The Principal Architect provides technical leadership for the infrastructure and services that enable the Laboratory’s operations and scientific mission. The role spans networks, compute, storage, cloud, identity, endpoint platforms, monitoring, and service resilience in a hybrid on-premises and cloud environment.
- Develop and maintain infrastructure architectures, technical standards, reference designs, and multiyear roadmaps and serve on the ITD Architect Council.
- Lead architectural planning for initiatives spanning multiple platforms, vendors, teams, or customer groups, addressing dependencies, integration, operational risks, and long-term support.
- Evaluate current and emerging technologies for technical fit, cost, security, reliability, and operational impact; recommend investments and modernization priorities to senior leadership.
- Advise on complex projects and unresolved infrastructure issues, working with engineers, cybersecurity, application teams, project leaders, and stakeholders to turn requirements into workable designs.
- Review and approve solution architectures for major initiatives, guiding teams through tradeoffs, implementation plans, and exceptions to enterprise standards.
- Bachelor’s degree in information technology
- Computer Science
- Engineering
- related discipline
- Nice to have: infrastructure-as-code
