Senior Data Systems Architect - HPC & Enterprise Infra

UT-Battelle; Oak Ridge (TN); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

UT-Battelle at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Environmental Sciences Division seeks a Data Systems Senior Systems Architect/Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain facility-wide infrastructure for HPC, data processing, and secure collaboration across DOE labs.

You will lead virtualization, storage, networking, and security implementations, mentor engineers, and ensure compliance with NIST RMF/FISMA while advancing AI and data center operations.

Qualifications

• BS degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field.
• 5+ years in systems engineering, data center operations, or enterprise infra roles.
• Strong hands-on Linux/Unix and Windows Server administration at scale.
• Deep understanding of virtualization (VMware, KVM, or similar).
• Experience with SAN/NAS storage and backup/DR solutions.
• Solid networking knowledge (TCP/IP, VLANs, routing, firewalls).
• Experience with federal/DOE cybersecurity frameworks (NIST 800-53, RMF, FISMA).
• Ability to work across distributed, multi-site organizations.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain facility-wide systems infrastructure for HPC and data workloads.
• Lead infrastructure projects across the national lab complex ensuring security and performance.
• Collaborate with distributed teams to enable data collection, secure transfer, processing and distribution.
• Architect high-availability and disaster recovery solutions for mission-critical systems.
• Automate provisioning, configuration, and patching using IaC tools.
• Develop system documentation and mentor junior engineers.

Skills

Linux/Unix administration

Windows Server administration

Virtualization (VMware, KVM)

Enterprise storage (SAN/NAS)

Networking (TCP/IP, VLANs, routing, FW

Security compliance (NIST 800-53, RMF,

Documentation & communication

Education

BS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or related field

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Puppet

Chef

Kubernetes/OpenShift

Job description

UT-Battelle at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Environmental Sciences Division seeks a Data Systems Senior Systems Architect/Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain facility-wide infrastructure for HPC, data processing, and secure collaboration across DOE labs.

You will lead virtualization, storage, networking, and security implementations, mentor engineers, and ensure compliance with NIST RMF/FISMA while advancing AI and data center operations.