Digitization Specialist (Information Research Specialist 2)

About the role

Join our world-class team! Now is your chance to make a difference in supporting our national security mission. Come join a group of staff that will be working to digitize, index and digitally curate classified physical collections at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).

Responsibilities

• Digitize materials, populate metadata/indexing information that will be used to develop a robust catalog
• Provide quality control for the digitized materials and indices
• Track digital files through our digitization workflow
• Complete minor maintenance and repairs of scanning equipment
• Set up scanning equipment for various media types and sizes
• Perform any finishing tasks associated with media to securely store original master copies
• Absorb customer research requests for locating digitized technical information
• Assist in the development and documentation of digitization workflows of archived media
• Act as a vault-type room custodian and classified matter custodian

Requirements

• Technical Knowledge: Experience in using at least one type of digitization equipment, populating metadata fields for small to moderate size collections of documentary materials, and performing quality control/assurance reviews of digital files and metadata.
• Customer Relations: Experience in customer-focused communication and relations and the ability to work in a team environment.
• Clearance: Ability to obtain a Q clearance, which requires US citizenship.

Qualifications

• Education/Experience: Position requires a bachelor's degree in a relevant field and 5 years of related experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience directly related to the occupation.

Desired Qualifications

• Digitization Familiarity: Experience in operating two or more types of professional digitizing equipment for paper, microfilm, microfiche, video, or other media.
• Creating indices and populating detailed metadata for a variety of materials in small to moderate size collections of documentary materials and performing quality control/assurance of digital files and metadata.
• Writing processing documents and best practices guides for digitization or a related task.
• LANL Familiarity: Basic understanding of the weapons program within LANL, along with experience working with classified material in a classified environment.
• Technical Knowledge: Demonstrated experience working in a records or archival organization.
• Experience in Classified Matter Protection and Control; and Vault Access training.
• Experience in using LANL's classified network systems, uploading, cataloging, and retrieving documents.
• Document custodian background and experience and/or records management, document control background and experience.

Benefits

Includes: PPO or High Deductible medical insurance with the same large nationwide networkDental and vision insuranceFree basic life and disability insurancePaid childbirth and parental leaveAward-winning 401(k) (6% matching plus 3.5% annually)Learning opportunities and tuition assistanceFlexible schedules and time off (PTO and holidays)Onsite gyms and wellness programsExtensive relocation packages (outside a 50 mile radius)

Pay

Salary range: $65,000 - $90,000 per year

Schedule

Full-time, day shift