APPOINTMENT TYPE: Full-Time Regular

LOCATION: North Las Vegas, NV

SALARY RANGE: $140,753.60 - $225,201.60

• Partner with the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and peers to implement IT strategic initiatives in support of the site mission.
• Provide technical leadership and functional guidance to assure prevention of accident and elimination of safety hazards within the facility.
• Plan, organize, coordinate, and supervise system engineers and technical support personnel engaged in establishing, implementing, and maintaining computerized information systems and/or in designing and implementing procedures to prevent inadvertent or deliberate disclosure, alteration or destruction of unclassified, sensitive, or classified information.
• Provide business perspective to department personnel, coordinates department activities with information technology, security, and NSE organizations, and assures a high quality of customer service.
• Develop operational plans, budgets, goals and priorities for the department and coordinates the allocation of required resources.
• Effect changes in resources, plans, and procedures to facilitate achieving information technology goals.
• Identify training requirements of personnel, develops appropriate training plans, and coordinates personnel development.
• Encourage and facilitate internal and external teamwork of assigned personnel.
• Develop processes, practices, and procedures to assure the maximum possible quality of the products and services.
• Provide leadership, guidance, and mentoring to the Infrastructure and Engineering team in the following technical areas: Virtualization, Windows/Linux OS, Storage, Enterprise Backup, Collaboration technologies, Cloud, and Data Center Operations.
• Assist in the architecting of solutions in response to engineering support requests and for improving internal processes and procedures.
• Manage and oversee planning, implementation, and operation of infrastructure improvement and refresh projects and participates in the specification of business requirements.
• Ensure systems are secure by establishing and enforcing policies; defining and monitoring access.
• Identify and reports Key Performance Indicators, including capacity planning; demonstrates strong project leadership and ability to develop strong working relationships with customer technical personnel; participate in problem management and root cause analysis and maintain 24x7 availability and monitoring of enterprise systems.
• Supervise employees and performs other managerial responsibilities including interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
• Take actions necessary to "stop" work when an unsafe condition or action is identified.

Due to the nature of our work, US Citizenship is required for all positions.

Minimum Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in related field, or equivalent training and experience, plus a minimum of 14 years of related and progressively responsible experience.
• Experience managing in an Information Technology environment supervising professionals of varying levels.
• Demonstrated ability to manage technical personnel solving complex technology computing problems, and ability to establish structure and processes to plan and manage the orderly implementation of change.
• Strong management and technical skills, most notably architect-level skills in virtualization, systems administration, scalable upgrade and migration strategies, networking, and storage.
• Possess the technical expertise with virtualization and network infrastructure technologies such as VMware vSphere, LAN, WAN, and Data Center.
• Ability to manage technical personnel solving complex technology computing problems, and ability to establish structure and processes to plan and manage the orderly implementation of change.
• Maintain broad-ranging business skills including: business awareness, architecture, team-building, planning, and project management.
• Demonstrated experience to apply the following skills, knowledge and behaviors and be proficient in:
• Problem Solving; Collaboration; Business Administration; Solid comprehension of cloud, virtualization, storage, networking, software and hardware; Strategic planning; Leadership; mentorship; creating and giving presentations; and data confidentiality, availability and integrity.

Additional Requirements

• Pre-placement physical examination, which includes a drug screen, is required. MSTS maintains a substance abuse policy that includes random drug testing.
• Must have a valid driver's license.

Additional Information

• Work schedule will be 4/10s, Monday thru Thursday.
• Starting salary is determined based on the position market value, the individual candidate education and experience and internal equity.
• Mission Support and Test Services, LLC (MSTS) manages and operates the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) for the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). Our MISSION is to help ensure the security of the United States and its allies by providing high-hazard experimentation and incident response capabilities through operations, engineering, education, field, and integration services and by acting as environmental stewards to the Site’s Cold War legacy. Our VISION is to be the user site of choice for large-scale, high-hazard, national security experimentation, with premier facilities and capabilities below ground, on the ground, and in the air. (See NNSS.gov for our unique capabilities.) Our 2,750+ professional, craft, and support employees are called upon to innovate, collaborate, and deliver on some of the more difficult nuclear security challenges facing the world today. In this environment, the best ideas need to be voiced and every opinion matters. As such, MSTS places great value on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and is committed to a diverse and equitable workforce, with an inclusive culture that values and celebrates the diversity of our people, talents, ideas, and perspectives.
• MSTS offers our full-time employees highly competitive salaries and benefits packages including medical, dental, and vision; both a pension and a 401k; paid time off and 96 hours of paid holidays; relocation (if located more than 75 miles from work location); tuition assistance and reimbursement; and more.
• MSTS is a limited liability company consisting of Honeywell International Inc. (Honeywell), Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Jacobs), and HII Nuclear Inc.
• MSTS 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 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 MSTS 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.
• Department of Energy Q Clearance (position will be cleared to this level). Reviews and tests for the absence of any illegal drug as defined in 10 CFR Part 707.4, “Workplace Substance Abuse Programs at DOE Sites,” will be conducted. Applicant selected will be subject to a Federal background investigation, and subsequent reinvestigations, and must meet the eligibility requirements for access to classified matter. Successful completion of a counterintelligence evaluation, which may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination, may also be required. Reference 10 CFR Part 709, “Counterintelligence Evaluation Program.”
• Eligibility Requirements – To obtain a clearance, an individual must be a U.S. citizen at least 18 years of age. Reference DOE Order 472.2, “Personnel Security.”
• MSTS is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. MSTS is a background screening, drug-free workplace.