Senior Denodo Platform Administrator

Company Description

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has turned bold ideas into world-changing impact advancing science and technology to strengthen U.S. security and promote global stability. 

Our mission spans four critical national security areas nuclear deterrence, threat preparedness, energy security, and multi-domain defense empowering teams to take on the toughest challenges of today and tomorrow. With a culture built on innovation and operational excellence, LLNL is a place where your expertise can make a real impact.

Job Description

We have an opening for Senior Denodo Platform Administrator to lead reliability, performance, security, and lifecycle management of the Laboratory’s Denodo data virtualization platform.

This position is in the Enterprise Infrastructure Services (EIS) Division within the Computing Directorate, in support of the Strategic Deterrence Applications Program and the Nuclear Security Enterprise-wide (NSE) PRIDE Program.

Business needs dictate that this position requires an on-site presence multiple days a week. Therefore, telecommuting options will be limited.

This position will be filled at either the SES.3 or SES.4 level based on knowledge and related experience as assessed by the hiring team. Additional job responsibilities (outlined below) will be assigned if hired at the higher level.

You will

• Administer and engineer the Denodo platform across development, test, and production environments, including installation, configuration, upgrades, patching, lifecycle planning, and establishing operational standards, architecture patterns, and reliability targets for mission-critical data virtualization services.
• Design and operate highly available, resilient Denodo services, including cluster architecture, load balancing, capacity planning, and performance engineering.
• Establish observability for Denodo and dependent data services, defining actionable dashboards and alerts (Grafana/Prometheus and/or enterprise tooling), and driving measurable improvements in availability and latency.
• Lead incident response for Denodo-related outages and degradations, run blameless post-incident reviews, and deliver corrective actions that prevent recurrence.
• Define and implement Denodo security controls including authentication/authorization integration, role-based access, policy enforcement, secrets/cert management, encryption in transit, and auditability.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of governance and best practices for Denodo usage including design standards for views, caching strategies, query optimization, and federation patterns to protect downstream systems, working with team members and program architects.
• As a member of a cross-functional team, collaborate with application owners, data engineers, cybersecurity, enterprise architects, infrastructure teams, DBAs, and mission stakeholders to design, implement, and improve enterprise data virtualization capabilities.
• Support enterprise COTS application implementations and upgrades where Denodo is part of the integration pattern.
• Participate in scheduled maintenance windows and provide escalation-level after-hours support as required.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Additional job responsibilities, at the SES.4 level 

• Collaborate with programmatic and technical stakeholders, including peers and architects within SD Applications and the NSE-wide PRIDE Program, to understand functional requirements and provide data virtualization solutions that meet business and technical needs.
• Participate in institutional and programmatic data initiatives, ensuring Denodo services support broader enterprise integration, analytics, and digital transformation goals.
• Apply highly advanced Denodo administration and/or development capabilities, including experience with Denodo AI capabilities, including Denodo AI SDK, Denodo Assistant, to support intelligent data discovery, query assistance, and enhanced data virtualization solutions.
• Ensure Denodo platform services, integration patterns, and operational priorities remain aligned with programmatic requirements, institutional strategies, and enterprise technology standards.

Qualifications

• Ability to secure and maintain a U.S. DOE Q-level security clearance which requires U.S. citizenship. 
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Management Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent education and experience.
• Significant hands-on experience administering Denodo in production, including upgrades, patching, configuration management, security hardening, and troubleshooting.
• Demonstrated