Cleared Information Systems Engineering Project Manager - Digital Transformation,Onsite

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 vacation, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*

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*These benefits vary by job classification.

• Support projects and operations as a Product Owner, Scrum Master, or Traditional Project Manager
• Facilitate daily stand-up meetings with Scrum teams to discuss progress, roadblocks, and plans for the day.
• Prioritize and refine the product backlog, ensuring alignment with business goals.
• Engage with stakeholders to provide project updates, gather feedback, and address any concerns or changes in requirements.
• Identify and assess project risks, developing mitigation strategies and communicating them to the team and stakeholders.
• Participate in sprint planning sessions to define sprint goals, allocate tasks, and ensure team capacity is considered.
• Define and communicate the product vision, manage the backlog, and make decisions on feature prioritization.
• Collaborate with various IT teams (e.g., development, QA, operations, security) to ensure alignment and support for successful service delivery and project execution.
• Track project progress using Agile and/or traditional metrics (e.g., burndown charts) and prepare status reports for upper management. Utilize agile and traditional project estimating techniques to assess timelines, budgets, and resource allocation.
• Work closely with DevOps teams to ensure smooth integration and deployment processes, addressing any issues that arise.
• Ensure compliance with ITIL best practices for incident management, change management, and service delivery.
• Provide support and coaching to team members, helping them to resolve conflicts and improve collaboration.
• Gather feedback from stakeholders and team members to identify areas for improvement in the product and processes, and implement actionable changes to enhance product value and team efficiency.
• Support the team in various phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) where skills align, providing guidance and assistance in areas such as requirements gathering, design, testing, and deployment as needed.

*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.

$87,400 - $168,800

*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.

• Bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems, Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline, and/or equivalent education or experience..
• Experience working on software development projects
• Experience as a Scrum Master and/or Product Owner with a Scrum Master and/or Product Owner Certification
• Experience as a Project Manager for enterprise software applications
• Experience with Jira, Service Now, Confluence
• Experience using AI for enhancing personal performance and working on a distributed remote team
• DOE Q Security Clearance or DOW equivalent required to start

• ITIL Certification
• Knowledge of and experience working on various aspects of the Software Development Lifecycle (e.g. Requirements, Quality Assurance, Development)
• PMP Certification
• Knowledge of collaboration tools
• Knowledge of Angular, .NET, Database design, service oriented architecture, software as a service, cloud
• Experience with Sandia's Solutions Delivery Lifecycle

The mission of the Digital Transformation organization is to anticipate the Lab's need for strategic digital solutions, orchestrate cross functional activities to meet the need, and manage change across the company as we transform how people work. Our current programmatic portfolio includes the Digital Workplace Transformation Program, Enterprise Business Intelligence, Corporate Policy and Assurance, and Web Collaboration Services.

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.

Position requires a Department of Energy (DOE) Q security clearance to start, or equivalent active security clearance with another U.S. government agency (e.g., DOD). Sandia is required by DOE directive 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 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.

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.

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