Enterprise IT Architect, Research Computing (IT@JH Research Computing)

IT@JH Research Computing is seeking an Enterprise IT Architect, Research Computing who serves as the principal technologist and deep technical authority for cutting-edge research computing infrastructure, driving the design and evolution of HPC and AI platforms at scale. This role architects and implements next-generation GPU / CPU clusters, high-bandwidth InfiniBand and Ethernet fabrics, large-scale parallel and object storage systems, and advanced AI / ML compute environments optimized for large language models and data-intensive science. The Architect is highly hands-on building and automating secure, reproducible, and high-performance systems, from kernel-level tuning and container orchestration to workload schedulers and hybrid cloud integration. While primarily technical, the position also provides mentorship and technical guidance to junior engineers, cultivating expertise in areas such as distributed computing, GPU acceleration, high-throughput data pipelines, and exascale-ready architectures. Working closely with the Director and IT Manager, the Architect ensures the research computing ecosystem remains robust, scalable, and future-ready for emerging AI-driven and computational science workloads.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

Strategy / Leadership

• Collaborate with, and frequently lead, other technical experts, architects, and subject matter experts to contribute to technology elements for the enterprise.
• Develop guiding principles, standards, and best practices consumed by execution teams.
• Responsible for IT vision, strategy, technology innovations, and architecture services of enterprise infrastructure and applications; design, document and implement a strategic roadmap for assigned technologies.
• Address highly complex problems by meeting with clients to observe and understand current processes and the issues related to those processes. Provide written documentation of findings to share with the client and other IT colleagues.

Tracks a broad range of emerging technologies to

Design, Development, and Deployment

Implementation and Maintenance

In addition to the duties described above

On-Call Rotation

Minimum Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Technical Skills

(Expected Skills / Proficiency Level)

Classified Title : Enterprise IT Architect

Job Posting Title (Working Title) : Enterprise IT Architect, Research Computing (IT@JH Research Computing)

Role / Level / Range : ATP / 04 / PH

Starting Salary Range : $116,600 - $204,000 Annually (Commensurate w / exp.)

Employee group : Full Time

Schedule : Mon-Fri 8 : 30am-5 : 00pm

FLSA Status : Exempt

Location : Hybrid / Johns Hopkins Bayview

Department name : IT@JH Research Computing

Personnel area : University Administration

Total Rewards

The referenced base salary range represents the low and high end of Johns Hopkins University's salary range for this position. Not all candidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salary range. Exact salary will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which may include the successful candidate's geographic location, skills, work experience, market conditions, education / training and other qualifications. Johns Hopkins offers a total rewards package that supports our employees' health, life, career and retirement. More information can be found here : https : / / hr.jhu.edu / benefits-worklife / .

Education and Experience Equivalency

Please refer to the job description above to see which forms of equivalency are permitted for this position. If permitted, equivalencies will follow these guidelines : JHU Equivalency Formula : 30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience. Additional related experience may substitute for required education on the same basis. For jobs where equivalency is permitted, up to two years of non-related college course work may be applied towards the total minimum education / experience required for the respective job.

Applicants Completing Studies

Applicants who do not meet the posted requirements but are completing their final academic semester / quarter will be considered eligible for employment and may be asked to provide additional information confirming their academic completion date.

Background Checks

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Diversity and Inclusion

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