Lead Architect for Scientific Data and AI Platforms

Teaching with Telescopes; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 155,673 - 189,559; Full time

Job summary

NOIRLab seeks a Principal Software Architect to lead architectural strategy for science and observatory software, enabling scalable, secure, and reliable data pipelines and services. You will drive modernization across cloud-native, containerized, and HPC platforms while mentoring teams across science, software, data, and operations.

You will shape the technology roadmap, establish enterprise architecture standards, and oversee DevSecOps, IaC, CI/CD, and observability practices to support

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive software engineering experience, including leadership roles (Software Architect / Principal Engineer / Distinguished Engineer).
• Demonstrated success designing, delivering, and evolving large-scale distributed and data-intensive software systems.
• Deep expertise in software architecture, system design, API design, scalability, resilience, and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the architectural vision, technology roadmap, and long-term strategy for the software ecosystem.
• Lead architectural reviews and guide critical technology decisions across software, data, infrastructure, and operations.
• Partner with scientists and engineers to translate requirements into scalable, secure, and resilient solutions.

Skills

Software architecture

Distributed systems

Cloud-native architectures

DevSecOps

AI/ML integration

Mentoring

Communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

HPC

Job description

NOIRLab seeks a Principal Software Architect to lead architectural strategy for science and observatory software, enabling scalable, secure, and reliable data pipelines and services. You will drive modernization across cloud-native, containerized, and HPC platforms while mentoring teams across science, software, data, and operations.

You will shape the technology roadmap, establish enterprise architecture standards, and oversee DevSecOps, IaC, CI/CD, and observability practices to support