Senior Solutions Architect: IT Infra & Cybersecurity Lead

Sandia National Laboratories; New Mexico; On-site; USD 117,500 - 235,700; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Flexible work arrangements

Excellent benefits

Job summary

Sandia National Laboratories is seeking a Senior/Principal Solutions Architect to lead the Z Machine IT Infrastructure Operations team onsite. You will design and sustain secure, scalable infrastructure supporting high-consequence experiments, while guiding cybersecurity, accreditation, and operational processes.

Collaboration with scientists, engineers, and mission stakeholders is essential to meet requirements and ensure reliable services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT, cybersecurity, CS, engineering or STEM with 5+ years of related experience.
• Experience architecting or supporting complex enterprise IT infrastructure across OS and virtualization.
• Experience applying cybersecurity requirements, controls, risk management and accreditation processes.
• Ability to lead by shaping approaches, coordinate stakeholders, and deliver outcomes.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q Security Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead Z Machine IT Infrastructure Operations team and prioritize tasks for reliable IT services.
• Serve as lead architect for IT infrastructure solutions across compute, storage, networking, and identity.
• Develop and maintain cybersecurity SSPs, controls, evidence, risk documentation and remediation planning.
• Translate customer requirements into secure architectures and operational support models.
• Improve configuration management, patching, vulnerability remediation, and automation.
• Troubleshoot complex issues impacting Z Machine operations and coordinate cross‑discipline responses.

Skills

Solution architecture

Cybersecurity

Leadership

Stakeholder coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/Cybersecurity/CS/Engineering or STEM

Tools

PowerShell

Python

Ansible

Nutanix

VMware ESXi/vSphere

Hyper-V

Cisco networking

Job description

Sandia National Laboratories is seeking a Senior/Principal Solutions Architect to lead the Z Machine IT Infrastructure Operations team onsite. You will design and sustain secure, scalable infrastructure supporting high-consequence experiments, while guiding cybersecurity, accreditation, and operational processes.

Collaboration with scientists, engineers, and mission stakeholders is essential to meet requirements and ensure reliable services.