Head of IT

Job Description

Job Description

About Torus

Torus is a pioneering, sustainable energy solutions company based in Utah, dedicated to revolutionizing renewable energy storage and management. Our mission is to empower communities to become their own sustainable energy providers.

We are driven by a deep-rooted commitment to sustainability and community. We tackle critical challenges facing the American energy landscape. Our advanced Torus Spin Flywheel™ technology charges and discharges electricity 16 times faster than traditional batteries, ensuring rapid response to grid demands and enhancing energy efficiency.

Our advanced manufacturing, research, and development facilities in South Salt Lake and Springville, Utah drive continuous innovation, and our commitment to American manufacturing ensures quality and reliability. Join us at Torus and be part of an exciting team that is transforming the energy landscape.

About the Role

The Head of IT oversees all aspects of IT operations—from infrastructure and systems to user support and access management—ensuring security is the backbone and the technology is secure, efficient, and scalable. With responsibility for IT Help Desk, endpoints, and risk management, this position leads continuous improvement across IT, Security, and Risk programs to support the company's products, people, and processes. By analyzing system performance and identifying opportunities for optimization, this role strengthens our ability to deliver reliable, innovative energy storage and management solutions in alignment with our mission.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the deployment, integration, and management of business software systems, ensuring scalability, compliance, and security best practices.
• Implement and manage endpoint security measures to safeguard organizational devices and user access.
• Develop and enforce policies for physical security across offices, data centers, and IT infrastructure. Continuously review and revise security policies to minimize potential threats and vulnerabilities.
• Lead incident management processes, including detection, response, resolution, and post-incident review to minimize operational risks.
• Design, implement, and maintain network security protocols to ensure resilience against internal and external threats.
• Establish and guide Security Operations (SecOps) practices, integrating monitoring, threat intelligence, and risk mitigation into IT operations.
• Collaborate with facilities and leadership to design and oversee building architecture and security systems, ensuring both digital and physical safeguards are aligned.
• Collaborate and engage with senior leaders, technical, and non-technical teams on strategy, safety, regulatory, and compliance standards.
• ​​Develop enterprise-wide technical perspectives, standards, solutions, and strategies that resolve significant security friction points.
• Analyze technology, industry, and market trends and determine potential impacts to and opportunities for the enterprise.
• Develop a vision, strategy, and a roadmap, and lead the business in effective execution.
• Ensure that the organization has strong systems analysis and project management skills, and the ability to execute business-critical projects.
• Build strong relationships with business groups and their leaders across the enterprise, and develop a detailed understanding of their issues, challenges and opportunities.
• Establish a comprehensive enterprise information security risk-based program to ensure the integrity, confidentiality and availability of relevant data and assets.
• Partner with business stakeholders to raise awareness of risk management concerns.
• Partner with business leadership and technology teams to remediate security flaws in infrastructure, system design and application security.
• Other duties and projects as assigned.

Required Experience

Preferred Experience

You’ll be a great fit if you have a passion for helping to solve complex climate challenges and are committed to finding new innovative ways to preserve and enhance our planet. As a member of a rapidly growing startup with an excitement to learn new technologies, you’ll add incredible value as a self-starter and apply your technical skills to empower our customers to discover, purchase, and install the Torus products that will help them live clean, renewable lives.

Our Perks & Benefits

Additional Details

Background Check All candidates are subject to a background check.

Location The role is hybrid remote based in our South Salt Lake Headquarters Warehouse (air-conditioned) and some remote work. May require occasional onsite work in Springville R&D warehouse (air-conditioned and non air-conditioned).

Schedule Full-Time, Salaried

Compensation $130,000 - 150,000 (Note : We have the flexibility to hire at different levels, which may impact the corresponding pay range.)

Work Authorization Applicants must already have the legal authorization to work in the US without requiring any employer sponsorship.

Physical Requirements

Torus is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.

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