DevOps Developer (Scientist 1/2)

What You Will Do

This position will be filled at either the Scientist 1 or Scientist 2 level, depending on the skills of the selected candidate. Additional job responsibilities (outlined below) will be assigned if the candidate is hired at the higher level.

Are you looking for a career that is intellectually challenging and imbued with purpose? If the answer is "yes" we encourage you to learn more about our opening for a Scientist position in The Weapons Research Services, Secure Networks and Applications (WRS-SNA) group. WRS-SNA is looking for Developers for our Development Operations team. In this role you will work as part of a team to support development projects with software development tools and processes within the Weapons Physics Directorate (ALDX) and Weapons Engineering and Experiments Directorate (ALDW).

Scientist 1 ($90,000-$147,100)

After initial onboarding and training, contributions to developmental tasks within the Development Operations Team entails one or more of the following job activities:

• Researching, analyzing, developing, implementing, and testing solutions and infrastructure which allow organizations within the weapons directorate to carry out the weapons mission at LANL.
• Evaluate and implement solutions within scientific software engineering teams within the area of weapons physics research.
• Evaluate and implement solutions and infrastructure within operational technology tools to allow weapons programs related to weapons physics and production to effectively manage their workflows and internal processes.
• Efficiently leverage modern professional software development practices.
• Installing and configuring software tools in support of weapons programs across the LANL weapons directorate.
• Working with the WRS-SNA Network Security team to ensure established frameworks and solutions comply with required security controls.

Scientist 2 ($99,200-$164,100)

In addition to what was outlined at the lower level, at this level you will :

• Collaborate with project leadership and team leadership to propose and lead in the design of innovative project solutions related to software development, infrastructure improvements, and internal WRS-SNA processes.
• Support custom, off the shelf, and modified off the shelf software solutions in a production environment.
• Work independently on projects that require physics simulation experience which would require close collaboration with subject matter experts in this area.

What You Need

Minimum Job Requirements:

Software Engineering and Design Experience: Demonstrated experience with one or more of these tasks:

• Developing software tools that address a specific scientific technical need that may leverage high performance parallel and distributed code implementations.
• Developing web based applications using modern Python and/or Java frameworks.
• Developing integrations and/or plugins for COTS solutions (Atlassian products, like Jira and Confluence).
• Engineering and developing CICD jobs and pipelines using automation solutions like Jenkins, Gitlab Runner, Bamboo, etc. Designing and integrating UI/UX solutions for existing software projects, and upcoming software projects.

Technical Knowledge: For this role, you will need knowledge and experience in Linux and experience working with imperative and object-oriented programming languages such as C, C , and Java. You will also need experience working with interpreted programming languages such as Perl, Bash and Python, which includes troubleshooting and working with software compilers and linked libraries. Some experience in algorithm development, CUDA, and Open MPI is preferred.

Technical Support: You will also need experience establishing and supporting solutions to support software development projects. .You must have experience establishing and managing code repositories for production development efforts using source control and common software development practices using tools like Bitbucket, and Gitlab. Some experience in the support and administration of production services such as Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Gitlab, etc. is preferred.

Collaboration: To succeed in this role you must have the ability to work with others in a team environment to analyze problems and work with other WRS-SNA operation support teams to deploy solutions as well as providing documentation of implemented solutions. In addition to these requirements at the Scientist 2 level you must have the ability to work independently on some projects, propose solutions to management.

Computing Environments: You must have knowledge about working in classified and unclassified computing environments.

Linux Knowledge: You will need a basic working knowledge of a Linux based OS. Knowledge of CENTOS or RHEL is preferred.

Education/Experience for Scientist 1: Position requires a Bachelor's d degree in a STEM field from an accredited college or university and 2 years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience directly related to the occupation.

Additional Job Requirements for higher level title:

In addition to the requirements outlined above, qualification at the higher level requires:

Intermediate Technical Support: At this level some experience in application administration/configuration of production services such as Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Gitlab, Gitlab Runner, Jenkins, etc. is preferred as well as a working knowledge of containerization of applications and deployment of those applications.

