Job ID: 694895BR Date posted: Jun. 04, 2025
Description:As a Site Reliability Engineer, you will:
• Design, implement, and maintain highly available and scalable systems and infrastructure to support classified applications and services
• Develop and implement reliability-focused engineering practices, such as continuous integration, continuous deployment, and continuous monitoring, while ensuring compliance with classified system requirements
• Collaborate with development teams to ensure that reliability and scalability are considered throughout the software development lifecycle, while maintaining the security and integrity of the classified system
• Identify and mitigate potential sources of downtime and performance degradation, including infrastructure, application, and network issues, while ensuring that all troubleshooting and debugging activities are conducted in accordance with classified system procedures
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, including system diagrams, architecture documents, and runbooks, while ensuring that all documentation is properly marked and handled in accordance with classified system requirements
• Lead and participate in incident response and post-incident reviews to identify root causes and implement corrective actions, while ensuring that all incident response activities are conducted in accordance with classified system procedures
• Collaborate with other teams, including development, operations, and security, to ensure that reliability and scalability are considered in all aspects of system design and operation, while maintaining the security and integrity of the classified system
• Develop and maintain metrics and monitoring systems to measure system reliability and performance, while ensuring that all monitoring activities are conducted in accordance with classified system requirements
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and emerging technologies, and apply this knowledge to continuously improve system reliability and scalability, while maintaining the security and integrity of the classified system
Basic Qualifications:
• Experience in site reliability engineering, DevOps, or a related field, with a focus on classified systems
• Must possess or be able to obtain within 6 months of start date a valid IAT Level II or III DoD Approved 8140 (DoD 8570) certification such as Security+, in good standing
• Experienced with production use of vSphere/ESXi/vCenter, RHEL
• Advance proficiency using of Python, BASH, Ansible, puppet, and chef for system administration
• Demonstrable proficiency with MRTG/PRTG, Nagios, SolarWinds or similar
• Proven ability with Cloud and Container technologies: Kubernetes, Docker/Mirantis, AWS, and/or Azure
• Strong technical background in systems administration, networking, and software development, with a focus on classified systems
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyze complex systems and identify root causes of issues, while maintaining the security and integrity of the classified system
• Networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, DNS, and routing protocols
• Ability to obtain & maintain a Top Secret security clearance, US Citizenship required
Desired Skills:
• System integration experience of large-scale distributed infrastructure systems
• Data center operations/system administrator experience, preferably in a DoD environment (RMF, STIG, or NISPOM)
• Certification in site reliability engineering, DevOps, or a related field, with a focus on classified systems
• Experience with machine learning and artificial intelligence technologies, with a focus on classified systems
• Strong knowledge of security principles and practices, including secure coding, secure deployment, and secure operations, with a focus on classified systems
• Strong understanding of networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, DNS, and routing protocols, with a focus on classified systems
• Ability to support on-call 24X7 and off-shift for mission critical events/operation that may require extended hours or weekend supports
• Comfortable working in a fast paced and dynamic multi-disciplinary environment
Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.
Clearance Level: Top Secret
Other Important Information You Should Know
Expression of Interest: By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.
Ability to Work Remotely: Onsite Full-time: The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.
Work Schedules: Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.
Schedule for this Position: 9x80 every other Friday off
Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in California and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington or Washington DC is $104,500 - $184,115. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate’s final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer. Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays. (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year. This position is incentive plan eligible.
Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in most major metropolitan areas in California and New York is $120,100 - $208,150. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate’s final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer. Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays. This position is incentive plan eligible.
Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.
The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.
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Experience Level: Experienced Professional
Business Unit: SPACE
Relocation Available: Possible
Career Area: Systems Engineering: Network Systems Engineers
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First