Principal Software Architect - Seattle

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Seattle, Washington
software data security design engineers architecture data management management national security team iot pipelines analytics
March 10, 2023
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Seattle, Washington
Overview

Join a group of 90 software engineers using the latest technologies to solve the hardest problems for our nation. We are seeking a Principal Data Architect to plan, architect, and design a complex, highly available and scalable data management framework.

Critical Technologies
  • Programming & Scripting - Python, GO, Rust, Java, Scala
  • Compute - IoT/ICS, Linux, Fargate/EC2, ECS/Docker, EKS/Kubernetes, EMR
  • Development - Git/Gitlab, Agile, Atlassian, CDK, CI/CD, DevOps, IDE
  • Data and Storage - S3, Athena, Postgres, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, Dynamo, Redshift, MongoDB
  • Pipelines - IAM, Cognito, Nifi, Airflow, Dagster, Spark, Lambda, Beats, Splunk
  • Analytics - Dask, Numpy & Pandas, DataBricks, SageMaker, Tensorflow/Keras, PySpark

National Interest Project Examples
  • Detect and prevent smuggling of drugs and contraband at ports of entry [Link]
  • Develop large data pipelines to thwart funding for terrorists, nuclear proliferators, drug cartels, and rogue leaders [Link]
  • Applying big data solutions to national security problems [Link]
  • Applying image classification for nuclear forensics analysis [Link]
  • Detect and respond to advanced cyber threats with at-edge computing [Link]
  • Develop capabilities for scalable geospatial analytics [Link]
  • Use remotely sensed imagery to identify and monitor the progression of wildfires [Link]
  • Analyze the resiliency of the electric power grid to prevent large-scale outages [Link]
  • Optimize building efficiency using IOT and ICS data with automated demand-response markets [Link]
  • Model climate change and impacts to civilization [Link]
  • Hunt for the existence of dark matter to understand the nature of the universe [Link]

Data Complexities
  • Volume - large, we work with terabytes and petabytes
  • Variety - Images, audio, text, IoT, RF, GPS, edge sensors
  • Velocity - Sub-second and lower frequency

How We Work
  • Diverse and flexible projects - Flexibility to choose and move between projects
  • Agile development environment - Scrum meetings, standups, demos, and retrospectives
  • Partners - Work with government, academic, industry, and other partners to solve problems
  • Locations - Seattle, WA; Richland, WA; Washington, DC
  • Team Sizes - Typically around 5-10 members, although projects can be more than 100 or just a few members
  • Team Compositions - Our teams include cloud engineers, machine learning engineers, data scientists/domain experts, UI/UX designers, front-end developers, scrums masters, product owners, and most importantly, users

A day in the life of a data architect / senior data architect at PNNL will involve collaboration with developers, architects, data experts, and key stakeholders to plan, architect and design the data management framework. You will design the processes for data pipelines to store in large databases, feed to AI/ML and create new data analysis tools to tackle national level problems. You will work with a team, including Data Engineers, Cloud Engineers and Software Developers, to deploy to AWS and Azure, ML researchers to develop production ready models, and analysts to extract new features and derive new insights. All along you will know that your work answered a critical national security problem, something that might have been discussed on the evening news.

Missing some of these skills or experiences? That's okay. If you have relevant technical expertise, are highly driven, and are very motivated to learn these technologies and tackle these domain problems, let's talk.

Responsibilities

  • Provide expertise on decisions and priorities regarding the data & analytics architecture, including relational, reporting, document and data lake architecture design plus AWS Cloud Platform disaster recovery and business continuity.
  • Provide data architecture design recommendations that align with long and short-term IT and business strategies for user use cases.
  • Define scope and priorities for developing, deploying and/or improving data management standards, policies, and processes enhancing the quality and completeness of product data.
  • Define key risks for data management and ensure compliance with related policies, roles, and responsibilities and standards.
  • Develop technology architecture strategies based on a situational awareness of various scenarios and motivations.
  • Develop strategies and direction for systems and solutions using current and emerging technologies.
  • Evaluate and recommend new products, as well as maintain knowledge of emerging technologies for enterprise application.
  • Perform as an internal consultant, advocate, mentor, and change agent.
  • Provide technical guidance to project team areas, as appropriate.
  • Work across the organization as a visionary, with an understanding of strategy, to proactively assist in defining the direction of future projects.
  • Provide advanced multi-disciplinary knowledge, skills and experience in technical architecture and design.
  • Collaborate, define, and maintain effective and efficient designs to optimize performance.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:
  • BS/BA and 9+ years of relevant work experience -OR-
  • MS/MA and 7+ years of relevant work experience -OR-
  • PhD with 5+ year of relevant experience

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Active Federal Q Clearance and ability to maintain such clearance

Hazardous Working Conditions/Environment

Not applicable.

Additional Information

This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a federal security clearance (Q/SCI).

Requirements:
  • U.S. Citizenship
  • Background Investigation: Applicants selected will be subject to a Federal background investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified matter in accordance with 10 CFR 710, Appendix B.
  • Drug Testing: All Security Clearance positions are Testing Designated Positions, which means that the candidate selected is subject to pre-employment and random drug testing. In addition, applicants must be able to demonstrate non-use of illegal drugs, including marijuana, for the 12 consecutive months preceding completion of the requisite Questionnaire for National Security Positions (QNSP).

Note: Applicants will be considered ineligible for security clearance processing by the U.S. Department of Energy until non-use of illegal drugs, including marijuana, for 12 months can be demonstrated.

Testing Designated Position

This position is a Testing Designated Position (TDP). The candidate selected for this position will be subject to pre-employment and random drug testing for illegal drugs, including marijuana, consistent with the Controlled Substances Act and the PNNL Workplace Substance Abuse Program.

Commitment to Excellence, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Equal Employment Opportunity

Our laboratory is committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment dedicated to solving critical challenges in fundamental sciences, national security, and energy resiliency. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. In support of this commitment, we encourage people of all racial/ethnic identities, women, veterans, and individuals with disabilities to apply for employment.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory considers all applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), protected veteran status, and any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, and/or local laws.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures and in employment. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, contact us at [email protected].

Drug Free Workplace

PNNL is committed to a drug-free workplace supported by Workplace Substance Abuse Program (WSAP) and complies with federal laws prohibiting the possession and use of illegal drugs.

Mandatory Requirements

Battelle requires employees to have a COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of employment, subject to accommodation. Applicants are required to disclose their vaccination status following a conditional offer of employment and must attest to being fully vaccinated with a Center for Disease Control (CDC)-approved COVID-19 vaccination or provide documentation of need for medical or religious exemption from the COVID-19 vaccination requirement.

Please be aware that the Department of Energy (DOE) prohibits DOE employees and contractors from having any affiliation with the foreign government of a country DOE has identified as a "country of risk" without explicit approval by DOE and Battelle. If you are offered a position at PNNL and currently have any affiliation with the government of one of these countries, you will be required to disclose this information and recuse yourself of that affiliation or receive approval from DOE and Battelle prior to your first day of employment.

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