Job Description:
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.
Salary Range:
*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.
What Your Job Will Be Like:
Are you passionate about national security and dream of leading a dynamic team to explore innovative solutions to some of the nations most challenging problems?
We are seeking a highly motivated Director to lead our Computation and Analysis for National Security Center which unites advanced capabilities across multiple subject areas to protect the governments civilian cyber infrastructure while also enhancing the nations security through the application of systems modeling to complex problems. We conduct research develop tools and methods and apply decision-support and situational awareness capabilities to a broad range of national security missions.
In this role you will lead a management team and work closely with customers at our California site. In addition you will serve as a member of the division leadership team and will partner with other division directors to ensure success of all programs for which the division is responsible. You will also lead and participate on multiple leadership teams and serve on various internal and external working groups and advisory boards. Some additional responsibilities include serving as the Homeland Infrastructure Security & Resilience Program Area Director and Sandia's Civilian Cyber Center of Excellence Director (as part of the Lab's Cyber Board of Directors).
On any given day you may be called on to:
- Drive and align the Centers strategic plan with national needs and Sandias strategic goals and steward and advance the Centers capabilities (as embodied in the organizations staff facilities and tools) in support of that plan
- Provide customer interface and support for Sandia customers and sponsors (both internal and external) including other national laboratories (e.g. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) and federal agencies (e.g. NNSA DHS DoD)
- Provide input and implement vision and developmental roadmaps and provide overall strategic integration and direction for Groups and Departments within the Center
- Lead mentor and develop your management team and staff with an emphasis on building a diverse and inclusive team
- Assure safe and secure program execution (Center-level indirect and program budgets staffing and deliverables) and address performance and execution gaps
- Oversee activities to ensure they are completed in a safe and balanced manner and in accordance with established ES&H requirements
Qualifications We Require:
- Master's degree or above in computer science mathematics engineering or relevant technical field with at least 10 years of relevant experience; OR equivalent combination of education and experience
- 8 or more years of managerial experience including leading and directing managers and complex organizations
- Experience and/or education that includes computational modeling or analysis software engineering or cyber security
- Previous involvement in and proven ability to continually improve the Center's commitment to diversity & inclusion
- Ability to acquire and maintain a DOE Q-level security along with an SCI clearance which may require a polygraph test
Qualifications We Desire:
- PhD in computer science engineering or mathematics
- History of successful external program development communications and leadership
- Experience working with external customers and sponsors including DHS
- Active SCI clearance
- Ability to develop a culture of inclusion and take an active leadership role in modeling and growing values in diversity equality and inclusion
- Demonstrated ability to build energize and lead large teams and programs across geographic institutional and organizational boundaries.
- Familiarity with the Computing & Information Sciences Research Foundation and Sandias research community
- Experience running 24x7x365 operational capabilities
- Integrative problem solver with proven ability to tackle complex multidimensional problems with due consideration for business and strategic consequences
- Ability to manage business and organizational vision by communicating a compelling purpose leading change cross-organizationally and inspiring and motivating people and organizations
- Successful track record managing and leading programs involving classified information
- Experience with Sandia program portfolios especially a working knowledge of Nuclear Deterrence and Energy & Homeland Security programs
- Proven ability to create and maintain a safe secure and effective environment for all work activities and employees
About Our Team:
Center 8700 anticipates and reduces national security risks through developing and applying cross-domain computational and analytical capabilities. We contribute to all Sandia's missions to advance our capabilities for today and tomorrow's Nuclear Deterrence needs. Our work spans foundational research to development to application with deployment and engineering missions shaping our expertise. The Center stewards capabilities in engineering sciences codes models data analytics computing information and mathematical sciences and agile component and systems design and cyber and intelligence science. Example work includes designing and operating communications systems that enable national security missions conducting threat and vulnerability analysis on information systems of national consequence and creating advanced security concepts for cyber environments under threat. We also develop algorithms and computing architectures for large-data analysis as well as formal methods for hardware and software verification.
About Sandia:
Sandia National Laboratories is the nations 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.
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 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.
Job ID: 687134
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