Remote-Eligible Enterprise IT Architect for Scientific Computing

National Radio Astronomy Observatory; Green Bank (WV); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO & vacation

Healthcare plans

Retirement plan

Job summary

The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) seeks an experienced Information Technology Architect to lead infrastructure and platform strategy in support of scientific computing and data-intensive workloads.

Based in locations including Albuquerque, Socorro, Charlottesville, or Green Bank, the role offers flexible options for well-qualified candidates while driving high-performance storage, networking, and scalable architectures across the enterprise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, or related discipline.
• Ten years of progressively responsible experience in enterprise infrastructure engineering, HPC, networking, or storage.
• Experience designing or architecting large-scale infrastructure environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop enterprise technology architectures and reference designs for scientific computing.
• Collaborate with IT teams to align infrastructure with data workflows and management strategies.
• Provide architectural guidance for infrastructure modernization and performance optimization.
• Lead evaluations, tradeoff analyses, and technology selection for scalable architectures.
• Create documentation for designs, standards, and implementation recommendations.

Skills

HPC infrastructure

Storage engineering

Networking

Architectural leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/CE/IT

Job description

The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) seeks an experienced Information Technology Architect to lead infrastructure and platform strategy in support of scientific computing and data-intensive workloads.

Based in locations including Albuquerque, Socorro, Charlottesville, or Green Bank, the role offers flexible options for well-qualified candidates while driving high-performance storage, networking, and scalable architectures across the enterprise.