End-to-End Systems R&D Manager – National Security

Sandia Corporation; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 164,000 - 278,000; Full time

Job summary

Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, NM seeks a dedicated manager to join Modern Systems and expand integration, test, and delivery capabilities for national security missions. Onsite work is required and travel is occasional.

You will lead cross‑functional teams, drive DevSecOps initiatives, CI/CD, and alignment with site strategies, while mentoring managers and overseeing multiple projects with a prod code base over 1M lines of code.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline and eight (8) 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.
• The ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q and SCI, which may require a polygraph examination.
• Two or more years of demonstrated leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Advance and grow department capabilities in systems integration and DevSecOps, including automated integration and test and CI/CD.
• Partner across Modern Systems and the laboratory to define and implement both short and long‑term strategies for successful USNDS project execution.
• Collaborate with a focused team of managers to provide vision and mentorship to full‑stack/end‑to‑end development teams jointly advancing multiple parallel projects and a production code base of over 1M source lines of code.
• Bring personal perspective and technical expertise to guide the current and future needs of laboratory missions and the corresponding direction of Center 6300.
• Travel occasionally to customer/production/deployment sites

Skills

Leadership experience

Communication

Team management

Agile methodologies

Recruiting experience

Education

Bachelor's degree

MS or PhD

Job description

Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, NM seeks a dedicated manager to join Modern Systems and expand integration, test, and delivery capabilities for national security missions. Onsite work is required and travel is occasional.

You will lead cross‑functional teams, drive DevSecOps initiatives, CI/CD, and alignment with site strategies, while mentoring managers and overseeing multiple projects with a prod code base over 1M lines of code.