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:

We are seeking a proactive and team-oriented Safeguards and Security (S&S) Planning and Operations Specialist to provide configuration-management support to S&S programs, primarily as the S&S Policy Lead but also as the content administrator for the Security Connection knowledgebase and as a back-up to the S&S Document Controller.

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

• Partner with S&S programs to develop, update, and maintain S&S-related Laboratory policies.
• Advise policy owners regarding their policy requirements/updates.
• Assist policy owners, as appropriate, in coordinating review-and-approval of policy documents.
• Routinely maintain administrative details, metadata, and other non-technical aspects of S&S policies (e.g., periodic checks to ensure all links are active, assigned “Contacts” are correct, cross-references remain valid).
• Coordinate with Requirements Management to ensure requirements effectively flow down from external sources into applicable policies.
• Participate (when requested) in Implementation Plan development to ensure changes to DOE directives are effectively identified for future deployment in policies.
• Participate in Laboratory Policy Management (LPM) initiatives (e.g., strategic improvement activities, policy-system reviews, periodic system upgrades).
• Assist LPM with continuous improvement of the tools they use to manage Laboratory policies.
• Facilitate collaborative efforts among interdisciplinary subject matter experts across the S&S programs.
• Review and report on performance metrics in web-based tools such as SharePoint.
• Interpret information, advising management, and recommending actions regarding documentation issues.
• Assist document owners with creation, revision, and maintenance of S&S controlled documents, which include technical content associated with all security disciplines.
• Edit controlled documents upon request (as practicable).
• Facilitate retirement of obsolete controlled documents and policies.
• Maintain the S&S Controlled Documents Library to ensure content is accessible to those who need it.
• Ensure all S&S controlled documents are properly filed in EIMS FileNet.
• Administer/maintain content in the Security Connection knowledgebase.
• Address requests for new and revised knowledgebase articles (KBAs) received from customers, program owners, and Security Connection Representatives (SCRs).
• Coordinate with IT professionals to ensure the knowledgebase remains accessible and bug-free.
• Recommend new KBAs and revision or retirement of existing KBAs to ensure the knowledgebase remains an effective, useful resource for Members of the Workforce.
• Coordinate with SCRs to ensure the knowledgebase meets their unique needs.
• Assist with drafting security-related communications for dissemination.
• Identify appropriate venues for individual communications.
• Facilitate publication of security-related information via the Sandia Daily News, the Lab News, LeaderWire, and other venues, as appropriate.
• Develop posters, fact sheets, newsletters, and other unique forms of communication.
• Participate in meetings and as part of special teams to ensure policy and other requirements are understood and effectively implemented, and to ensure programmatic initiatives are identified (which may need to be communicated via policy or in other venues).
• Ensure other security professionals are informed of changes being communicated through the above-cited venues—e.g., Deployed Security Professionals, the Security Awareness Coordinators, and others may need to know in advance of pending policy changes or newly developed KBAs.

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

Salary Range:

$81,900 - $157,500

*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 Business, Communications, Technical Writing, Security, plus 5 years experience
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q level security clearance

Qualifications We Desire:

• Experience with configuration management (to include document control) and the following tools: MS Word, Excel, and SharePoint
• Demonstrated ability to apply varying levels of editorial rigor (e.g., copy, structural, developmental) to S&S policies, plans, and documents.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully coordinate and complete multiple projects and tasks
• Demonstrated ability to exercise personal initiative and work independently on multiple concurrent activities to meet a variety of customer requirements with changing priorities and short deadlines
• Demonstrated ability to apply critical-thinking skills to synthesize disparate detailed data into useful information, such as developing information for reports and presentations
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to clearly and concisely communicate complex issues both in writing and verbally
• Self-motivation and demonstrated ability to initiate work, solve problems, and achieve results with minimal direction and supervision
• Continuous program- and process-improvement skills
• Familiarity with Sandia programs, policies, organizations, procedures, and administrative systems

About Our Team:

Org. 9213, S&S Contract Security and Requirements Operations, is part of Sandia’s Safeguards & Security (S&S) Center, whose primary function in support of Sandia’s mission is to provide Members of the Workforce with tools and assistance needed to ensure the protection of information, resources, and people. We strive to develop strategic partnerships with the goal of fully integrating security into every aspect of the work performed at Sandia. The S&S Contract Security and Requirements Operations Department comprises Contract Security Management (CSM), Requirements Management (RM), Controlled Documents, S&S Training, and S&S Policy. The department is responsible for ensuring effective flow-down of security requirements (e.g., from external sources such as DOE directives) and conveying appropriate requirements and guidance to affected programs, as well as to all Members of the Workforce via the Laboratory Policy System. The department also maintains the Security Connection knowledgebase, which ensures that Members of the Workforce have the supplemental information and guidance they need to perform their work in a secure manner.

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: 693963

Job Family: SY

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.