Argonne

Information Technology Group Leader

Lemont, IL USA · Contract

Sponsorship not specified$135k-$211kDetected 34 days ago

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About the role

Within Argonne is the Advanced Photon Source (APS), a large User facility operated for the Department of Energy.
The Advanced Photon Source provides ultra-bright, high-energy X-ray beams generated by a storage ring for research in almost all scientific disciplines.
These X-rays allow scientists to gain new knowledge about the structure and function of materials at the center of the Earth, in outer space, and at all points in between.

Implement policies, procedures, and guidelines to ensure efficient, economical, and effective Information Technology (IT) planning, acquisition, and management in support of APS mission and objectives.
Collaborate on the development of a strategy for the digitization of the APS IT infrastructure supporting accelerator, beamline, and scientific computing environments.
Manage the career growth and development of staff through appropriate mentoring and career progression frameworks
Analyzes IT infrastructure costs & develops effort and budget estimates for projects.
Develop and implement business continuity protocols to minimize disruption to business operations in the event of emergency situations or data loss.
Establishes, implements, and maintains a comprehensive and effective cyber/computer security program to protect the APS information and information technology assets.
Develop and maintain relationships with external IT vendors and service providers.

A bachelor's or a master's degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or a comparable field is required.
A minimum of 10+ years of professional experience, including managing information technology or engineering projects and staff in complex, state-of-the-art scientific/technical facilities.
Experience in high-performance computing, AI infrastructure operations, cybersecurity engineering, data pipeline orchestration, AIOps (AI-driven IT operations), and computer networking hardware.
Experience establishing and delivering reliability metrics within the context of IT operations.
Experience with high-performance digital platform organization supporting AI-enabled science, digital twins, and large-scale scientific data pipelines.
Experience with container platforms, infrastructure automation, and configuration-managed infrastructure environments.
Knowledge and skill in managing and presenting budgets and project schedules for large computer and network systems.
Proven track record as a project manager in multimillion-dollar, computer software, database, hardware, and computer network projects.
Ability to model Argonne's core values of impact, safety, respect, integrity, and teamwork.
Interpersonal skills, oral and written communication skills, and ability to interact with people at all levels both within and outside the laboratory.

This listing is sourced directly from Argonne's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.