Postdoctoral Appointee - Proliferation Detection Data Exploitation

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What Your Job Will Be Like:

Passionate about your work and dream of developing and implementing state-of-the-art solutions to pressing national and global security needs? Join our team!

We are seeking a Postdoctoral Appointee to join our Proliferation Detection Data Exploitation team. The selected applicant will work across multi-disciplinary teams to advance state-of-the-art data science for nonproliferation applications. This work could span multiple domains including data management, data science, applied mathematics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence engineering, with interactions with subject matter experts across multiple nuclear proliferation detection and national security applications. This is a great opportunity to make a mark in an exciting field with next-generation technology.

On any given day, your duties may include the following, depending on the specific role:

• Identify, analyze, and provide data analytics and data science solutions and alternate approaches for national security challenges

• Interpret and apply industry standards to data management and FAIR (finable, accessible, interoperable, reusable) data principles

• Apply technical judgment in determining efficient application of potential solutions

• Collaborate with your team to solve encountered problems

• Report results through team meetings, writing publications, and attending conferences

• Participate in teams proposing novel research and development to our US government sponsors to apply data science solutions to national and global security challenges

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

Qualifications We Require:

• PhD in Statistics, Mathematics, Machine Learning, or related field (PhD must have been conferred within the last 5 years and be conferred before starting in the position)

• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q security clearance

Qualifications We Desire:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills,

• Ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams, and a passion to improve and expand technical skills.

• Research experience in data management, data analysis, and/or algorithm development

• Proven ability to conduct creative, independent research

• The ability to obtain and maintain an SCI security clearance

About Our Team:

The Monitoring Systems & Technology Center (6700) has researched and developed new monitoring systems and technologies for over half a century. Building on that legacy, today we support national security missions involving nuclear proliferation detection, treaty monitoring, warhead monitoring, and various needs within the national security communities.

The Proliferation Detection Data Exploitation R&D Department (6753) advances global and national security missions through the development of innovative data science solutions. Data exploitation competencies resident in the department include data management, data fusion, computer vision, natural language processing, and machine learning.

Posting Duration:

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of three (3) 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.

Job ID: 699546

Job Family: 92

Regular/Temporary Position: T

Full/Part-Time Status: F

Benefits

• Worklife Balance
• Flexible Work Schedules
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Exceptional 401K Savings Plan
• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Wellness Programs
• On-site Amenities
• Vacation Buy Plan
• Telecommuting Arrangements*

*with management approval

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