Intermediate Technical Contributions: At this level custom software development contributions that were deployed to a production environment is required. Contributions that integrate into commercial off the shelf solutions and/or contributions that involve physics simulations and high performance computing is preferred..

Education/Experience for Scientist 2: Positions requires a Bachelor' degree in a STEM field from an accredited college and university and 4 years of related experience or equivalent experience directly related to the occupation.

Desired Qualifications:

• Advanced Linux experience in a RHEL environment. Application Admin experience of COTS products
• Full stack Web Development and database design experience Software containerization and container deployment experience
• Advanced experience in scientific software development related to physics simulations and visualization solutions as well as parallel and distributed programming experience on large HPC clusters.
• Active DOE "Q" Clearance, and/or a DOE "SCI" Clearance.

Work Location: The work location for this position is hybrid and is located in Los Alamos, NM. Hybrid is defined as working partially onsite/partially offsite but within 2 hours ground commute of this location. All work locations are at the discretion of management and can change at any time with appropriate notice.

Work Schedule: A hybrid telework option is available as part of the DevOps Team.

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:

Please submit your resume and a detailed cover letter addressing how you meet the required skills for this position, and if applicable, address the desired skills.
Where You Will Work

Located in beautiful northern New Mexico, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is a multidisciplinary research institution engaged in strategic science on behalf of national security. Our generous benefits package includes:

§ PPO or High Deductible medical insurance with the same large nationwide network

§ Dental and vision insurance

§ Free basic life and disability insurance

§ Paid childbirth and parental leave

§ Award-winning 401(k) (6% matching plus 3.5% annually)

§ Learning opportunities and tuition assistance

§ Flexible schedules and time off (PTO and holidays)

§ Onsite gyms and wellness programs

§ Extensive relocation packages (outside a 50 mile radius)
Additional Details

Directive 206.2 - Employment with Triad requires a favorable decision by NNSA indicating employee is suitable under NNSA Supplemental Directive 206.2. Please note that this requirement applies only to citizens of the United States. Foreign nationals are subject to a similar requirement under DOE Order 142.3A.

Clearance: Q/SCI (Position will be cleared to this level). Selected applicants will be subject to a background investigation conducted by or on behalf of the Federal Government, and must meet eligibility requirements* for access to classified matter. This position requires a Q clearance. and obtaining such clearance requires US Citizenship except in extremely rare circumstances. Dependent upon the position, additional authorization to access classified information may be required, which may or may not be available to dual citizens. Receipt of a Q clearance and additional access authorization ultimately is a decision of the Federal Government and not of Triad.

*Eligibility requirements: To obtain a clearance, an individual must be at least 18 years of age; U.S. citizenship is required except in very limited circumstances. See DOE Order 472.2 for additional information.

New-Employment Drug Test: The Laboratory requires successful applicants to complete a new-employment drug test and maintains a substance abuse policy that includes random drug testing. Although New Mexico and other states have legalized the use of marijuana, use and possession of marijuana remain illegal under federal law. A positive drug test for marijuana will result in termination of employment, even if the use was pre-offer.

Regular position: Term status Laboratory employees applying for regular-status positions are converted to regular status.

Internal Applicants: Regular appointment employees who have served the required period of continuous service in their current position are eligible to apply for posted jobs throughout the Laboratory. If an employee has not served the required period of continuous service, they may only apply for Laboratory jobs with the documented approval of their Division Leader. Please refer to Policy Policy P701 for applicant eligibility requirements.

Equal Opportunity: Los Alamos National Laboratory is an equal opportunity employer and supports a diverse and inclusive workforce. All employment practices are based on qualification and merit, without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation or preference, marital status or spousal affiliation, physical or mental disability, medical conditions, pregnancy, status as a protected veteran, genetic information, or citizenship within the limits imposed by federal laws and regulations. The Laboratory is also committed to making our workplace accessible to individuals with disabilities and will provide reasonable accommodations, upon request, for individuals to participate in the application and hiring process. To request such an accommodation, please send an email to applyhelp@lanl.gov or call 1-505-665-4444 option 1.
Employment StatusFull Time

Salary : $90,000 - $147,100