Enterprise Applications Administrator

About Helion

We are a fusion power company based in Everett, WA, with the mission to build the world's first fusion power plant, enabling a future with unlimited clean electricity. Our vision is a world with clean, reliable, and affordable energy for everyone.

Since Helion's founding in 2013, we have raised $1.5 billion from long-time investors such as Sam Altman, Mithril, and Capricorn Investment Group as well as new investors including Thrive Capital, LightSpeed Venture Capital, SoftBank, and others to propel us forward. Our current prototype, Polaris, has reached record-breaking plasma temperatures of 150 million degrees Celsius (13 keV). Helion is continuing to iterate and on the path to the world's first fusion power plant, Orion.

This is a pivotal time to join Helion. You will tackle real-world challenges with a team that prizes urgency, rigor, ownership, and a commitment to delivering hard truths – values essential to achieving what no one has before. Together, we will change the future of energy, because the world can't wait.

What You Will Be Doing

As an Enterprise Applications Administrator, you will play a critical role in ensuring the security, reliability, and optimization of Helion’s enterprise applications and integrations. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to analyze workflows, enhance processes through technology, and ensure secure, compliant system operations. You’ll also manage cloud environments, vendor relationships, and maintain overall IT infrastructure health.

This is a hybrid role that reports directly to our Enterprise Applications Manager and is based out of our Seattle, WA office with one day remote a week.

You Will

- Administer and support Jira, Confluence, and other Atlassian tools: permissions, schemes, workflows, custom fields, templates, dashboards, integrations

- Manage security and compliance across business applications, including RBAC, SSO/SCIM integrations (Entra ID), audit logging, data security policies, environment strategy (dev/test/prod), and change control processes

- Manage integrations and data flows between applications (via APIs, webhooks, middleware), ensuring consistency, security, and reliability

- Manage the enterprise application stack: evaluate new SaaS tools, maintain vendor relationships, and manage roadmaps, contracts, upgrades, and migrations

- Partner with Engineering, Operations, Product, HR, and Finance to translate business needs into system configurations, optimizations, and automations

- Monitor system performance, log issues, and proactively troubleshoot application or integration failures

- Support change management, releases, and onboarding/offboarding processes, and join the rotation for incident response on critical systems

Required Skills

- 5+ years in systems administration, systems integration, or business analysis

- Hands-on expertise in integrating and automating systems through APIs and middleware

- Experience with enterprise platforms such as Jira, Confluence, GitHub, NetSuite, AI platforms such as OpenAI and Anthropic, Siemens PLM, NX, CAD/CAM, HRIS, and ATS systems

- Proficiency in Windows and Linux environments, PowerShell scripting, Microsoft 365, and Entra ID (Azure AD)

- Strong documentation, analytical, and troubleshooting skills, with a proactive approach and the ability to prioritize multiple initiatives in a fast-paced environment

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Benefits

Our total compensation package includes benefits, including but not limited to:

- Medical, Dental, and Vision plans for employees and their families

- 31 Days of PTO (21 vacation days and 10 sick days)

- 10 Paid holidays, plus company-wide winter break

- Up to 5% employer 401(k) match

- Short term disability, long term disability, and life insurance

- Paid parental leave and support (up to 16 weeks)

- Annual wellness stipend

Helion is an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the interview process, please let us know.