://www.terrapower.com/contact-us/careers/