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 Engineering Program/Project Lead to run the Enterprise Datacenter Infrastructure at Sandia National Labs.

• Data Center Infrastructure Team Leadership
• Prioritize tasks and projects to ensure team member efforts are properly directed
• Direct team members to ensure timely completion of tickets, projects, and designs to meet customer SLA’s
• Analyze data center best practices and future technologies to create strategic plans which will prepare the data center for future hardware power and cooling requirements
• Communicate with customers to provide ticket and project updates
• Coordinate with vendors to create Contract Specific Safety Plans (CSSPs) and Statements of Work (SOWs)
• Interface with Sandia facilities and ES&H to ensure all safety and code requirements are met
• Data Center Architecture and Design
• Coordinate with other teams currently or planning to house equipment in the data center to determine current and future requirements
• Submit tickets to Sandia facilities for projects, walk down projects with facilities to create a scope of work.
• Collaborate with design teams until a finalized design is reached with meets customer requirements
• Collaborate with contractors, project managers, and construction managers during project construction to minimize impacts to customers, respond to design discrepancies, and provide support as needed
• Data Center Outage Coordination
• Coordinate outages and impacts with facilities and affected customers within the data center
• Analyze outage options to determine the best path forward with minimal impacts
• Refeed power and provide temporary cooling where necessary to prevent unnecessary downtime
• Data Center Tours
• Coordinate with requestors and other team members to set up dates and provide tours of data centers
• Data Center Consolidation and Consultation
• Review hardware purchase requests and approve or reject. Ensure adequate cooling, power, and floor space is available within the data center the deploy this equipment
• Data Center Cooling
• Install water piping, temperature gauges, pressure gauges, circuit setters, and hoses for liquid cooled HPC machines
• Install CDU’s, cooling manifolds, and cooling doors to support current and future systems
• Data Center Power
• Calculate current loads on PDU’s panels, switchboards, transformers, and substations to determine current and future capacity.
• Build power whips, install breakers in floor PDU’s, tie power whips into floor PDU’s, run whips under floor, and tie into rack PDU’s
• Test and install bus taps and connect to racks
• Update panel schedules
• Data Center Miscellaneous Infrastructure
• Install overhead and underfloor cable tray
• Install/remove various floor tiles as needed for power/cooling
• Install/remove solid and perforated ceiling tiles as needed
• Install safety measures for ES&H compliance and personnel safety
• Data Center Maintenance
• Respond to alarms from HPC, Nlyte, and the SOC related to data center cooling and power
• Coordinate with Sandia facilities for preventive maintenance on CRAC units, air handlers, pumps, chillers, heat exchangers, switchboards, panels, and PDU’s
• Coordinate with vendors to bring contractors on site to perform preventive maintenance on CDU’s and cooling doors
• Repair data center infrastructure when critical failures occur and need a timely resolution
• Data Center Receiving, Staging, and Shipping (Buildings 725W and 725E)
• Receive and stage deliveries
• Submit MoveIt tickets or Webshippers and prepare shipments for leaving the data center
• Coordinate with other teams, Millwrights, and Sandia facilities for large system deliveries or moves
• Data Center Reapplication
• Remove power and cooling connections from decommissioned HPC systems
• Remove nodes/servers from decommissioned HPC systems and coordinate with reapplication team for pickup of pallets and racks
• Data Center DCIM
• Update Nlyte when power is installed, moved, or removed. This includes switchboards, panels, busways, PDU’s, and power whips.
• Update Nlyte when cooling is installed, moved, or removed. This includes, air handlers, CRAC units, CDU’s, pumps, heat exchangers, cooling doors, and chiller plant changes.
• Update floor plan for HPC systems
• Partner with other laboratories to push forward AI research.
• Develop and present conceptual designs for engineered systems that meet defined requirements, while identifying necessary subsystems, components, and interfaces
• Plan and oversee project execution for the datacenter infrastructure team, coordinating with internal and external teams to ensure alignment and adherence to project timelines and objectives

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

Salary Range:

$109,300 - $217,400

*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 Information Technology, Engineering or other relevant field plus 5 years of relevant experience, or Master's degree in Information Technology, Engineering, or other relevant field plus 1 year of relevant experience
• Experience leading or managing programs, projects, services, and/or teams
• Experience leading teams in data center operations (DCO) with a focus on infrastructure
• Active DOE Q clearance or equivalent is required to start

Qualifications We Desire:

• Knowledge and background in one or more scientific or engineering disciplines, such as mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, nuclear engineering, systems engineering, physical security engineering, or chemical engineering
• Knowledge of datacenter infrastructure best practices that deal with cooling, power, space management, and design
• Knowledge of project management practices for technical work, including developing project plans, work breakdown structures, and work packages; managing to scope, schedule, budget, and technical baselines; and documenting baseline reports and change control actions
• Ability to make decisions requiring scientific, engineering, and programmatic judgment
• Knowledge of the technical or operational discipline of the assigned project
• Demonstrated leadership skills, including the ability to successfully plan, organize, lead, and monitor team efforts to completion
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
• Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills
• Demonstrated ability to team across disciplines
• Ability to model behaviors that reflect Sandia's core values

About Our Team:

Department 9774 is responsible for managing the daily activities of critical IT services. This includes working in collaboration with the SNL Facilities team in several 24×7 data center environments to ensure all critical systems are operational supporting the mission of the IT infrastructure for Sandia National Laboratories on both the unclassified and classified levels.

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:

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.

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: 694458

Job Family: EN

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.