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　　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:

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　　What Your Job Will Be Like:

　　The Information Technology Infrastructure Group, 9770, at Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), is looking for a dynamic individual to lead and manage Department 9774, Data Center Operations, as our Manager of Information Systems Engineering. We are seeking a forward-thinking IT leader who is technically curious, aware of industry trends, and has a reputation of leading teams to success. The successful manager will be responsible for IT services which include Storage, Data Center Facilities Infrastructure Team (DCFIT), Core Networking, and Firewall/Secure Access technologies (SAT).

　　In this role, you will be responsible for managing the daily activities of the critical IT services. This includes working in collaboration with the SNL Facilities team in several 24x7 data center environments to ensure all critical systems are operational supporting the mission of the IT infrastructure for Sandia National Laboratories on both the unclassified and classified levels. The Classified Workstation (CWS-0176) and Data Center Optimization Initiative (DCOI) program is managed under the purview of this manager.

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

　　Leadership and oversight for all data center services

　　Develop strategy for technology maturation of critical technologies and lead projects and help develop the hardware roadmap for the data center team

　　Collaborate with customers, vendors, and IT partners across Sandia to provide innovative design solutions, and architect data center infrastructure to model industry standard methodologies.

　　Develop and communicate a vision and strategy to focus the talents of the data center infrastructure team and solve difficult issues with facility infrastructure and network systems and provide solutions

　　Support full lifecycle management (analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, integration and maintenance) for Enterprise IT solutions and manage valuable assets and tracking utilizing a data center information management (DCIM) tool

　　Deliver results, effectively manage people, guide multidisciplinary teams and work with sensitive information and classified matter

　　Apply your knowledge of technical business development (may only apply to certain organizations)

　　Organize, prioritize, and follow through to completion on multiple tasks and projects

　　Promote excellence by managing and coordinating specific deliverables, mentor, and the lead the organization to achieve overall team goals, budgets, structures, schedules, and staffing requirements (including hiring, performance management, professional development, etc).

　　Propose and implement business recommendations to improve operations, performance, and management assurance

　　Foster an environment of inclusion and take an active leadership role in modeling and growing values in diversity, equality, and inclusion

　　Oversee development of business and financial plans, reports, and analyses

　　Manage environmental, safety, and regulatory compliance issues affecting logistics operations in accordance with Sandia rules and guidelines

　　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.

　　Qualifications We Require:

　　Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Information Management, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a relevant field plus 8 years of relevant experience; or equivalent (AS + 12 years or no degree + 16 years)

　　Experience leading or managing programs, projects, services, and/or teams

　　Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q clearance

　　Qualifications We Desire:

　　Two years of demonstrated leadership experience.

　　Demonstrated ability to negotiate and meet technical, programmatic, and financial requirements to the satisfaction of the customer in the execution of complex information technology projects.

　　Experience with developing and managing budgets.

　　Professional certifications in Project Management (e.g. Project Management Professional, Stanford Advanced Project Management) and/or an Information Technology Service Management certification (e.g. ITIL, Lean IT).

　　Demonstrated ability to partner effectively with other organizations to achieve common technical and programmatic goals.

　　Proficiency with and demonstrated innovation in the lifecycle engineering of computing infrastructure. For example, enterprise architecture, system change and release processes, technology road mapping, business relationship management, etc.

　　Demonstrated understanding of information system accreditations, cyber and physical security, vulnerability assessments, and the management of classified document repositories.

　　An active DOE Q-level security clearance is desired to start, with the ability and willingness to obtain additional Other Governmental Agency (OGA) clearances, which requires agreement to participate in random polygraph testing.

　　About Our Team:

　　Department 9774, Data Center Operations, is responsible for IT services which include Storage, DCFIT, Core Networking and Firewall/Secure Access technologies (SAT). This includes working in collaboration with the SNL Facilities team in several 24x7 data center environments to ensure all critical systems are operational in supporting the mission of the IT infrastructure for Sandia National Laboratories. The storage team architects and delivers all Enterprise storage services for redundancy, automatic failover, and failback. The firewall team delivers secure network traffic control inside and outside the laboratory, ensuring state-of-the-art application delivery. Lastly, the Core Networking team ensures application and service availability, connectivity, resiliency, to both internal and external customers. All these services operate on both the unclassified and classified levels. Data Center Operations serves Sandia by providing data center facilities, optimize information systems at the enterprise level through process and technology consolidation, simplification, and standardization. In doing so, we enable our customers in satisfying their needs, enhance their ability to perform their mission, and ultimately transform their business operations

　　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.

　　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: 692620