Senior Data Systems Architect – HPC & DOE Infra Lead

Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Oak Ridge (TN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plans

Retirement plans

Flexible hours

On-site amenities

Job summary

Oak Ridge National Laboratory seeks a Data Systems Senior Systems Architect/Engineer for the Earth Sciences Informatics portfolio. You will design, deploy, and maintain facility-wide infrastructure supporting HPC, research, instrumentation, and operations across nine DOE labs for the ARM Facility.

You will lead projects spanning the national lab complex, ensure interoperability, security, and performance, and mentor junior staff while adopting DOE/FISMA/NIST controls and IaC tooling.

Qualifications

• BS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent).
• 5+ years of systems engineering, data center operations, or enterprise infrastructure experience.
• Strong Linux/Unix and Windows Server administration at scale.
• Deep virtualization experience (VMware, KVM, or similar).
• Experience with enterprise storage, SAN/NAS, and backup/DR solutions.
• Solid networking knowledge (TCP/IP, VLANs, routing/switching, firewalls).
• Experience with federal/DOE cybersecurity frameworks (NIST 800-53, RMF, FISMA).
• Ability to work across distributed, multi-site orgs and manage priorities.
• Excellent troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain facility-wide systems infra including compute, storage, virtualization, and networking.
• Serve as technical lead for infrastructure projects across the national lab complex.
• Enable data collection, secure transfer, data processing, and distribution.
• Architect high-availability and disaster recovery solutions for mission-critical systems.
• Collaborate with engineers and IT staff at partner labs to align infra with research needs.
• Monitor performance, capacity, and health; proactively resolve issues.
• Research new technologies and design deployments for data center ops.
• Automate provisioning and patching with Ansible, Puppet, or Terraform.
• Support HPC clusters, AI infra, and storage systems (NFS, GPFS, Ceph).
• Address incidents affecting data center ops and interlab connectivity.
• Maintain system docs, SOPs, and disaster recovery plans.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote technical excellence.

Skills

Linux/Unix

Windows Server

Virtualization

Networking

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Communication

Security compliance

Infrastructure-as-code

Education

Bachelor's Degree in CS/CE/IS

Tools

Ansible

Puppet

Terraform

Kubernetes

Ceph

GPFS

NFS

Job description

Oak Ridge National Laboratory seeks a Data Systems Senior Systems Architect/Engineer for the Earth Sciences Informatics portfolio. You will design, deploy, and maintain facility-wide infrastructure supporting HPC, research, instrumentation, and operations across nine DOE labs for the ARM Facility.

You will lead projects spanning the national lab complex, ensure interoperability, security, and performance, and mentor junior staff while adopting DOE/FISMA/NIST controls and IaC tooling.