Senior HPC Architect for Classified Computing

UT-Battelle; Oak Ridge (TN); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

UT-Battelle at Oak Ridge National Laboratory seeks an experienced HPC Architect to design, integrate, and evolve secure, high‑performance computing environments for classified national security missions.

You will lead architectural efforts across compute, storage, networking, and data‑center infrastructure, translating mission requirements into scalable solutions while ensuring RMF/ATO compliance and security controls are integrated from the outset.

Qualifications

• BS in a technical field and 5+ years in HPC or large Linux computing environments.
• Experience translating requirements into scalable HPC architectures.
• Active TS, Q, or TS/SCI clearance is required for consideration.

Responsibilities

• Develop end-to-end architectures for classified HPC environments across compute, storage, and networking.
• Translate mission requirements into scalable HPC architectures and roadmaps.
• Lead design and deployment of new HPC systems and data center infrastructure.
• Create architecture diagrams, BOMs, capacity models, and technical roadmaps.
• Evaluate CPUs/GPUs, interconnects, storage, and emerging technologies against mission needs.
• Design high‑speed networks and storage hierarchies for large-scale workloads.
• Establish standards for HPC management networks, provisioning, and monitoring.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity to integrate security from design onward.

Skills

Linux HPC environments

CPU/GPU accelerated computing

HPC cluster architecture

High-speed interconnects

Workload management

System architecture

Security/compliance thinking

Technical leadership

Education

BS in computer science/engineering or related

Tools

Slurm

InfiniBand

BeeGFS

Lustre

Spectrum Scale/GPFS

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Ansible

Kubernetes

Job description

UT-Battelle at Oak Ridge National Laboratory seeks an experienced HPC Architect to design, integrate, and evolve secure, high‑performance computing environments for classified national security missions.

You will lead architectural efforts across compute, storage, networking, and data‑center infrastructure, translating mission requirements into scalable solutions while ensuring RMF/ATO compliance and security controls are integrated from the outset.