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:

The Enterprises Collaboration Services team (ECS, Dept. 9783) is seeking a highly motivated, self-starting SharePoint architect with strong system, authentication, software, and architecture experience. The candidate should be able to demonstrate strong technical leadership skills as well as strategic vision for SharePoint 2016, Office 365, and other Web-Based Services within ECS’ web portfolio. This position will require collaboration and cross-discipline teamwork with software engineers, solution architects, management, and customers to deliver innovative and robust solutions at the enterprise level.

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

• Develop strategic enterprise solutions within SharePoint that reduce life-cycle costs and position Sandia synergistically for future mission work
• Provide architectural vision and direction for SharePoint services on premises and in the cloud. Research solutions for problems that span multiple areas of expertise such as hardware, software development, authentication, IIS, systems programming, data management, database development, systems security, networking, and information assurance
• Perform duties as a Technical Team Lead for the SharePoint Architecture and Operations team.
• Evaluate, test, analyze and implement corporate reporting, search, web services, and information systems that are highly available and appropriately scaled
• Be responsible for resolving complex issues related to application functionality, authentication, and performance
• Develop strategic vision for new technologies and functionality within the SharePoint framework. Technical liaison to corporate computing, networking, cyber, and web development organizations. Communicate and present business strategy, technical direction, and overarching benefit to end users and senior management
• Monitor the health of SQL Databases and perform necessary database maintenance and tuning. Negotiates with stakeholders to determine scope and budget of work activities which advance business objectives and client needs for work initiatives with repeatable processes involving well established architecture
• Performs feasibility analysis for complex projects involving existing architecture. Ensures its accuracy and recommends alternative solutions within project strategy and deliverable prioritization
• Participate in audits and preparations associated with Information Security, Business Continuity, and Disaster Recovery
• Participate in the execution of IS Service Management (ITSM) controls (e.g., incident, problem and change management), including after-hours operations and maintenance
• Provide mentoring/training to others on the team

The selected applicant can be a remote worker located in any U.S. State or District of Columbia. Regular or periodic travel to your assigned work location may be required.

Qualifications We Require:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field plus 5 years of experience; or equivalent (AS + 9 years or no degree + 13 years)
• Included in the above:
• At least 4 years of SharePoint Server administration experience
• Experience configuring security for both internal and external parties
• Experience with authentication providers, such as Kerberos, NTLM, Basic and Forms Based Authentication (FBA)
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q clearance

Qualifications We Desire:

• Solid understanding of system development methodologies and change management best practices
• 6+ years of SharePoint experience including implementation, configuration, taxonomy design and complex workflow implementation
• Extensive experience with Reporting Services (SSRS), Integration Services (SSIS), and Analysis Services (SSAS)
• Experience in strategic leadership of information systems, architecture, or service design
• Extensive understanding of object-oriented scripting languages, such as PowerShell
• 6+ years of Microsoft IIS administration experience
• Office 365 governance and administration including SharePoint Online, Teams, Power BI, etc.
• Development and integration using technologies including HTML5, .NET, C#, RESTful API, jQuery, CSS, InfoPath, Visual Studio are a plus
• Automation and scripting experience using and PowerShell
• ITIL-Centric, ITSM controls, platforms, and best practices
• Understanding the importance of providing innovative, yet solid and reliable services to the Laboratory
• Demonstrated strong strategic thinking skill, and ability to see and convey the big picture; critical thinking and synthesis; ability to deal with ambiguity and adapt to a fast-paced, customer-focused operation; self-starting; excellent listening and communications
• Willingness and ability to learn and lead group processes and initiatives, and a desire to contribute toward internal organizational and process improvements enthusiastically and proactively
• DOE Q-level security clearance

About Our Team:

Enterprise Collaboration Services (ECS/Dept. 9783) is responsible for supporting, maintaining, and evolving the following enterprise services across the Sandia networks (Cloud, SRN, SCN, ECN, and SPN) to promote collaboration and support Sandia’s mission, while keeping our production environments (cloud and on-prem) stable and secure.

• M365: includes Exchange Online (Email), Teams, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, and the implemented micro-services within M365
• Enterprise Messaging: includes Exchange (on-prem), Managed File Transfer (MFT), Data Loss Prevention (DLP), etc.
• SharePoint Development: includes Power Apps and Power Automate
• SharePoint Infrastructure
• Power Platform: includes Power BI Report Server and Power BI Online
• Skype: 8551 provides customer support/9783 provides sever support only

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, 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.

Salary Range:

$104,100 - $207,100

*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.

Job ID: 693198