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IT Infrastructure Research Architect
$100,000 - 130,000
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Bradbury Drive SE 1009, Albuquerque
$100,000 - 130,000
Requirements
Must:
- Bachelors degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent education and experience
- Advanced degree in computer science, engineering, computational science, or a related discipline preferred
- Minimum of six years of experience as an infrastructure architect with a focus on designing large-scale distributed systems
- Proven expertise in high-performance computing, large-scale scientific data processing, and distributed systems architecture
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills to influence senior technical leaders without formal authority
- Experience in federally funded or FFRDC environments is highly preferred
- Solid understanding of HPC technologies, networking, storage, data center design, and capacity planning
- Practical experience with cluster design, commissioning, operations, resource scheduling, and container orchestration
- Familiarity with high-volume, multi-site data transport workflows and scalable archival and processing storage technologies
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic and architectural leadership for the technology ecosystem supporting our scientific endeavors
- Collaborate with software and data architects to determine the long-term technical trajectory for research computing
- Ensure mission systems are interoperable, scalable, and consistent with institutional strategy
- Develop and maintain an architectural roadmap for IT infrastructure of research systems
- Define reference architectures for scientific computing and data lifecycle management
- Evaluate emerging technologies for relevance to mission-scale science
- Serve as the integrative architect across high-performance computing environments, cloud and on-premises platforms, data archives, and networking systems
- Conduct system-level design reviews for significant initiatives
- Establish architectural standards and governance principles
- Assess technical risks for new mission initiatives
- Define sustainability models for research platforms
- Promote reproducibility, scalability, and interoperability across various systems
- Work collaboratively with Platform Engineering, Network Engineering, and Scientific Software Engineering teams
- Translate scientific requirements into architectural directives
- Act as a technical advisor to scientific and executive leadership
- Anticipate and address challenges related to scaling for next-generation instruments and data rates
- Balance innovative approaches with operational stability and cost-effectiveness
- Maintain and upgrade existing software solutions to bolster operations
- Develop new products to address emerging scientific challenges and support the observatorys mission
Description
We are the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), a prestigious research facility dedicated to studying the universe through our advanced radio telescopes, including the Well-known Very Large Array and the Green Bank Telescope. We seek a Research IT Infrastructure Architect to join our Data Management and Software team, working in Albuquerque, NM, Socorro, NM, Charlottesville, VA, or Green Bank, WV. We offer a remote work option for qualified candidates after one year of employment. Our team is committed to fostering employee well-being and career growth, offering a competitive compensation package and comprehensive benefits, including excellent paid time off and medical plans that commence on the first day of employment.
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