Infrastructure and Operations Principal Architect

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🗽 New York – Remote

🗽 New York – Remote

💵 $126k - $222.5k / year

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Brookhaven National Laboratory

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1001 - 5000 employees

⚡ Energy

🔬 Science

Energy • Science

Brookhaven National Laboratory is a multidisciplinary research laboratory primarily supported by the U. S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science. With a legacy of over 70 years in pioneering research, it has been recognized with seven Nobel Prize-winning discoveries and numerous awards in research and development. The laboratory employs more than 2,500 staff members who lead diverse research teams focused on critical areas such as nuclear science, energy science, data science, particle physics, and quantum information science, among others, aiming to secure the nation’s future by addressing energy, environmental, and nuclear challenges through innovative scientific solutions.

📋 Description

• Develop and maintain infrastructure architectures, technical standards, reference designs, and multiyear roadmaps • Serve on the ITD Architect Council • Lead architectural planning for initiatives spanning multiple platforms, vendors, teams, or customer groups • Address 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 • Work with engineers, cybersecurity, application teams, project leaders, and stakeholders to turn requirements into workable designs • Review and approve solution architectures for major initiatives • Guide teams through tradeoffs, implementation plans, and exceptions to enterprise standards • Guide improvements in capacity planning, performance, configuration management, observability, recoverability, and service resilience • Lead technical vendor evaluations and assess proposals against laboratory requirements • Produce architecture diagrams, decision records, standards, and strategic reports • Communicate recommendations to technical staff, customers, and senior management • Mentor I&O architects and promote sound engineering and architectural practices • Partner with application, data, and AI teams to deliver secure, scalable, and reusable platform capabilities for traditional and AI-driven workloads • Provide technical leadership for infrastructure and services enabling the Laboratory’s operations and scientific mission

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent combination of education, certifications, and relevant experience • 10+ years of progressively increasing responsibility in infrastructure and operations • Demonstrated breadth across enterprise architecture, cloud, DevOps and automation, and Windows and Linux platform engineering • Deep expertise in one or more infrastructure disciplines and broad working knowledge across multiple I&O technologies • Experience designing or guiding complex infrastructure solutions with cross-platform dependencies and significant operational or implementation risk • Ability to independently define and analyze unfamiliar technical problems, evaluate alternatives, and make sound recommendations accounting for technical and economic feasibility • Broad and deep enterprise infrastructure experience, including networking, identity and access management (IAM), virtualization, cybersecurity, and systems integration • Experience in hybrid-cloud and complex environments, with strong analytical and troubleshooting abilities • Ability to rapidly retool on emerging technologies • Strong business acumen balancing technical excellence, security, operational reliability, and cost optimization • Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills • Ability to communicate technical concepts to engineers, architects, leadership, and business stakeholders • Experience and comfort mentoring architects and senior engineers • Applicants must submit both a resume and cover letter • Must be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Uncleared Personal Identity Verification (UPIV) credential • Visa sponsorship is not available • Preferred: 15+ years of relevant experience • Preferred: Master’s degree • Preferred: experience supporting research, scientific computing, higher education, or Department of Energy environments • Preferred: experience with FinOps practices, cloud cost governance, and subscription management • Preferred: familiarity with NIST, ISO 27001, SOC 2, or FedRAMP

🏖️ Benefits

• Fully remote position with on-site presence available at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, NY • Comprehensive employee benefits program • Reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities • Opportunity to work at a multidisciplinary U.S. Department of Energy laboratory focused on discovery science and transformative technology

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