ESN Hub Deputy Program Leader - ACTIVE CLEARANCE REQUIRED

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We have an opening for an ESN (Enterprise Secure Network) Hub Deputy Program Leader. You will provide technical and program leadership to advance ESN and ESN Hub modernization and enterprise integration. This role partners with program and enterprise stakeholders to shape ESN architectural direction, resolve complex technical challenges, reduce enterprise technical debt and drive integration and migration of legacy ESN capabilities into modern architecture. The Deputy Program Leader supports execution across multiple initiatives, provides mentorship to program team members, and helps align near term delivery with long term mission needs. This position is in the Enterprise Infrastructure Services (EIS) Division, within the Computing Directorate, in support of ESN Hub.

This position requires full-time on-site presence due to the nature of the work.

You will

• Lead program direction toward ESN modernization, including architectural alignment, technology refresh strategies, platform evolution, and the integration or migration of legacy ESN functions into the centralized hosting environment to enhance reliability, security, and service delivery.
• Collaborate with key enterprise and program leadership and NNSA mission stakeholders to enhance integration and interoperability across ESN and adjacent programs, and to identify long term strategic and operational opportunities to address emerging technology challenges in mission execution.
• Provide leadership in support of program activities, including input on staffing needs, prioritization, guiding team focus to meet milestones and mission outcomes, and elevating strategic program discussions on prioritization and the efforts required to meet program needs in alignment with federal direction.
• Lead architecture-focused technical discussions with senior leadership, translating complex technical considerations into clear options, risks, and recommendations to inform decision-making, while supporting governance, planning, and reporting activities, including architecture reviews, roadmap development, and risk management.
• Provide leadership and mentorship to program and technical leads to enhance delivery practices, strengthen technical rigor, and improve cross-team alignment.
• Provide strategic leadership for the analysis and resolution of highly unusual, complex, or sensitive technical problems with no predefined solution path, including cause analysis and executive decision support, and provide technical direction for strategic priorities while serving as the technical leader for large, complex projects and programs.
• Lead negotiations with management and internal or external customers and sponsors regarding matters of strategic importance to ESN.
• Support leadership in securing and sustaining projects, programs, funding, and talent, and lead planning for the integration and execution of new program areas.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• This position requires an active Department of Energy (DOE) Q-level clearance or active Top-Secret clearance issued by another U.S. government agency at the time of hire.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a related field, or equivalent combination of technical training and experience.
• Extensive experience leading architecture and modernization efforts for enterprise scale networks, infrastructure, or distributed hosting environments, including integrating legacy capabilities into modern platforms through migration planning, dependency mapping, and operational transition.
• Extensive experience solving ambiguous, high impact technical problems, including developing solution approaches where paths are not predefined, and applying in-depth technical triage and diagnostic procedures.
• Extensive experience with ESN environments or closely comparable enterprise network programs that support mission critical operations, as well as advanced experience engaging mission stakeholders to shape strategic roadmaps.
• SME knowledge of centralized hosting, hybrid hosting patterns, and modern infrastructure operations, including automation, monitoring, resilience engineering, and expertise in network, systems, data center, database, mid-tier, or cloud services architecture, design, enterprise implementation, and operational support practices.
• Expert experience delivering complex, high-quality products in a timely manner to a sponsor/end user, and extensive experience researching and leveraging industry best business practices, holding individuals accountable, cultivating innovation and risk-taking, and demonstrating a commitment to constructive change and improvement with a successful record of accomplishments.
• Expert-level written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to brief leadership, advise customers, produce clear technical artifacts, and drive decisions.

Pay Range

$272,970 - $346,140 Annually

This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting; pay will not be below any applicable local minimum wage. An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.

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Position Information

This is a Career Indefinite position, open to Lab employees and external candidates.

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• 401(k)
• Relocation Assistance
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Security Clearance

This position requires an active Department of Energy (DOE) Q-level clearance or active Top Secret clearance issued by another U.S. government agency at time of hire.

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