What are the responsibilities and job description for the System Architect position at Y12?
Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Job Title: System Architect
Career Level From: Senior Associate
Career Level To: Senior Specialist
Organization: Y-12 IT Infrastructure (51130472)
Job Specialty: System Architecture
Job Title: System Architect
Career Level From: Senior Associate
Career Level To: Senior Specialist
Organization: Y-12 IT Infrastructure (51130472)
Job Specialty: System Architecture
What You'll Do
As a Solution Architect specializing in OT (Operational Technology), you will be responsible for facilitating and participating in programs supporting architecture governance, guidelines, and strategy across our operational technology and similar network(s). Architects work in partnership with business units to align the business unit goals to ensure IT is able to deliver, identify maturity gaps, and bring communication recommendations to IT and the business unit to ensure company and mission goals are met. Solution Architects may be responsible for leading multiple complex and high-priority projects while working closely with the engineering and project management teams to scope, estimate, and provide overall technical guidance for assigned solutions/opportunities. Analyzing existing systems and processes to communicate improvement opportunities, along with the change management needed to implement is paramount. Must be able to provide detailed documentation for implemented solutions and necessary knowledge base articles to allow for both operational and ongoing support.
What You Can Expect
- Meaningful work and unique opportunities to support missions vital to national and global security
- Top-notch, dedicated colleagues
- Generous pay and benefits with a stable organization
- Career advancement and professional development programs
- Work-life balance fostered through flexible work options and wellness initiatives
Minimum Job Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in engineering/science/information technology discipline: Minimum 2 years of relevant experience
- OR Master's degree in engineering/science/information technology discipline
Preferred Job Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in engineering/science/information technology discipline: 12 years of relevant experience
- OR Master's degree in engineering/science/information technology discipline: 10 years of relevant experience
- 3 years of experience with Enterprise platforms and services
- 3 years of experience with TOGAF, Zachman, or other Solution Architecture frameworks
- 3 years of experience in an architecture role
- Strong background in Operational Technology and cyber security with an OT emphasis is preferred.
Specific areas of expertise may include but not be limited to:
- SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) systems
- ICS (Industrial Control Systems), HMI (Human Machine Interface), PLC (programmable Logic Controller), and PACs (Programmable Automation Controller)
- Factory line operated sensors, HMIs, and PLCs
- The Purdue Model for ICS systems
- Strategic ICS/OT security
- Working with major ICS/OT vendors like Emerson, Honeywell, Schneider Electric, Rockwell Automation/Allen Bradley, National Instruments, GE, Mitsubishi Electric, and Siemens
The candidate must also have the ability to present technical and operational information clearly and effectively through the oral and written word, solve complex technical problems, and be alert to changes that may affect the security and operational environment of systems.
Why Y-12?
You get #morethanajob. We encourage employees to achieve a healthy personal balance among home, work and the community. One of the ways we embrace work-life balance is by offering flexible work arrangements that provide alternatives to the traditional workweek, while still meeting business needs. Top talent and personal commitment mean more to our success than any other factors, so we reward our people with the kinds of benefits that make a positive difference in the quality of their lives. Benefits such as: medical plan, prescription drug plan, vision plan, dental plan, employer matched 401(k) savings plan, disability coverage, education reimbursement and many more. Want to stay healthy and fit but hate the cost of a gym membership? Take advantage of one of our onsite workout facilities and eat healthy in our onsite cafeterias. Much more than a workplace, at Y-12, you can build a career that lasts a lifetime.
Notes
The minimum education and experience for the lowest career level in the job posting range are listed under Minimum Job Requirements. Successful candidates hired into a higher career level than the minimum in the range must meet the requirements listed in the job leveling charts for the career level into which they are being hired.
If a range of Career Levels is posted, i.e., Senior Associate to Senior Specialist, internal applicants already in one of the Career Levels would come across at their current Career Level. Internal applicants currently in a lower level Career Level would move to the lowest posted Career Level.
Requires a Q clearance; however all qualified candidates will be considered regardless of their current clearance status. The ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy Q clearance is required.
This position may require entry into the Material Access Areas (MAA) and participation in the Human Reliability Program (10 C.F.R. Part 712), which requires successful competition of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation and may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.
This position may be categorized as a “designated position” identified by 10 C.F.R. Part 709, requiring successful completion of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation that may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.
CNS is a drug-free workplace. Candidates accepting a job offer will be required to pass a pre-placement physical, drug screening and background investigation. As an employee, you may be required to receive and maintain a security clearance from the United States Department of Energy in order to meet eligibility requirements for access to sensitive information or matter. U.S. citizenship is a requirement for security clearance applicants. All employees are subject to being randomly selected for drug testing without advance notification.
CNS is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on merit and without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, protected veteran status or disability.
