Information Technology Group Leader

About the role

The Advanced Photon Source (APS) Engineering Support Division (AES) at Argonne National Laboratory is seeking an experienced Information Technology Group Leader to lead the delivery of mission-critical digital infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Manage the IT group that plans, designs, develops, supports, integrates, implements, and/or operates enterprise-wide computer systems and networks (including high-performance systems and networks), and associated computer software and computer security technologies.
• 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.
• Work with Laboratory Information Technology and Argonne Cyber Security Office to ensure the APS systems operate within the standards and requirements of Laboratory and DOE/DHS Security.
• Acts as the Chief Information Officer for the APS.
• Respond to and further the goals set by the APS management.
• Manage the career growth and development of staff through appropriate mentoring and career progression frameworks.
• Analyze IT infrastructure costs & develop effort and budget estimates for projects. Submit annual operational budgets and staffing estimates for the IT group.
• Develop and implement business continuity protocols to minimize disruption to business operations in the event of emergency situations or data loss.
• Oversee physical security of all hardware systems, networks, and server infrastructure at the APS.
• Promote effective interdivisional IT operations by encouraging performance-based management and, where appropriate, facilitating the restructure of mission-related processes before making significant IT investments to improve the performance and cost-effectiveness of the APS information management activities.
• 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.
• Identify emerging technologies & industry standards to be analyzed and integrated within the IT organization.

Requirements

• 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.
• Interpersonal skills, oral and written communication skills, and ability to interact with people at all levels both within and outside the laboratory.