System Analyst

Strategic Management Solutions, LLC (SMSI) provides expert management consulting, program and project management, and technical consulting services to government and private sector clients. SMSI has grown and evolved by building an outstanding reputation for client-focused performance and for delivering results that enable clients to meet commitments and milestones.

 

SMSI is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Job Summary:

SMSI, LLC is seeking a full-time System Analyst to assist our Nuclear Safety and Weapons team onsite at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in Los Alamos, NM.

The Gas Transfer Systems Group (Q-7) is responsible for design, development, production liaison, surveillance, and stewardship of all gas transfer systems (GTS) for LANL nuclear packages in the US nuclear weapon stockpile. While supporting the enduring stockpile, the group also supports the research and development of next generation GTS technology in support of future weapon systems.

The group is a programmatic tenant in two R&D facilities at LANL: The Weapons Engineering Tritium Facility (WETF), and a high-pressure gas transfer system radiological laboratory. At WETF, the group has a diverse array of responsibilities including tritium storage and recycling technologies, legacy item recycling and disposal, high pressure tritium operations, and GTS function testing. The team maintains calorimetry and gas mass spectrometric capabilities that support tritium accountability and the GTS development program as well as diverse programs across LANL. At the high-pressure radiological laboratory, the team supports design agency (DA) and production agency (PA) missions for all LANL weapon systems, including valve and actuator surveillance for both LANL and SNL systems. The lab is a highly active hands-on lab, specializing in gas pressure systems (cleaning, purging, filling, bursting, etc.) and related diagnostics. Supporting equipment includes gloveboxes, fume hood, high pressure compressors, lathes, mills, wire EDMs, thermal chambers, etc. Emphasis is on the delivery of programmatic objectives via excellence in personnel safety, security, compliance, and programmatic hardware reliability and availability.

Responsibilities:

• The qualified candidate will provide aggregation of data and systems support to manufacturing and engineering analysts and teams, helping to drive data driven decision making in fulfillment of gas transfer mission objectives.
• The candidate will extract data from legacy documents and compile to be analyzed for technical knowledge of gas transfer system engineering practices in support of data validation and verification of manufacturing approaches.
• Meticulous attention to detail is required.
• Provide support to multiple technical projects.
• Research, develop, review, and comprehend historical technical procedures as needed.
• Adhere to the requirements for working in facilities with radioactive hazards, including a Hazard Category 2 nuclear facility.
  
  
  

Requirements:

• 5 years of technical experience working within data and systems is required.
• Experience working with DOE, preferably Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is required.
• Software Quality Assurance (SQA) experience is required.
• Ability to effectively document and communicate results in a technical manner.
• Keen attention to detail is required, as this person will use decades of data to forecast future predictions.
• The candidate must demonstrate familiarity with multiple software systems. The systems being used include Fetch, NSDS, Python, Adobe, and HAI, among others.
• Excellent communication skills and proven ability to communicate with various levels of engineers, scientists, leadership is required.
• The position requires background and pre-employment drug screening for drug-free workplace.
• This person must be able to work onsite at LANL during regular business hours 4-5 days per week.
• The candidate must be US Citizen.
• Active DOE Q clearance is required.
• The candidate must have an active Real ID diver's license for badging and onboarding.
  
  
  

Preferred Skills:

• Experience working with LANL in information technology, weapons data and systems analyst, or technical support is highly preferred.
  
  
  

Educational Requirements:

• Position requires a bachelor’s degree and 4 years of experience working within data, information technology, or systems analyst roles or a high school diploma and 8 years of experience working within the same technologies.
  
  
  

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to work onsite at LANL 4-5 days per week.