Senior/Principal Software Systems Engineer - Remote Sensing Applications, Onsite

Sandia National Laboratories; Albuquerque (NM); Remote; USD 99,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior/Principal Software Systems Engineer to tackle complex remote sensing challenges. This role involves working on an agile team to develop innovative software solutions that contribute to national security. You will operate and enhance sophisticated Linux environments while collaborating with diverse teams to ensure effective software deployment. If you are passionate about impactful work and thrive in a dynamic environment, this opportunity could be your next career milestone.

Benefits

Generous vacation

Strong medical benefits

Flexible work arrangements

Career advancement opportunities

Relocation assistance

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software system engineering.
• Experience in developing and modifying Python scripts in Linux.

Responsibilities

• Operate and innovate complex Linux build and integration environments.
• Collaborate with teams to deliver robust software solutions.

Skills

Python

Linux Systems Administration

Problem Identification and Root Cause Analysis

Collaboration Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant STEM field

Tools

Git

Apache Zookeeper

Kubernetes

Job description

Senior/Principal Software Systems Engineer - Remote Sensing Applications, Onsite

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

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 vacation, 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

Are you looking for exciting and impactful work that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide? We want someone passionate about working on an agile team and using their knowledge, experience, and expertise to deploy software systems that tackle the most complicated remote sensing challenges.

We are currently looking to hire an experienced Software System Engineer that is ready for a career where you know your work makes a difference. We want someone passionate about working on an agile team and using their knowledge, experience, and expertise to build software systems that tackle the most complicated remote sensing problems. Primarily responsibilities will include operating, sustaining, and innovating a complex Linux build, integration, and test environments that enables the development of sophisticated, real-time decision support systems that support remote sensing, data acquisition, and analysis applications for National Security missions.

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

• Team to enable development and testing of complex software across infrastructures that are utilized by multiple code development teams, to support the detection and resolution of defects.
• Work collectively with architects, infrastructure partners, developers, testers, and end users to deliver a robust evaluation of fixes as well as new functionality.
• Plan, develop, and complete the implementation of solutions in the areas of hybrid computing, security architecture, software architecture, and network engineering.
• Use strong problem-solving/critical thinking skills as well as interpersonal and collaboration skills to support colleagues across multiple teams with diverse technology stacks.
• Contribute to the future of a deeply exciting mission through engagement with diverse computer science and IT specialists in areas such as analytics, cloud computing, architectures, and data management and visualization.
  
  

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

Salary Range

$99,400 - $193,600

• 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 a relevant STEM field plus five (5) or more years of experience; or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• Experience with the following:
• Developing and modifying Python scripts in a Linux environment.
• Maintaining existing Perl and Bash scripts with an end goal of replacing them with a consistent Python code base.
• Linux systems administration.
• Problem identification, root cause analysis, and solving.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q and SCI clearance which may require a polygraph test.
  
  

Qualifications We Desire

• Expectations of supporting daily verification of a complex software environment on locally supported testbeds
• Experience in the following:
• Git source code management.
• Apache Zookeeper, Kubernetes, or other centralized services for managing systems applications.
• Researching, evaluating, and recommending solutions to improve current systems.
• DevOps and CI/CD practices
• Active DOE/DOD clearance with SCI, with a recent polygraph test.
  
  

About Our Team

The Systems Design and Architecture Department designs, evaluates, and develops sophisticated architectures for processing and exploitation of remote sensing information. We enable teams that invent, analyze, and develop algorithms and software that support real-time extraction and classification of static and dynamic events from a variety of very complicated data streams from pathfinder remote sensing assets. We are part of crafting and deploying innovative large networked computing systems that process terabytes of near real-time data daily, extracting information, and providing it to national decision makers.

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 and SCI access, both of which require US citizenship. SCI access may also require a polygraph examination. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain these levels of access 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 the 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: 695504

Job Family: IT

Regular/Temporary Position: R

Full/Part-Time Status: F

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Computer and Network Security, Defense and Space Manufacturing, and Industrial Machinery Manufacturing

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