Senior​/Principal NSA Certification Analyst - Assurance Product Realization Team, Onsite

Location:

Albuquerque, NM

Full-Time

Regular

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This NSA Certification Analyst (R&D Systems Research and Analysis) will support the NSA Certification Lead as they seek NSA national security system (NSS) certification for products developed by the High Assurance Product Realization group (8450). The individual in this role will assist coordination of internal Product Realization Teams (PRT) and external government certification authorities to ensure products meet rigorous NSS requirements and sponsor mission needs.

They will apply knowledge of cryptography, cybersecurity principles, and risk management to document the implemented security architecture for NSA Contract Deliverable Requirements List (CDRL) artifacts and move products towards on-time certification. They will help interpret security requirements, execute certification activities, identify and manage certification-related risks, and support process improvements to streamline timelines. This role works closely with the Certification and PRT leads, and technical teams.

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

• Manage multiple work streams and adapt to changing project scopes.
• Translate the implications of changes in security requirements to the broader team.
• Explain complex system designs and risk management strategies to stakeholders.
• Convey schedule implications of NSA expectations to PRT and management.
• Anticipate the response of evaluators and advise the project team accordingly.
• Exercise critical thinking to identify, assess, and mitigate risks to component design.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to deconflict overlapping requirements and priorities.
• Monitor, interpret, and apply evolving policies and requirements.
• Support communications with certification authorities, evaluators, and internal experts.
• Support the development, review, and timely submission of documents.
• Develop technical documents that align with required formats.
• Work with NSA certification lead, PRT leads, project management on CDRL delivery.
• Coordinate schedules to support certification that also align with program timelines.
• Collaborate with certification authorities to manage certification timelines.
• Conduct research and analysis to inform an efficient certification strategy.

Due to the nature of this work, the selected candidate must be able to work onsite.

Applicants on this requisition may be interviewed by multiple organizations at Sandia National Laboratories.

$117,500 - $235,700

* 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.

• A Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline and five (5) years of directly relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of directly relevant education and engineering or scientific experience that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform independent research and development.
• Ability to acquire a DOE Q-level security clearance.

The ideal R&D S&E Systems Research and Analysis candidate for Sandia National Laboratories will in addition possess the following:

• Graduate degree in a highly related field where an independent research project was a graduation requirement (e.g., independent project, thesis, or dissertation).
• Experience working as part of…