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 vacations, 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 highly skilled and motivated IT Technologist to join our dynamic team. The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining and managing networks that are crucial to the operations of our group. These networks include multiple mass storage devices running custom applications integral to our mission. The role involves addressing a wide range of technical challenges, from network infrastructure and vulnerability patches to computer upgrades and mass storage management. Additionally, the candidate will contribute to our overarching mission of developing and implementing technologies to defend against physical threats to national assets.

On any given day, you may be called on to:

• Network Management: Oversee, maintain, monitor, and troubleshoot internal networks with minimal downtime during critical hours. Continually explore ways to enhance and improve the current network and have a forward-looking mindset.
• Technical Support: Provide technical support for design and engineering efforts on new capabilities in collaboration with our development teams.
• Custom Applications: Utilize and manage custom software applications designed to tackle complex challenges.
• Project Contribution: Assist other staff as a contributor on some of our most critical projects.
• Issue Resolution: Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues on both servers and team members’ machines promptly.
• Collaboration: Work with cross-functional teams to identify project requirements and develop solutions that meet those needs.
• Security Maintenance: Stay up-to-date with emerging vulnerabilities and patches to ensure the security and integrity of our systems.

Applicants on this requisition may be interviewed by multiple organizations at Sandia National Laboratories.

Due to the nature of the work, the selected candidate must be able to work onsite.

Salary Range:

$52,600 - $99,400

*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:

• Associate degree or high school diploma with five years of directly relevant experience
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance

Qualifications We Desire:

• Experience troubleshooting and rebuilding Windows, Mac, and Linux/Unix operating systems.
• Solid understanding of networking and software-defined networking and experience with complex standalone network maintenance and repair.
• Familiarity with DevOps principles and methodologies, deployment checklists, and more.
• Competency designing and assembling high performance personal computers and servers (including providing specifications to meet computing needs and configuring RAID setups).
• Experience implementing hardware and software virtualization (i.e., VMware, Hyper-V, Kubernetes, and Docker).
• Experience with Azure, GCP, or AWS.
• Exposure to hybrid cloud private/public integration.
• Experience working in mission-focused environments with access to sensitive and classified information.
• Proficiency in scripting and scientific computing languages (Python, Bash, R, C++, Java, C#).
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple priorities and tight deadlines.
• Experience with Service Now ticketing system.
• Willingness to travel domestically as needed (less than 15% of the time).
• Existing Department of Energy Q\L clearance or DoD Secret clearance.

About Our Team:

Organization 06533 – Unmanned Systems & Autonomy R&D specializes in robotic automation, autonomous operations of uncrewed systems, advanced controls, miniature mechanical design and fabrication, advanced drive system development, and the human/machine interface. We solve manufacturing (fabrication, inspection, assembly, certification) automation challenges unique to our government sponsors and we advance national security by providing next generation remote systems and automation/autonomy solutions. We have established leadership in this field through capabilities such as active, autonomous perception, distributed control of heterogeneous systems, real-time control of dynamic systems, autonomous manipulation, miniature mechatronic design and fabrication, and advanced human-machine interface R&D. With state-of-the-art facilities, we are using subject matter experience in uncrewed systems R&D to design and deploy systems to address critical national security challenges. The department conducts numerous active research, development, and application projects for a variety of customers, both internal to Sandia and across the national security establishment, collaborating heavily with partners across Sandia. The department is one of six in the Autonomy and Unmanned Systems Group within the Weapon and Force Protection Center.

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:

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, which requires U.S. citizenship. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance 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 DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.

Position Information:

This Limited Term Employee (LTE) position is a temporary position for one year term, which may be renewed at Sandia's discretion up to a maximum of seven years.

Individuals in LTE positions may bid on regular Sandia positions as internal candidates, and in some cases may be converted to regular career positions during their term if warranted by ongoing operational needs, continuing availability of funds, and satisfactory job performance.

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: 694468

Job Family: IT

Regular/Temporary Position: T

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.