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

We are seeking an Information Systems Architect to join a team that administers next-generation high performance computing (HPC) Architectures and develops innovative solutions for operations and improved utilization. Your work will enhance the effectiveness of vitally important experimental research in support of both our national defense and broader scientific discoveries.

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

• Engage in all aspects of the HPC system lifecycle including facility integration, standup, acceptance testing, performance bench marking, operational monitoring and support, upgrades, and reclamation.
• Explore, develop, and deploy advanced operation technologies to improve the efficacy of our HPC systems and the administrators who support them.
• Perform all aspects of security, networking, filesystems, system software installation, and user support work.
• Troubleshoot software and hardware and replace defective components.
• Support research and development staff to deliver functional platforms for pre-production systems.

* The position allows a combination of onsite and offsite work. The candidate must live within 50 miles of the assigned work location and be available to work onsite a minimum of three days per week as necessary.

Salary Range

$102,400 - $199,700

*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, Computer Engineering, Information Systems Engineering (CIS/MIS), or a related STEM field plus 5 years of experience; or equivalent (AS + 9 years or no degree + 13 years).
• Included in the experience above:
  • 5 years of experience with high performance computing (HPC) systems or large scale cloud deployments based on Linux / Unix operating systems.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q clearance.

Qualifications We Desire

• Experience managing multiple systems or a variety of system architectures.
• Experience with configuration management technologies such as Ansible or Terraform.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure and container technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, or Singularity.
• Experience with Python, C, and/or FORTRAN programming languages.
• Strong communication skills and experience working in a team environment.

About Our Team

The HPC Development Department (9328) partners with different scientific and computing disciplines at Sandia, and externally, to advance high performance computing (HPC) and operations. The Observation, Orchestration, & Optimization Team supplies the HPC and Cloud monitoring capability for Sandia National Laboratory to ensure actionability to performance or system anomalies, uses derived knowledge to inform workload management decisions and find opportunities to improve throughput and efficiencies, and innovate the future of HPC and Cloud Computing. The team supports production monitoring infrastructure and tools and implements innovative solutions to support cutting-edge computing technologies.

Posting Duration

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of three (3) 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.