Digital Archivist (Library Professional 2)

Code4lib; Los Alamos (NM); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A Federal Laboratory in Los Alamos seeks a Digital Archivist to organize and digitize mission-critical collections. This role supports the Weapons Program and requires a Master's in Library and Information Science and 5 years of experience. Candidates should possess technical knowledge of digital preservation tools, workflows, and customer relations. This position is ideal for someone looking to make an impact in archiving and preservation in a classified environment while working onsite in Los Alamos, NM.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience with tools for managing born-digital content.
• Experience with developing digitization workflows and processes.
• Direct experience interfacing with customers in sensitive situations.

Responsibilities

• Organize, digitize, and catalog critical physical collections.
• Create metadata and improve digital archiving processes.
• Support traditional digitization efforts as needed.
• Collaborate with NSRC Digital Collections Group and interface with customers for material assessments and acquisition support.

Skills

Experience with digital preservation tools

Knowledge of metadata standards

Experience with born digital content

Programming skills in Python, Bash or PowerShell

Customer relations experience

Education

Master's Degree in Library and Information Science

Tools

Professional digitizing equipment

Bash

PowerShell

Job description

Digital Archivist (Library Professional 2)

What You Will Do

Come join a team of staff that is working to organize, digitize, and catalog the most mission‑critical physical collections at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). You will be on a dynamic team, supporting the Weapons Program, working for the Weapons Research Services (WRS) – National Security Research Center (NSRC) Digital Collections Group. The information you organize, digitize, and catalog will have an immediate impact to the Laboratory's mission.

You will be working with one of the largest libraries in the Federal Government, the NSRC. The NSRC is LANL's classified library, containing tens of millions of documents, films, books, and other archival material related to the development, testing and production of nuclear weapons, dating back to the first days of the Manhattan Project. The NSRC's collections contain a breadth of classified technical information related to physics, chemistry, engineering, material science, and national security.

As a Digital Archivist (Library Professional 2) you will be working with primary source materials and creating metadata/indexing information in support of a robust catalog/index in collaboration with the NSRC Digital Collections Group to assist in the retrieval of the material. You will provide quality control for born‑digital and digitized materials, metadata, and indexing and assist with the upload of digitized material and associated catalog information into the NSRC's National Security Data Solution database and other WRS‑supported repositories. This will also include actively seeking out improvements to digital archiving and preservation processes and interfacing with customers to provide material assessments and acquisition support. You will apply specialized knowledge of born‑digital materials and legacy electronic storage media to support project workflows, contribute to training and knowledge‑sharing with staff, and assist with coordination of related activities. You will also support traditional digitization efforts as needed.

What You Need

Minimum Job Requirements

Technical Knowledge: Demonstrated experience with tools and software used to capture, manage, transfer, and provide access to born digital content. Experience with digital preservation tools, systems, and workflows. Knowledge of operating multiple types of professional digitizing equipment for various media, such as paper, microfilm, microfiche, video or other media. Experience with metadata and data structure standards relevant to the archival control of digital materials.

Workflows & Processes: Demonstrated experience with developing digitization and preservation workflows and processes.

Customer Relations: Demonstrated experience handling sensitive situations, using sound and independent judgement. This position will require experience supporting customer requests and managing priorities and deadlines. This includes the creation and maintenance of operational guides and user training. You must have experience directly interfacing with customers.

Education/Experience: Position requires a Master's Degree in Library and Information Science from a program accredited by the American Library Association and 5 years of experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience directly related to the occupation.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with programming languages and scripting: Python, Bash, or PowerShell for automation of extraction, conversion, and checksum validation
• Knowledge of API integration and workflow orchestration
• Understanding of the weapons program within LANL, along with experience working with classified material in a classified environment
• Experience working in a major archival organization, such as the National Archives and Records Administration, a museum, or a library with significant archival holdings. Experience assisting scientists and/or engineers search for relevant materials in a major university, government, or corporate library is desirable.
• Background in information technology, physics, chemistry, engineering, or material science.
• Demonstrated experience in continuous learning to enhance knowledge and required skills.
• A Digital Archives Specialist (DAS) certification, or similar digital archives, digital curation, or digital preservation certification is preferred.
• DOE Q Clearance

Work Location

The work location for this position is onsite and located in Los Alamos, NM. All work locations are at the discretion of management.

Position Commitment

Regular appointment employees are required to serve a period of continuous service in their current position in order to be eligible to apply for posted jobs throughout the Laboratory. If an employee has not served the time required, they may only apply for Laboratory jobs with the documented approval of their Division Leader. The position commitment for this position is 1 year.

Note to Applicants

Due to federal restrictions contained in the current National Defense Authorization Act, citizens of the People's Republic of China-including the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau-as well as citizens of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), and the Russian Federation, who are not Lawful Permanent Residents ("green card" holders) are prohibited from accessing facilities that support the mission, functions, and operations of national security laboratories and nuclear weapons production facilities, which includes Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Application Instructions

For full consideration, applicants must submit a comprehensive cover letter that addresses how they meet the minimum job requirements, and any of the desired requirements of the position.

See additional details on LANL job site at: https://lanl.jobs/search/jobdetails/digital-archivist-library-professional-2/f66cea33-68e5-4410-a4cb-af093389c4e4

How to Apply

https://lanl.jobs/search/jobdetails/digital-archivist-library-professional-2/f66cea33-68e5-4410-a4cb-af093389c4e4

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Published: Thursday, January 22, 2026 20:17 UTC

Last updated: Thursday, January 22, 2026 20:17 UTC