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.

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• 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.

We are seeking an experienced IT Systems Engineering Project Manager to join our team. The successful candidate will have experience planning, organizing, securing, leading, managing, and controlling resources for national security projects.

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

• Define project objectives, deliverables, budgets, and schedules and manage resources for planning, tracking, and executing the project from initiation to close-out
• Work with customers to define system requirements that enable mission function and performance while meeting programmatic objectives
• Negotiate and verify deliverables with stakeholders - external, internal, across functional organizations
• Manage conflictUse Agile, iterative, spiral and/or waterfall project methodologies, in managing and tracking the execution of projects
• Manage changes in project scope using change management, identify potential issues, and devise contingency plans, as necessary
• Identify potential project risks and respond by developing risk mitigation strategies, corrective actions, risk acceptance recommendations or avoidance for all aspects of the project
• Develop and deliver status reporting, decision documents, and presentations Identify efficiencies and conducts lessons learned for process improvement
• Effectively addresses project concerns with management

The selected applicant can be a virtual worker located in any U.S. State or District of Columbia. Regular or periodic travel to your assigned work location may be required.

• Bachelor's degree plus eight (8) years of relevant experience
• Experience working on multiple national security projects
• Lean Six Sigma Certified
• Experience with contract management and supplier management relationships
• DOE Q level clearance required to start

• MBA, preferred
• Excellent communication skills.
• Experience working with teams who are responsible for ND modernization and Integrated Stockpile Evaluation (ISE) projects
• Experience working with various DOE sites and laboratories (e.g. Kansas City Nuclear Security Enterprise, Pantex, or NNSA)
• Experience in strategic planning and systems engineering

The Science and Engineering Information Systems (SEIS) Group, 9350, is a highly integrated team focused on delivering software and system solutions for the Nuclear Deterrence (ND) mission at Sandia and the NNSA National Security Enterprise (NSE). Core capabilities in 9350 include software and data architectures, all aspects of software engineering, Agile software execution, configuration and asset management solutions, and emerging capabilities in augmented/virtual reality, 3D visualization, machine learning and data analytics. The organization’s mission is to enable ND programs across the enterprise to deliver faster and more effectively. 9350 employs an agile product development and deployment process, and staff members are expected to drive process improvements through adoption of new techniques and industry best practices.

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*

Position requires a Department of Energy (DOE) Q security clearance to start, or equivalent active security clearance with another U.S. government agency (e.g., DOD). Sandia is required by DOE directive 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 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.

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.