Senior/Principal Solutions Architect - Product Owner, Product Realization, Hybrid

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation's premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas. Some of the main reasons we love our jobs:

• Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide
• Extraordinary co-workers
• Some of the best tools, equipment, and research facilities in the world
• Career advancement and enrichment opportunities
• Flexible work arrangements for many positions include 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work 4 ten-hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part-time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home)
• Generous vacation, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*

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*These benefits vary by job classification.

We are seeking an experienced Senior/Principal Solutions Architect & Product Owner to drive the realization of new capabilities across our organization. In this dual-capacity role, you will blend solution architecture expertise with product ownership responsibilities to modernize service delivery, expand digital engineering capabilities, and introduce innovative automation. You will act as the bridge between stakeholders and development teams, ensuring that business priorities are translated into actionable deliverables aligned with strategic goals. By combining technical insight with agile leadership, you will help shape how new solutions are delivered and maximize their impact on the organization.

This position is hybrid, meaning the selected applicant may work remotely part of the time but must live within a reasonable commuting distance of the assigned work location for onsite needs.

On any given day, you may be called on to:

• Refine and manage backlog items, ensuring they balance stakeholder priorities with technical feasibility
• Collaborate with Scrum Masters and development teams to plan and deliver sprints or program increment (PI) events
• Coordinate efforts to expand and modernize digital engineering capabilities across the enterprise. For more information on Sandia's digital engineering initiatives visit https://www.sandia.gov/digital-engineering
• Identify opportunities for automation and design innovative solutions that integrate seamlessly with existing platforms
• Provide architectural insight to guide solution design, ensuring new capabilities are scalable, secure, and forward-looking
• Lead collaborative sessions to gather requirements, clarify objectives, and align deliverables with strategic goals
• Foster strong relationships with stakeholders both business and technical stakeholders at Sandia and across the Nuclear Security Enterprise (NSE) while championing continuous improvement and the adoption of agile practices

$117,500 - $235,700

*Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate's experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or related field, plus 5 years of relevant experience; or equivalent (AS + 9 years or no degree + 13 years)
• At least 2 years of experience in a product ownership (or similar) role driving agile process improvements, automation, or digital transformation initiatives
• Strong communication and collaboration skills to engage effectively with both technical teams and non-technical stakeholders
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q clearance

• Ability to create and communicate a clear product vision and strategy that aligns with business goals and customer needs
• Experience guiding agile teams and fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement
• Hands-on experience modernizing digital engineering platforms or large-scale enterprise applications
• Proven ability to identify opportunities for automation and deliver integrated, innovative solutions
• Strong organizational skills to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously
• Skilled at influencing and securing buy-in from diverse groups, including senior leadership
• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or SAFe Product Owner certification
• Nuclear Deterrence (ND) domain experience at Sandia, NSE sites, and/or NNSA, including knowledge of the Product Realization Integrated Digital Enterprise (PRIDE) program
• Experience delivering large-scale, enterprise software solutions, leveraging the Scaled Agile Framework.

Join our dynamic team within the Product Realization Integrated Digital Enterprise (PRIDE) program, where innovation and collaboration drive the modernization of information management capabilities across the Nuclear Security Enterprise (NSE). As a Product Owner, you will play a pivotal role in securely delivering optimized solutions that support the nuclear weapons lifecycle. PRIDE is committed to consolidating data resources, modernizing information systems, and streamlining enterprise-wide business processes to enhance mission performance. You will collaborate with a diverse group of experts, including architects, program managers, and federal stakeholders, to align solutions with strategic goals and ensure timely delivery of critical information. This is an opportunity to contribute to a portfolio of initiatives that achieve integration and efficiency through cooperation among National Laboratories, Production Plants, and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). If you are passionate about driving innovation, managing iterative development, and shaping the future of secure information systems, we invite you to join us in advancing the PRIDE vision..

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of seven (7) calendar days, including the 'posting date'. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

Sandia is required by DOE to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants for employment need to be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.

Applicants offered employment with Sandia are subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.

If you have a Medical Portable Electronic Device (MedPED), such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, drug-releasing pump, hearing aids, or diagnostic equipment and other equipment for measuring, monitoring, and recording body functions such as heartbeat and brain waves, if employed by Sandia National Laboratories you may be required to comply with NNSA security requirements for MedPEDs.

If you have a MedPED and you are selected for an on-site interview at Sandia National Laboratories, there may be additional steps necessary to ensure compliance with NNSA security requirements prior to the interview date.