ESN Hub Deputy Program Leader - ACTIVE CLEARANCE REQUIRED

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 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.

Qualifications

• 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 eng