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:

The Computer Integrated Manufacturing team is seeking a R&D Computer Science/Database Engineer to join our dynamic team.

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

• Serve as the engineer for mission enabling, or direct mission database solutions.
• Use database solutions based on commercial-off-the-shelf or open-source database management software supplemented with database-related software solutions that may be either commercial-off-the-shelf, open source, or internally developed.
• Conduct daily operations and functioning of database systems include implementing and maintaining software, tools, and processes to support the database solutions team.

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:

$95,400 - $185,700

*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 Computer Science or relevant field plus one (1) or more years of relevant experience or;
• equivalent combination of education and experience (AS + 5 years’ exempt experience/9 years’ exempt experience)
• The ability to acquire and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance

Qualifications We Desire:

• Use solutions that encompass database physical structure and functional capabilities.
• Work independently on assignments which support organizational and Sandia projects, programs, and business operations.
• Develop solutions to specific problems related to issues of moderate scope, complexity, and impact with either internal or external customers.
• Make recommendations to management on policies and general business operations and activities.
• Recommend changes to methods or processes and occasionally lead teams and participate in planning, conducting, and reporting on projects.
• Knowledge with one or more of the following:
• Database design, development, and management
• Software engineering principles
• Database security
• Commercial-off-the-shelf or open-source database management software (e.g. Oracle, MONGO, Microsoft SQL Server, or MySQL)
• Database performance tuning, database backup and recovery, and data modeling techniques and tools
• Software development methodologies, tools, and processes
• Hardware and operating systems, system architectures, and network infrastructures
• Ability to develop database stored procedures and triggers
• Background to develop tools, utilities, and procedures to automate maintenance functions
• Experience with reviewing and understanding end-to-end work processes
• Collaboration with other systems and applications developers.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills

About Our Team:

Sandia National Laboratories Microsystems and Engineering Sciences Applications (MESA) complex provides outstanding processing capability in semiconductor microfabrication. The MESA Fab facility is subdivided into 2 areas:

1. 12,500 sq. ft., class 1 cleanroom silicon wafer fab that produces radiation hardened CMOS integrated circuit technology and micro-electromechanical (MEMs) devices2. 16,600 sq. ft., class 10 cleanroom fabrication area that produces compound semiconductor circuits and devices and back-end of line metallization and packaging

Department 05234, Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) supports the programming, security and computing needs of MESA .

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: 693805

Job Family: RD

Regular/Temporary Position: R

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.