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 looking for an Information Systems Engineering Project Manager for Center 9300, Cyber Security & Mission Computing.

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

• Provide leadership and tactical planning for execution of projects by applying technical information systems domain knowledge to achieve project objectives and deliverables
• Estimate costs and schedules for information systems and cyber security projects; ensuring projects are completed on time, within budget, and meet the technical requirements
• Develop and deliver status reporting, decision documents, and presentations to executive leadership
• Understand the technical domain to identify task dependencies
• Manage changes in project scope by using change management, identifying potential issues, and devising contingency plans as necessary
• Utilize project management methodologies such as Agile, iterative, spiral and waterfall in managing and tracking the execution of projects
• Identify potential project risks and respond by developing risk mitigation strategics, corrective actions, risk acceptance recommendations or avoidance for all aspects of the project
• Be accountable for executing projects with the Center Leadership Team that span the across the Center's capabilities
• Lead Division/Lab level activities to completion
• Partner closely with stakeholders from across the Division and Lab to ensure deliverables are successful

*The selected applicant can work a combination of onsite and offsite work. The selected applicant must live within a reasonable distance for commuting to the assigned work location when necessary.

Salary Range

$102,400 - $199,700

*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 business, IT or a related field plus 5 years of experience; or equivalent education/experience (AS + 9 years or no degree + 13 years)
• Experience with Project Management leadership on high visibility projects
• Experience working with senior and executive management
• Experience collaborating with external customers (SFO/NNSA, DOE, or other government agencies)
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q clearance

Qualifications We Desire

• Demonstrated strong interpersonal, team facilitation, communication, training, coaching, mentoring, and presentation skills
• Demonstrated IT project management experience with knowledge of cybersecurity, high-performance computing, and other IT functions.
• Demonstrated excellent collaboration across Centers, Divisions, and both Mission R&D and functional areas, with a strong understanding of Sandia's culture.
• Experience working with and effectively communicating to multiple levels of management (Staff, Management, Executive Management)
• Demonstrated leadership skills, including the ability to articulate the plan and execute the project to successful completion
• Proven knowledge of operations/program management, change and configuration management, requirements management, and risk management
• Proficiency in processes, tools, and applications commonly used in information systems development and project management
• Strong organizational, strategic thinking, and problem-solving abilities, complemented by excellent verbal and written communication skills, including experience creating presentations.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver results, effectively manage people, meet deliverables, and guide multidisciplinary teams
• Organizational skills, including the ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks.
• Ability to navigate ambiguous directions, seamlessly transition between strategic and tactical levels, and translate strategy into actionable plans with effective follow-through.
• Familiarity with 9300's customers, strategic plan and operations

About Our Team

The Cyber Security and Mission Computing Center defends Sandia from cyber threats and drives mission success through computing. We excel in defending Sandia's information systems and networks. We have a proven track record of delivery of mission critical information systems for ND and the NSE. We have a rich history of high performance computing (HPC) for real-world security problems. We enable engineering efficiency through the Common Engineering Environment (CEE). We create technology differentiators for the mission in cyber security, data analytics, software engineering, and cloud computing.

Posting Duration

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of three (3) 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.

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.