Senior/Principal Systems Research and Analysis - Applied Technologies, Onsite
Job Description
About Sandia:
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*
World-changing technologies. Life-changing careers. Learn more about Sandia at: http://www.sandia.gov
*These benefits vary by job classification.
What Your Job Will Be Like:
We are seeking a motivated Systems Research and Analysis Professional to join our dynamic team.
On any given day, you may be called on to:
- Be an integral part of a cohesive team of engineers and technologists to find solutions and enable mission success.
- Identify near- and long-term technical challenges and encourage the innovation necessary to achieve results which have significant impact on national security.
- Collaborate with programmatic interfaces/expertise across 5900, engineering teams across Sandia, and with trusted partners at other government agencies to achieve mission results.
- Create and apply an analytic framework/system that will cultivate partnerships across multiple government agencies to enable building more symbiotic relationships.
- Build multidisciplinary technical teams to solve current and emerging problems as defined by customer requirements.
- Understand resource loading needs across a wide breadth of projects and programs to include staffing, budgets, equipment, and lab space so that resources are available when needed to complete quick response engineering efforts.
- Communicate results to explain options, insights, and trade-offs to customers and stakeholders in a concise way that enable actions.
- Expertly present results to customers and stakeholders both written and orally.
Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite.
This position may require you to travel dometically 25% of the time.
Salary Range:
$114,000 - $227,500
*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.
Qualifications We Require:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, Math, Economics, Political Science, Public Policy, Law or relevant field plus eight (8) or more years of related technical or Intelligence Community experience or;
- Master's degree in the above plus four (4) or more years of related technical or Intelligence Community experience
- Active DOE Q clearance
- Active SCI clearance, which may require a polygraph examination
Qualifications We Desire:
- Experience in designing, planning and implementing projects for U.S government and international enterprises.
- Proven ability to connect technical experts from diverse disciplines to effectively meet customer needs and deliverables.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams
About Our Team:
The Applied Technologies Department (5945) is responsible for delivering a wide range of solutions, from concept to completion, including design, manufacturing, integration, and validation. We tackle complex technical challenges and innovate to provide effective solutions that support the missions of various government sponsors in the Threat Intelligence Community. Sandia's Threat Intelligence research enables the national security missions of the defense and intelligence communities to aid intelligence advantage to ensure global peace. We utilize Sandia's science, engineering, analytical and technological capabilities, and expertise in support of these communities to reduce threats to our nation.
Accelerating nuclear weapons proliferation and the growth of global civilian nuclear power in our uncertain and complex world creates a system of interdependent and constantly evolving risks which must be detected, understood, and addressed. Sandia National Laboratories’ Center 5900, Proliferation Assessments (PA) mission objective is to deliver the United States government advanced systems and technologies, deep expertise, and situational awareness to confidently anticipate, assess, and address the potential use or misuse of nuclear proliferation threats worldwide. In partnership with other programs and capabilities across Sandia, PA capitalizes close working relationships with government sponsors to provide vision and technical leadership to the U.S. Intelligence Community and Department of Defense to achieve national non-proliferation objectives in an increasingly uncertain world.
Posting Duration:
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.
Security Clearance:
Position requires a Department of Energy (DOE) SCI security clearance to start, or equivalent active security clearance with another U.S. government agency (e.g., DOD). 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 and SCI access, both of which require US citizenship. SCI access may also require a polygraph examination. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain these levels of access 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 the DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.
EEO:
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.
NNSA Requirements for MedPEDs:
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.
Job ID: 694937
Job Family: RD
Regular/Temporary Position: R
Full/Part-Time Status: F
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.