IT Infrastructure & Security Lead

Do you want to work with high-caliber professionals in a dynamic and growing company? Are you entrepreneurial, hard-working, and collegial? Join us at SB Energy, a leading infrastructure company backed by SoftBank Group and Ares Infrastructure, pairing cutting-edge innovation with best-in-class execution. Our mission is to deliver reliable and secure data center and power infrastructure to strengthen America's future.

Founded in 2019, SB Energy is a SoftBank Group company headquartered in Redwood City, California. In 2026, SoftBank Group and OpenAI announced a $1 billion investment to support SB Energy as their leading development and execution partner for data center campuses, while Ares Infrastructure continues its long-standing support of the company's growth. SB Energy develops, builds, owns, and operates some of the largest and most technically advanced energy and data center infrastructure projects in the United States. Since its founding, the company has rapidly grown into a top-tier integrated platform with more than 3 gigawatts (GW) in operation and a multi-GW pipeline of energy and data center infrastructure nationwide.

SB Energy also leverages a strong culture of innovation to identify and integrate new technologies into its projects, including its AI-based digital platform, delivering energy infrastructure that is local, reliable, and matched to load. We are building the energy and infrastructure future—today.

Come join us in accelerating the energy and infrastructure transition!

Basic Function

The IT Infrastructure & Security Leader will lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of SB Energy’s enterprise IT infrastructure, cybersecurity program, and secure AI enablement capabilities. This role will be responsible for ensuring that the company’s technology environment is secure, reliable, scalable, and aligned with business needs. The successful candidate will bring a balanced combination of cybersecurity expertise, enterprise IT infrastructure experience, and practical knowledge of emerging AI technologies.

The role will partner closely with internal cross-functional stakeholders, Forward Deployment Engineers and external service providers to strengthen technology capabilities, improve infrastructure and systems, manage cybersecurity risk, and support the responsible adoption of AI and automation across the business.

The position requires strong technical judgment, hands-on experience managing enterprise technology environments, and the ability to translate business needs into practical technology, security, and AI solutions.

This position reports to the Vice President, HR & IT and will play a key role in advancing the company’s enterprise technology capabilities.

Responsibilities

Enterprise IT & Infrastructure

· Develop and execute the enterprise IT infrastructure roadmap in support of business growth and technology priorities.

· Oversee the reliability, security, and scalability of cloud services, networks, endpoints, identity platforms, collaboration tools, and enterprise applications.

· Manage IT service providers, vendors, and consultants, including service levels, performance, cost, and delivery.

· Establish standards for identity, access, device management, system administration, configuration, and technology lifecycle management.

· Support business continuity, disaster recovery, backup, and restoration planning and testing.

· Drive technology improvements that simplify the environment, improve reliability, and enhance the employee experience.

Cybersecurity & Risk

· Develop and maintain the enterprise cybersecurity program aligned with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and ISO/IEC 27001.

· Maintain security policies, standards, risk assessments, the cybersecurity risk register, and the information security management system (ISMS).

· Oversee security controls across identity, endpoint, network, cloud, SaaS, vulnerability management, monitoring, and data protection.

· Lead incident response preparedness, investigations, tabletop exercises, and post-incident reviews.

· Assess third-party and technology risks and coordinate remediation with Legal, Procurement, IT, and business stakeholders.

· Coordinate security audits, awareness training, phishing education, and reporting of key cybersecurity metrics and risks.

AI Enablement & Governance

· Partner with business teams to identify and implement practical AI and automation use cases.

· Support the secure adoption of ChatGPT Enterprise, workflow automation, AI assistants, connectors, APIs, and other emerging technologies.

· Establish governance and security standards for AI use, including data protection, access controls, third-party risk, logging, and responsible use.

· Review AI tools and integrations before deployment and help teams design workflows that preserve appropriate approvals and systems-of-record requirements.

· Develop AI policies, training, and adoption resources, and help measure business value from AI-enabled workflows.

Technology Strategy & Business Partnership

· Support enterprise technology planning, investment priorities, and roadmaps.

· Serve as a technology partner to business leaders, translating business needs into practical and scalable solutions.

· Lead cross-functional technology initiatives and evaluate emerging technologies that can strengthen enterprise capabilities.

Qualifications/Requirements

· At least 12+ years of professional experience leading or supporting enterprise IT infrastructure, technology roadmaps, business systems, and managed service providers

· Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology. Cybersecurity or related field required

· Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CISA, ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Implementer or Lead Auditor, or comparable cloud / enterprise technology certifications preferred

· Experience implementing or maturing cybersecurity programs, including NIST- or ISO-aligned controls and audit readiness preferred

· Experience with enterprise AI tools, automation, or responsible AI governance preferred

· Experience in the energy, infrastructure, power, renewable energy, or data center industry preferred, not required

Location: Redwood City, CA

Base Pay - $140000-$190000

The pay range mentioned above is a guideline. We tailor each offer based on your unique skills, experience, location, and market benchmarks—while ensuring internal parity across our teams. In addition to competitive base pay, total compensation may include a discretionary annual bonus and a market leading comprehensive health and wellness benefits package. Final details will be discussed during the later stages of the hiring process.

Our Health & Wellness Benefits

At SB Energy, we invest in our people and their families with benefits designed for flexibility, support, and peace of mind. Full-time employees enjoy:

At SB Energy, the success of our projects is driven by a desire to see our projects benefit as many people as possible. We work to serve local communities through volunteering, fundraising, and much more. For example, we’re proud to support access and opportunity in engineering and clean energy through impactful mentorship programs and workforce training. When you join SB Energy, you can become a part of these efforts, collaborating with team members who share a vision of building a better future now!

SB Energy is built on a foundation of collaboration and inclusion. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class.

To learn more about us, visit www.sbenergy.com.