--- title: 'IT System Administrator (Burlingame) at Peak Energy' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/it-system-administrator-burlingame-peak-energy-burlingame-5ezksf45kry1' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-09' --- # IT System Administrator (Burlingame) at Peak Energy - **Company:** Peak Energy - **Location:** Burlingame, CA - **Posted:** 2026-09-01 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09 - **Apply:** https://peakenergy.com/get-in-touch/careers/jobs?job_id=5227799007&gh_jid=5227799007 ## Job description Peak Energy Job Title: IT System Administrator (Burlingame) Location: Burlingame, California Department: IT Reports To: Senior IT Manager Position Type: Full-time, In-person ## About the Company Peak Energy is the first American venture to advance globally proven sodium-ion battery systems as the storage standard for the new era of renewable energy on a resilient grid. Sodium-ion is cheap, readily available, and safe — making it the leading contender in a rapidly evolving market. Our leadership team is powered by decades of expertise in scaling gigawatt-level innovation at world-class companies such as Tesla, Northvolt, Apple, Powin, Enovix, Zipline, Solid Power, SunPower, and Fluence. We are backed by strategic investment and product partners including TDK Ventures, Eclipse Ventures, and GM Ventures. We recently announced America's first sodium-ion grid storage factory in Sacramento with production starting Q1 2027, and over $1B in signed customer commitments including Jupiter Power and Energy Vault. ## About the Role - IT System Administrator Peak Energy is looking for an IT System Administrator to be the primary hands-on IT owner in our Burlingame office. This is a classic IT support role focused on keeping our engineers and business teams productive — end-user support, workstation and endpoint management, SaaS administration, office infrastructure, and light physical infrastructure work like network cable runs and AV setup. You'll support a fast-growing team of hardware, software, cell, and manufacturing engineers with real workstation and infrastructure needs — CAD workstations, high-compute environments, engineering tooling, and modern collaboration platforms. You'll also partner with the Sacramento site (where an IT System Administrator handles factory infrastructure) to ensure our systems, security, and identity infrastructure work seamlessly across sites. This role reports to the Senior IT Manager and works closely with the People team, Facilities team, and site leaders across the company. ## What You'll Do (Responsibilities) End-user IT & Support - Serve as the primary IT support contact for Burlingame employees: help desk, laptop and workstation provisioning, imaging, endpoint management, and on-site troubleshooting. - Manage the equipment lifecycle — procurement, asset tracking, retrieval, refresh cycles — across a growing employee population. - Own new-hire IT onboarding and departing-employee offboarding in partnership with the People team. - Support executives, engineers, and business teams with responsive, high-quality service. Office Infrastructure - Maintain Burlingame office infrastructure: network, Wi-Fi, VoIP, printers, AV / conference rooms, and physical security systems. - Perform light cable runs and terminations for network drops, AV, and workstation setups as the office layout evolves. - Coordinate with Facilities on office moves, expansions, and new-hire desk setups. - Administer our SaaS stack — Entra AD, Atlassian, and the software tools we use across engineering, business, and operations. - Support identity and access management: SSO (Okta or similar), MFA, provisioning/deprovisioning, and access reviews across our SaaS ecosystem. Security & Compliance Support - Enforce endpoint compliance — patching, encryption, MDM policies — across all Burlingame devices. - Support the company's readiness for compliance frameworks — evidence gathering, access reviews, control operations. - Enforce access controls, password policies, and least-privilege access in partnership with the Senior IT Manager. Vendors & Cross-Site Support - Manage day-to-day relationships with IT vendors and MSPs; escalate to the Senior IT Manager on contracts and larger commitments. - Partner with the Sacramento IT System Administrator to keep corporate systems, security, and identity infrastructure aligned across sites. - Support our Broomfield office on IT needs as required. ## What You'll Bring (Qualifications) - 4+ years of hands-on IT experience, ideally in a fast-growing company or engineering-heavy environment. - Strong end-user support skills — laptop imaging, endpoint troubleshooting, help desk operations. - Solid working knowledge of networking basics — Wi-Fi, switches, VLANs, DHCP/DNS — and comfort with light physical work (cable runs, terminations, AV setup). - Deep familiarity with Azure/Entra AD (or equivalent SSO), and modern MDM/endpoint tools (Intune). - Comfort supporting engineers with meaningful compute/workstation needs (CAD, hardware development, high-performance computing). - Practical familiarity with security fundamentals — endpoint protection, patching, access controls. - Excellent communicator who's calm under pressure and warm with users. - Willingness and ability to be onsite in Burlingame 4-5 days per week. ## Preferred Qualifications - Prior IT support experience at a Series B/C hardware startup or engineering-focused company. - Experience contributing to SOC 2 or ISO 27001 audits is a plus. - Certifications: Recent CompTIA A+/Network+/Security+, ITIL, or similar. - Scripting or automation skills (PowerShell, Python, Bash) for repetitive IT tasks. Peak Energy is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We strongly encourage women, people of color, and individuals from underrepresented groups to apply. We value skills, potential, and perspective over specific credentials. