Cleared Senior​/Principal - Mission Operations Center Lead, Onsite

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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. Sandia offers challenging work with impact, opportunities for career advancement, and a range of benefits and flexible work arrangements.

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We are seeking a multi-talented individual for the position of Computing Infrastructure Engineer to lead our 24/7/365 Mission Operations center. In this role, you will have overall daily responsibility for the execution of the operational missions that are conducted within the Mission Operations center, which includes providing oversight, guidance, documentation, training, and mentoring to the 24/7/365 operational shift team members.

You will be fluent in all missions and capabilities supported by the Mission Operations Center and familiar with all supporting infrastructure both internal and external to Sandia. Your responsibilities will include ensuring that all aspects of operational activities are performed and that all requirements are met daily, while also interfacing directly with customers regarding the execution of their missions and coordinating with all supporting mission partners.

Additionally, you will work closely with the internal OPS Engineers and all development disciplines to ensure seamless integration and deployments of new operational capabilities into the operational baseline.

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

• Coordinate day-to-day activities of a 24/7/365 multi-customer mission operations center
• Collaborate with capability development project managers and staff to represent operational requirements and processes
• Provide mentorship and direction on maintenance and configurations of critical network infrastructure
• Provide operational and engineering input for IT system and critical physical infrastructure
• Coordinate resolution of technical issues with technical support staff (Network Engineering, System Administration, Database Engineering, Software, Configuration Management, etc.)
• Provide ongoing operational updates to management

This role will require an ability to be on-call for after-hours/weekend support of mission activities 24/7/365.

Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite 100% of the time.

Ability to travel to customer locations for meetings and project updates on a quarterly basis.

The selected applicant will be required to acquire and maintain CompTIA Security+ certification (or equivalent).

$104,000 - $237,800

* 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.

Bachelors degree in engineering, computer science, or other technical discipline with at least five years relevant experience or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience. Experience in leading or participating in 24/7/365 operational environments; including operating, monitoring, maintaining, and incident resolution on government networks, both classified and unclassified; as well as familiarity with cyber-security technologies and best practices. Active U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Q and DOE SCI level security clearances or equivalent (e.g., DoD TS/SCI), which requires participation in random polygraph examinations.

Active CompTIA Security+ certification (or equivalent). Experience creating and presenting briefings to leadership and key customer personnel. Extraordinary written and oral communication skills. Detailed knowledge and experience with current IT and networking technologies for real-time processing, continual monitoring, virtualization, high availability, and cybersecurity. Advanced…