Senior Architect - Secure Research Infrastructure, Technology Solutions

Senior Architect
- Secure Research Infrastructure, Technology Solutions

Hiring Department
:
Technology Solutions

Location
:
Chicago, IL USA

Requisition : 1040838

FTE
: 1

Work Schedule
:
Monday
- Friday / 8:30AM - 5:00PM

Shift
:
Days

# of Positions
: 1

Workplace Type
:
Hybrid

Posting Close Date
:
July 2, 2026

Salary Range (commensurate with experience): $90,000. / Annual Salary

This position is intended to be eligible for benefits. This includes Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, a Retirement Plan, Paid time Off, and Tuition waivers for employees and dependents.

• Architect AI/HPC Infrastructure:
  Design and scale GPU clusters and high-speed interconnects to support large-scale model training and inference.
• Engineered Secure Enclaves:
  Build isolated walled‑garden environments using hardware‑based Trusted Execution Environments or micro‑segmentation to process sensitive datasets.
• Compliance Engineering:
  Translate requirements from compliance standards such as NIST, SPRS, HIPAA, and CMMC into technical controls. You will build the technical infrastructure that serves as the source of truth for audits.
• Dev Sec Ops  & Automation:
  Lead the Infrastructure as Code strategy using Terraform or Ansible to ensure that security patches and configuration changes are audited, versioned, and immutable.
• High-Performance Storage:
  Manage petabyte‑scale, parallel file systems (e.g., Lustre, VAST, GPFS) with integrated encryption‑at‑rest and strict POSIX/ACL access controls.
• Perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.

• Experience working with security, scanning, and auditing platforms such as Splunk.
• Experience with encrypting data at rest and in motion at hybrid and federated systems.
• 7+ years in Systems Engineering, with 3+ years specifically in designing secure enclaves and HPC or AI infrastructure.
• Experience working with IAM systems such as SailPoint, InCommon, and CILogon.
• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Experience with Secure Enclaves, identity management (Entra/AD), and Zero Trust Architecture.
• Proficiency in Python, bash, CI/CD pipelines (Git Lab/Git Hub Actions), and Linux kernel hardening.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used in some portions of the candidate review process for this position, however, all employment decisions will be made by a person.