AI IT Infrastructure Director

The Company: Faraday Future (FF) is a California-based mobility company, leveraging the latest technologies and world’s best talent to realize exciting new possibilities in mobility. We’re producing user-centric, technology-first vehicles to establish new paradigms in human-vehicle interaction. We’re not just seeking to change how our cars work – we’re seeking to change the way we drive. At FF, we’re creating something new, something connected, and something with a true global impact. Your Role: The IT Infrastructure Director will oversee the organization's IT infrastructure and lead the IT Support team, ensuring seamless technical support and system operations. This role involves building and maintaining the hardware and software systems, troubleshooting issues, storage, virtualization and managing a team to provide timely IT assistance to all employees. The team ensures that the underlying technology foundation is secure, reliable, and scalable to meet the needs of company IT operations. You will be responsible for shaping and delivering the technical vision for scalable, high-impact infrastructure that enables AI-first platforms. Key Responsibilities: AI & Engineering Operations: Stay abreast of emerging technologies, industry best practices, ensuring compliance and driving innovation within AI initiatives for the organization. Act as a thought leader and trusted advisor for AI infrastructure. Identify and pilot emerging AI technologies Work with company executives to recommend an effective AI infrastructure that drive AI & Engineering Operations transformation and adoption Define and implement AI & Engineering Operations best practices. Create scalable AI & Engineering Operations playbooks tailored to different departments Be an inspiring leader for defining the workload performance and AI infra services strategy and program for cloud compute. This role will require leadership partnering across multiple organizations within the Compute , Networking and Hardware Product Groups. IT Administration : Infrastructure Management: Maintain servers, networks, and systems to ensure optimal performance. Troubleshooting: Resolve hardware and software issues efficiently. IT Security: Monitor system security, ensuring data integrity and protecting against threats. Backup and Recovery: Regularly backup systems and data, ensuring recovery when needed. IT Support: Provide technical support and respond to IT-related inquiries. Install, configure, and troubleshoot operating systems and software applications Help define and refine security stack and security tool, policies, procedures and framework Set up and maintain computer networks, including LAN and VPN connections Provide technical support to stakeholders for software and network-related issues Secure desktop, network and server environments Monitor network performance and ensure system availability and reliability Collaborate with team members to resolve complex technical issues Maintain accurate documentation of IT support activities Assist in the procurement and setting up of new IT equipment Helpdesk Management: Develop and maintain IT service desk guidelines, metrics, and KPIs. Manage incident and request handling. Supervise service desk staff, ensuring operational coverage 24/7. Report on service trends and customer feedback to leadership. Triage, track, and tackle escalated help desk tickets like a pro Partner on network activities and rollouts across the organization Maintain and enforce a ticketing system for requested work for oneself as well as team members. Handle escalated help desk requests and ensure timely resolutions Provides timely triage of technology issues that are owned by IT. Document IT systems, procedures, and processes Conduct training for staff on tools and technology usage Conduct periodic Active Directory and Exchange audits Partner with the Cybersecurity team to maintain compliance and awareness Support hardware, software, and network troubleshooting (Mac,…