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Researcher III – Infrastructure Resilience and Energy Security
Location
United States
Posted
10 days ago
Salary
$83.6K - $150.5K / year
Seniority
Mid Level
Job Description
Researcher III – Infrastructure Resilience and Energy Security
National Laboratory of the Rockies
Role Description The Resilient Infrastructure and Security Center (RISC) advances energy security, infrastructure, and resilience technologies that can withstand and recover from disruptions—empowering secure, competitive economies and resilient, thriving communities. Within the RISC center, the Strategic Energy Security (SES) Group leads projects and initiatives to ensure our nation’s energy security, assists in disaster planning and recovery, enables resilient infrastructure assessment, and implementation, and works with national security partners to ensure that critical infrastructure remains resilient and operational during disruptive events. SES is hiring a researcher to support and lead various analysis efforts that are central to the Threat to Consequences demonstrations, a critically important capability and growing area of work for the lab. This role requires someone with a keen attention to detail, versatility, excellent analytical capabilities, and a willingness to work with a variety of teams to accomplish tasks in a timely manner. In this role, the successful candidate will: - Deepen and enhance consequence analysis capabilities. - Develop customized demonstrations for important visitors, VIPs, and other stakeholders. - Work collaboratively with many matrixed contributors. - Lead the development of demonstration projects independently at times. This work often operates in difficult circumstances with tight timelines, high stakes, and continuously changing requests; therefore, the successful candidate needs to be comfortable with uncertainty and innovating novel ways to tackle new challenges as they arise. Job Responsibilities: - Conduct data assessments and analyses. - Write SQL queries to extract, clean, and analyze large datasets, combining disparate sources to generate synthetic datasets as needed. - Identify potential threats, vulnerabilities, interruptions, and areas of weakness in grid-related energy distribution use cases. - Develop clear documentation that others can understand, replicate, and build upon. - Develop and maintain backend logic and pipelines using Python (or other software languages), providing clear documentation that others can understand, replicate, and build upon. - Effectively use geospatial tools and platforms, including ArcGIS, QGIS, and Google Earth, to identify, analyze, and visually display geospatial information and phenomena. - Clearly define and identify project requirements, adjusting these requirements and outputs as project objectives and circumstances may change. - Track deliverables and milestones as projects progress, clearly communicating how the work product meets project requirements. - Collaborate with team members, including members from different parts of the lab with different areas of expertise. Qualifications - Relevant PhD, or relevant Master's Degree and 3 or more years of experience, or relevant Bachelor's Degree and 5 or more years of experience. - Demonstrates broad understanding and wide application of engineering technical procedures, principles, theories, and concepts in the field. - General knowledge of other related disciplines. - Demonstrates leadership in one or more areas of team, task, or project lead responsibilities. - Demonstrated experience in management of projects. - Very good writing, interpersonal, and communication skills. - Must meet educational requirements prior to employment start date. Requirements - Must be able to obtain and maintain a DOE security clearance at the DOE (Q) and SCI access or DoD (TS). - 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. - Training and experience in geographic information sciences and data analysis, including proficiency in SQL, Python, and JavaScript. - Experience with assessing risks and vulnerabilities within different infrastructure, potential consequences associated with infrastructure disruptions, and resilience and/or disaster planning. - Broad and in-depth knowledge of the issues and best practices in the applicable field of expertise. - Strong interpersonal and communication skills. - Proven problem-solving and negotiation skills. - Ability to collaborate with individuals at all levels of the organization. - Demonstrated ability to effectively work independently and achieve milestones in a timely manner. Preferred Qualifications - Some exposure and interest in growing into a role where you are leading projects and teams. - Experience with geospatial analysis and remote sensing. - Experience with assessing risk and/or disaster planning and recovery. - Direct experience with military operations, installations, and infrastructure. - Understanding of military and national security concerns. - Some exposure with budgetary experience including planning and overseeing project budgets. - Strong communications experience representing organization to internal and external audiences, including at an executive level. Benefits - Medical, dental, and vision insurance. - Short- and long-term disability insurance. - Pension benefits. - 403(b) Employee Savings Plan with employer match. - Life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance. - Personal time off (PTO) and sick leave. - Paid holidays. - Tuition reimbursement. - Performance-, merit-, and achievement-based awards that include a monetary component. - Some positions may be eligible for relocation expense reimbursement.
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