Infrastructure and Operations Principal Architect

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in New York.

📋 Description

• Design and sustain infrastructure architectures, technical standards, reference designs, and long-term roadmaps.

• Participate in the ITD Architect Council.

• Oversee architectural planning for projects that involve multiple platforms, vendors, teams, or customer groups.

• Manage dependencies, integration, operational risks, and long-term support considerations.

• Assess current and emerging technologies for their technical compatibility, cost, security, reliability, and operational impact.

• Advise senior leadership on investment opportunities and modernization priorities.

• Provide guidance on complex projects and unresolved infrastructure challenges.

• Collaborate with engineers, cybersecurity teams, application groups, project leaders, and stakeholders to translate requirements into practical designs.

• Evaluate and endorse solution architectures for significant initiatives.

• Assist teams in navigating trade-offs, implementation strategies, and exceptions to enterprise standards.

• Lead enhancements in capacity planning, performance, configuration management, observability, recoverability, and service resilience.

• Conduct technical vendor assessments and evaluate proposals against laboratory requirements.

• Create architecture diagrams, decision records, standards, and strategic reports.

• Convey recommendations to technical staff, customers, and senior management effectively.

• Mentor I&O architects and advocate for robust engineering and architectural practices.

• Collaborate with application, data, and AI teams to deliver secure, scalable, and reusable platform capabilities for both traditional and AI-driven workloads.

• Provide technical leadership for infrastructure and services that support the Laboratory’s operations and scientific objectives.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education, certifications, and relevant experience.

• Over 10 years of progressively responsible experience in infrastructure and operations.

• Proven experience across enterprise architecture, cloud services, DevOps and automation, as well as Windows and Linux platform engineering.

• In-depth knowledge in one or more infrastructure disciplines, with a broad understanding of various I&O technologies.

• Experience in designing or guiding complex infrastructure solutions that involve cross-platform dependencies and significant operational or implementation risks.

• Ability to independently identify and analyze unfamiliar technical challenges, assess alternatives, and provide sound recommendations considering technical and economic feasibility.

• Extensive enterprise infrastructure experience, encompassing networking, identity and access management (IAM), virtualization, cybersecurity, and systems integration.

• Background in hybrid-cloud and complex environments, with strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.

• Capacity to quickly adapt to emerging technologies.

• Strong business sense with a focus on balancing technical excellence, security, operational reliability, and cost-effectiveness.

• Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation abilities.

• Capability to explain technical concepts to engineers, architects, leadership, and business stakeholders.

• Experience and comfort with mentoring architects and senior engineers.

• Applicants are required to submit both a resume and a cover letter.

• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a DOE Uncleared Personal Identity Verification (UPIV) credential.

• Visa sponsorship is not available.

• Preferred: Over 15 years of relevant experience.

• Preferred: Master’s degree.

• Preferred: Experience in supporting research, scientific computing, higher education, or environments within the Department of Energy.

• Preferred: Familiarity with FinOps practices, cloud cost governance, and subscription management.

• Preferred: Knowledge of NIST, ISO 27001, SOC 2, or FedRAMP standards.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote position with optional on-site presence at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, NY.

• Comprehensive employee benefits program.

• Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.

• Opportunity to work at a multidisciplinary U.S. Department of Energy laboratory dedicated to discovery science and transformative technology.