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t look perfect on paper, we still want to hear from you. Our Core Values - Speed Through Focus - Move fast but understand why. Focus on the goal, don't sacrifice quality. - Mission Over Self - It's about the greater good; confident humility. Take ownership and accountability. - Face the Brutal Truth - Transparency, honesty, big picture curiosity. Fearless decision making. - Be a Good Person - Kindness, collaboration and teamwork. ## Compensation & Benefits The salary range for this role is $110,000–$150,000, with actual pay varying based on work location, experience, and skills. Our competitive benefits package includes: - Flexible time off - Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage - Strong 401(k) plan - Equity opportunities - Many great work perks Join us to thrive in a supportive environment while making a meaningful impact in the energy sector! At Peak Energy Technologies Inc., we believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace makes us a more capable, innovative, and competitive company. We welcome people who represent diversity in their backgrounds, ethnicities, cultures, and experiences. Peak Energy Technologies Inc. is an equal opportunity employer, aiming to reach our company’s full potential by cultivating an inclusive workforce. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, citizenship, marital or family status, disability, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other legally protected status. ## About Peak Energy ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Peak Energy designs and deploys next-generation sodium-ion energy storage systems for grid-scale and AI data center applications, offering the world’s first fully passive, drop-in compatible battery storage solution. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series A – $55M raised in June 2024) - **Headquarters**: Burlingame, California, USA - **Founded**: 2023 - **Founders**: Landon Mossburg (CEO), Paul Durkee (CTO), Brandon Kelly (Chief Scientist) ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Energy storage / Battery technology / Grid infrastructure - **Target customers**: Utilities, Independent Power Producers (IPPs), AI data center operators, grid operators (B2B, enterprise) - **Mission or purpose**: Deliver the lowest cost electron to the grid, enabling the next era of AI, electrification, and renewable power through abundant, reliable, and domestically manufactured energy storage. ## Products & Services - **Peak Passive Grid‑Scale Storage System**: A sodium‑ion battery energy storage system (BESS) designed for 20+ year life with zero scheduled maintenance, no augmentation, and passive thermal management. Drop‑in compatible with existing BESS installations, requiring no new installation crews or EMS integration playbooks. Achieves higher round‑trip efficiency (more power to GPUs) and lower total cost of ownership (claimed $75/kWh savings through minimal opex). Fully 48E ITC compliant. Deployed in partnership with nine of the largest U.S. IPPs and utilities. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed - **Key Metric**: Total funding of **$65M** ($10M seed in October 2023, $55M Series A in June 2024) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Investors not publicly named; key partners include **GM** (partnership to scale next-gen energy storage), **Jupiter Power** (4.75 GWh contract signed November 2025), and nine of the largest IPPs/utilities in the U.S. - **Growth Signals**: - First grid‑scale sodium‑ion system deployed in Colorado (August 2025) – world’s first passively cooled system. - Over 10 months of operating deployments; 9‑customer pilot completed. - **6+ GWh contracted through 2030** (including 4.75 GWh with Jupiter Power). - Scaling plan: 5 deployments in 2026, 1 GWh in 2027; U.S. factory (4 GWh capacity) planned for Q1 2027 SOP. - Signed agreement to deploy MISO’s first sodium‑ion grid storage battery (March 2026). ## Competitive Advantages - **Lowest total cost of ownership** – passive cooling eliminates fan/chiller failures, no scheduled maintenance, no augmentation, reducing opex significantly. - **Sodium‑ion chemistry** – uses abundant, domestically available materials, reducing supply chain risk and improving safety. - **Drop‑in compatibility** – works with existing BESS infrastructure, lowering adoption barriers for utilities and IPPs. - **Vertically integrated U.S. manufacturing** – from cell to delivered project, strengthening domestic supply chain and creating jobs. - **Proven reliability** – 99.999% uptime target; operating deployments since mid‑2025. ## Strategic Focus - **Scale up manufacturing** – build a 4 GWh U.S. factory (2027) and expand deployment pipeline toward 1 GWh/year. - **Target AI data centers** – collapse 4‑7 year interconnect queues by providing immediate, reliable power for GPU clusters (claims 441 trillion additional tokens/year over 20‑year project life). - **Long‑term integration** – eventually move into generation, transmission, and distribution (phase 3 strategy post‑2028). - **Deepen utility/IPP partnerships** – continue signing long‑term offtake contracts (already 6+ GWh through 2030). ## Why Work Here - **Culture & values**: “Be a good Person” is a core value; emphasis on purpose‑driven work, solving foundational energy problems, and moving fast with real‑world impact. - **Benefits**: Comprehensive medical/dental/vision, 401(k) with company match, flexible PTO, generous parental leave, employer‑paid life/disability/income protection, mental health & wellness programs, free lunches, pet‑friendly offices, free EV charging (Burlingame office), cell phone reimbursement, commuter benefits. - **Locations**: Offices in Burlingame (CA) and Denver (CO); hybrid/remote policy not explicitly stated but on‑site presence expected for engineering and manufacturing roles. - **Growth trajectory**: Headcount has doubled over the past year; company is in rapid scaling phase (from pilot to commercial deployments). Open roles include engineering, manufacturing, finance, and sales (27+ positions listed on Greenhouse and LinkedIn as of mid‑2026). - **Team**: Core team assembled from Tesla, Northvolt, Enovix, Lyft, Uber, Solid Power; strong technical depth in battery and energy systems. ## Sources 1. [peakenergy.com – About](https://peakenergy.com/company/about) 2. [peakenergy.com – Careers](https://peakenergy.com/get-in-touch/careers) 3. [LinkedIn – Peak Energy](https://www.linkedin.com/company/peakenergytech) 4. [CB Insights – Peak Energy](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/peak-energy-2) 5. [PR Newswire – Peak Signs 4.75 GWh Contract with Jupiter Power (Nov 2025)](https://peakenergy.com/) 6. [PR Newswire – Peak Signs Agreement to Deploy MISO’s First Sodium-Ion Grid Storage Battery (Mar 2026)](https://peakenergy.com/) 7. 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