Group Leader, Software Services Development

Group Leader, Software Services Development

The National Center for Computational Sciences (NCCS) provides state-of-the-art computational and data science infrastructure for technical and scientific professionals to accelerate scientific discovery and engineering advances across a broad range of disciplines. As an important part of the broader High‑Performance Computing (HPC) infrastructure, the division also hosts the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF), a Department of Energy Office of Science User Facility.

The Team:

The Software Services Development (SSD) group writes and maintains large web applications and web APIs used by both staff and end‑users of the National Center for Computational Sciences (NCCS) computational ecosystem.

One of the largest applications the group develops and maintains is the NCCS customer relationship management (CRM) tool. This tool provides a full‑featured CRM solution for storing and organizing a broad set of relational data pertaining to the center’s users, projects, allocations, funding sources, file system directories, batch jobs, etc. In addition, it directly controls many of the day‑to‑day operational needs of the NCCS in real‑time such as generating batch scheduler configurations, maintaining mailing lists, populating LDAP instances, and emailing end‑users.

It disseminates data through a RESTful API that staff use for operational automation and reporting.

As a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science national laboratory, ORNL has an impressive 80‑year legacy of addressing the nation’s most pressing challenges. Our team is made up of over 7,000 dedicated and innovative individuals! Our goal is to create an environment where a variety of perspectives and backgrounds are valued, ensuring ORNL is known as a top choice for employment.

These principles are essential for supporting our broader mission to drive scientific breakthroughs and translate them into solutions for energy, environmental, and security challenges facing the nation.

We are seeking an individual that will provide leadership to the Software Services Development group. The technical focus of the group’s work is on internal and external‑facing web applications and APIs that are critical to the day‑to‑day operations of the NCCS, and by extension, ORNL’s aspiration to be the world’s premier R&D institution.

In this role, you will lead and advocate for a diverse and talented group of software engineers, guide their technical work, and expand their ranks with new hires when needed. You will develop a vision and implement a cohesive group strategy to ensure the success of new and ongoing technical projects to position the group and the organization for future success.

You will have the opportunity to:

• Cultivate an environment where team members are empowered and demonstrate a strong sense of ownership and belonging.
• Meet with team members on a regular basis to support day‑to‑day work and provide career development opportunities.
• Coach your team by providing technical leadership and candid, ongoing feedback and mentoring.
• Lead successful technical projects, ensuring high‑quality and timely delivery of features and fixes.
• Apply your knowledge of software architecture to manage software development tasks associated with developing, debugging, and/or designing software applications and databases according to provided design specifications.
• Review existing software architecture and suggest improvements.
• Oversee and guide the development and implementation of software features/controls to mitigate technical risks.
• Review code and ensure the team builds software that is architecturally consistent, of high quality, and follows operational best practices.
• Work with other teams across the division to meet the division's operational challenges.
• Help bring clarity to the team by fostering clear communication, understanding, and process improvements.
• Deliver ORNL’s mission by aligning behaviors, priorities, and interactions with our core values of Impact, Integrity, Teamwork, Safety, and Service. Promote equal opportunity by fostering a respectful workplace – in how we…