Cleared Senior/Principal Windows COE Solutions Architect, Onsite

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Our team is seeking an enthusiastic and versatile Solutions Architect with broad expertise across multiple information systems domains, including operating system testing, deployment and upgrades, hardware evaluation and specifications, software, encryption, remote access, networking, and cybersecurity. In this leadership role, you will guide our Windows Common Operating Environment (COE) team, overseeing Windows OS deployment across all networks, evaluating approved systems, and coordinating supply chain activities. Success in this role also requires strong collaboration with cross-functional teams, enabling effective coordination and integration of diverse expertise to drive innovative solutions and achieve organizational goals.

All team members are empowered to make decisions. We believe great products and services are developed through collaboration, fostering a culture that encourages questions and communication. Team members are expected to research and implement new technologies, including personal interest research that may not have immediate project applicability. To support this, we encourage attendance at relevant conferences and training. This emphasis allows flexibility in the solutions, frameworks, and processes we use to deliver outstanding service that enables the mission. As a result, our team is often one of the first to introduce new concepts and services to the laboratories. Candidates must possess effective communication skills, ability to perform structured qualitative and quantitative analysis, attention to detail, and ability to resolve complex technical and business problems.

On any given day you may be called on to:

• Evaluate, test, and analyze implementation, functionality, performance, and tools of information system solutions, ensuring that requirements and acceptance criteria are met
• Evaluate COTS and custom applications for compatibility and supportability with Sandias common operating environment
• Interface with procurement in sourcing hardware from approved vendors including evaluation and mitigation of supply chain risks
• Evaluate and propose solutions to complex technical problems such as encryption and operating system testing, deployment and upgrades
• Research, prototype, architect, and design solutions for effective operation of mission enabling or direct mission information systems
• Identify risks and risk-reduction strategies as part of balancing performance, cost, and schedule for various technical options
• Report on progress and advances to peers, management, and stakeholders

*Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite.

$117,500 - $235,700

*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.

• A Bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems or a related field, plus five (5) years of directly relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• Proven experience leading technical teams to deliver complex information systems solutions.
• DOE Q security clearance or DOW equivalent required to start.

• Experience testing, deploying, and upgrading Windows Enterprise operating system for new and deployed desktops and on unclassified and classified networks.
• Familiarity with ITIL best practices, particularly in Change and Release Management processes.
• Strong skills in project planning and project management to ensure timely and successful delivery of technical initiatives.
• Experience collaborating with hardware vendors and understanding supply chain risks and mitigation strategies.
• Experience working within a Windows domain environment, including Group Policy and Active Directory.
• Experience with ServiceNow incident management processes.
• Experience with agile development methodologies and proficiency in Microsoft Azure DevOps Services (ADOS).
• Knowledge of Microsoft software, services, and platforms, including Office 365.
• Proven ability to tackle challenging problems and implement creative, effective solutions.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage effectively with diverse stakeholders and translate technical concepts for non-technical audiences.

The Enterprise Endpoint Engineering teams in Department 9764 deliver a stable, secure and reliable Common Operating Environment (COE) for Windows, Linux, Mac and Mobility platforms across the Sandia workforce. The COE and Approved Systems services balance desktop software and hardware performance with cyber security requirements to minimize Sandia's risks exposure while enabling the workforce to perform effectively. The teams also provide endpoint protection, desktop management, browser configuration, Group Policy enforcement, STIG compliance, and support for a various in-house and commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) products and utilities. These capabilities are delivered through IT technical direction, customer relationship management, project management, and service management.

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.

Position requires a Department of Energy (DOE) Q security clearance to start, or equivalent active security clearance with another U.S. government agency (e.g., DOD). Sandia is required by DOE directive 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 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.

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.

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