Job Opening Title:
Digitization Specialist (Information Research Specialist 2)
Name of Employer:
Los Alamos National Laboratory/Triad National Security, LLC
Job Site Location (City AND State):
Los Alamos, NM
Application Deadline:
8/14/2026
Minimum Degree Requirement:
Bachelor’s
Years of experience required:
5
Salary Range:
$72,800 – $115,400
Job Opening URL:
https://lanl.jobs/search/
Job Description (if URL to posting not available). Include instructions for how to apply:
Up to three hires are planned to be made from this posting. Please apply through the lanl.jobs portal (search for IRC144876) and be sure to include both a resume/CV and cover letter.
What You Will Do
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). The information you digitize, and index will have an immediate impact to the Laboratory’s mission.
You will be working in coordination with one of the largest libraries in the Federal Government, the National Security Research Center (NSRC). The NSRC is LANL’s classified library, containing tens of millions of documents, films, books, and other archival material related to the development, testing, and production of nuclear weapons, dating back to the first days of the Manhattan Project. The NSRC’s collections contain a breadth of classified technical information related to physics, chemistry, engineering, material science, intelligence, and national security. We are looking for an individual with a background in handling, digitizing, indexing, tracking, storage, and transmission of electronic and hard copy unclassified and/or classified documentary materials.
As an Information Research Specialist 2, you will digitize materials, populate metadata/indexing information that will be used to develop a robust catalog, provide quality control for the digitized materials and indices, and track digital files through our digitization workflow. You will complete minor maintenance and repairs of scanning equipment, set up scanning equipment for various media types and sizes, and perform any finishing tasks associated with media to securely store original master copies. Assist with customer research requests for locating digitized technical information, assure secure storage and handling of classified information, assist in the development and documentation of digitization workflows of archived media, and act as a vault-type room custodian and classified matter custodian.
What You Need
Minimum Job Requirements:
Technical Knowledge:
For this role, you will need 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. In addition, you must be a demonstrated self-starter with the ability to work independently without direct supervision with strong attention to detail.
Customer Relations:
You will be required to have experience in customer-focused communication and relations and the ability to work in a team environment.
Clearance: You will have the ability to obtain a Q clearance, which requires US citizenship.
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.