Senior/Principal Solutions Architect - Storage Architect, Remote

Sandia National Laboratories; Albuquerque (NM); Remote; USD 114,000 - 228,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative lab is seeking a Solutions Architect to lead the development of storage systems solutions. This role involves collaborating with diverse teams to establish performance and security standards for storage services. You will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies and contribute to impactful projects that enhance national security. The position offers flexible work arrangements, generous benefits, and a chance to be part of a mission-driven team dedicated to technological advancement. If you are passionate about IT and eager to make a difference, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Flexible Work Arrangements

Generous Vacation

Strong Medical Benefits

401k Plan

Learning Opportunities

Relocation Assistance

Work/Life Balance Amenities

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in storage services and information systems.
• Ability to lead teams and manage projects effectively.
• Experience in large-scale storage environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects and develop roadmaps for storage systems.
• Collaborate with customers and IT partners.
• Establish service level requirements for storage systems.

Skills

Project Management

Communication Skills

Information Assurance

Systems Security

Team Leadership

Storage Management

IT Automation

Negotiation Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Master's Degree in a Related Field

Tools

SAN

NAS

ECS

3Par

Pure

Brocade

Job description

About Sandia:

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation's premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas. Some of the main reasons we love our jobs:

• Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide




• Extraordinary co-workers




• Some of the best tools, equipment, and research facilities in the world




• Career advancement and enrichment opportunities




• Flexible work arrangements for many positions include 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work 4 ten-hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part-time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home)




• Generous vacation, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*

  
  

  World-changing technologies. Life-changing careers. Learn more about Sandia at: http://www.sandia.gov

  
  

  *These benefits vary by job classification.

What Your Job Will Be Like:

Department 9774 has an opening for a Solutions Architect. The selected candidate will serve as a primary architect for storage systems solutions, requiring knowledge of and experience with information systems domains such as information assurance, hardware, software, networking, and systems security. This position will support Enterprise storage capabilities and services for all of Sandia's corporately supported unclassified and classified networks.

On any given day, you may be called upon to:

• Lead projects and develop roadmaps for the Storage Systems Team




• Collaborate with customers, vendors, and IT partners within our department and across Sandia




• Establish service level requirements for performance, reliability, and security for Storage Systems




• Provide storage administration support for systems that host critical applications and services




• Support full lifecycle management (analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, integration and maintenance) for the Enterprise Storage Services team.

  
  

  The selected applicant can be a remote worker located in any U.S. State or District of Columbia. Regular or periodic travel to your assigned work location may be required.

Salary Range:

$114,000 - $227,500

*Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate's experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.

Qualifications We Require:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information and Communication Technology, MIS, STEM, or a related field plus 5 years of experience; or equivalent (AS + 9 years or no degree + 13 years)




• Experience leading or managing programs, projects, services, and/or teams




• Experience working in a large, distributed environment providing storage services at large scale (multiple petabytes)




• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q clearance

Qualifications We Desire:

• Demonstrated ability to lead a team to deliver results and meet department objectives




• Ability to develop and nurture effective customer and partner relationships internal and external to a team




• Experience with the following storage devices: SAN, NAS, ECS, etc.




• Ability to negotiate and meet technical and programmatic requirements to the satisfaction of the customer in the execution of complex information technology projects




• Experience handling storage services hosting a variety of customer workloads, such as: Virtual Desktop, web applications, databases (Oracle, SQL, etc.), Splunk, and custom applications




• Experience or knowledge in IT automation, command line interface, API calls, and configuration management integration for storage services




• Experience with storage management portals for 3Par, Pure, and Brocade services




• Experience with replication and synchronization technologies in the storage service space




• Experience with deploying block storage solutions to physical, virtual, and cloud environments




• Understanding of information system accreditations, and cyber security requirements




• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills




• Project Management and organizational skills.




• ITSM Experience

About Our Team:

Department 9774, Data Center Operations, is responsible for managing the daily activities of critical IT services. This includes working in collaboration with the SNL Facilities team in several 24x7 data center environments to ensure all critical systems are operational supporting the mission of the IT infrastructure for Sandia National Laboratories. The storage team architects and delivers all Enterprise storage services for redundancy, automatic failover, and failback. Our backup team ensures backup and recovery for physical, virtual, and appliance-based systems. The firewall team delivers secure network traffic control inside and outside the laboratory, ensuring innovative application delivery. Lastly, the Core Networking and Software Defined Networking teams ensure application and service availability, connectivity, resiliency, to both internal and external customers. All these services operate on both the unclassified and classified levels.

Posting Duration:

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of seven (7) calendar days, including the 'posting date'. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

Security Clearance:

Sandia is required by DOE to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants for employment need to be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.

Applicants offered employment with Sandia are subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.

EEO:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.

NNSA Requirements for MedPEDs:

If you have a Medical Portable Electronic Device (MedPED), such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, drug-releasing pump, hearing aids, or diagnostic equipment and other equipment for measuring, monitoring, and recording body functions such as heartbeat and brain waves, if employed by Sandia National Laboratories you may be required to comply with NNSA security requirements for MedPEDs.

If you have a MedPED and you are selected for an on-site interview at Sandia National Laboratories, there may be additional steps necessary to ensure compliance with NNSA security requirements prior to the interview date.

Job ID: 695471

Job Family: IT

Regular/Temporary Position: R

Full/Part-Time Status: F