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Are you passionate about your work and dream of creating and maintaining cutting-edge data centers? Do you want to join a dynamic team that solves challenging issues in an ever changing data center environment?

We are looking for an Information Systems Architect to support our state-of-the-art, large-scale data centers. If you enjoy creative problem-solving and being an integral part of a dynamic team, this role offers an exciting opportunity to advance your career. You will help implement new technologies, processes, and best practices while collaborating across teams to ensure customer success.

Ideal candidates have a proven record of exceeding customer expectations, strong attention to detail, reliable on-time delivery, a commitment to continuous improvement, and a passion for learning new technologies and methodologies.

Job responsibilities include:

• Data center tours.
• DCIM integration and reporting.
• Customer and contractor coordination.
• Performing preventive maintenance.
• Emergency/outage response.
• Troubleshooting infrastructure issues.

*Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite. Some travel is required.

$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.

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and directly relevant experience; Plus five (5) or more years of relevant experience.
• Experience maintaining data center infrastructure, overseeing projects, and collaborating with contractors.
• DOE Q security clearance or equivalent required to start and ability to obtain and maintain a SCI clearance, which may require a polygraph examination.

• Basic understanding of data center power and cooling concepts.
• Knowledge of data center cooling infrastructure including but not limited to: CDU’s, cooling doors, CRAC units, Thermosyphons, and fluid coolers.
• Experience installing, maintaining, and troubleshooting data center cooling infrastructure.
• Experience of water treatment, filtration, and testing for closed loop, liquid cooling systems.
• Experience designing and implementing mechanical and containment systems to support high-density data centers.
• Experience operating Nlyte DCIM software for asset tracking, capacity planning, power monitoring, alarm implementation, outage simulation, and network tracing.
• Experience in DCIM integration and acceptance testing.
• Experience Researching and making recommendations of technology to improve current systems.
• Experience in problem identification, root cause analysis, and troubleshooting skillsets.
• Ability to work well with department team members and management and to identify and resolve data center issues.
• Ability to function in a dynamic, fast-paced, multi-disciplinary team.
• Ability to learn new technologies, concepts, and processes.
• Ability to prioritize, manage, and complete multiple projects within appropriate scope and timeframe.
• Ability to be in an on-call rotation and to work beyond normal business hours when needed.

Data Center Services is responsible for managing the daily activities of critical IT services. This includes working in collaboration with the SNL Facilities team in several 24O7 data center environments to ensure all critical systems are operational supporting the mission of the IT infrastructure for Sandia National Laboratories on both the unclassified and classified levels.

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.

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 and SCI access, both of which require US citizenship. SCI access may also require a polygraph examination. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain these levels of access 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 the 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.

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.