Description:WHO WE ARELockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that employs approximately 120,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration, and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products, and services. Lockheed Martin (LM) Rotary and Mission Systems (RMS) is looking for engineering professionals to work on the Trusted Security Solutions (TSS) program to engineer Cross-Domain Solution (CDS) products. This position is for a Systems Engineer/Installer on the Radiant Mercury product within the TSS program. Radiant Mercury is the US Navy's premier CDS product and LM has been the prime contractor for over 20 years.
WHAT WE’RE DOINGAt LM we engineer innovative solutions to deliver resilient systems, products, and services across evolving cyber threats. Strong, resiliency-focused engineering is essential to protecting customer platform/weapon systems from increasingly sophisticated threats. The Radiant Mercury program delivers secure cross-domain solutions to our customers, enabling the controlled transfer of information between different security domains. This role is critical in safeguarding the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of these mission-essential systems.
WHO YOU AREThe Radiant Mercury (RM) program is looking for systems engineering professionals to work on Cross-Domain Solution (CDS) products that protect and defend the information flow of critical and time sensitive data on many military applications and networks.
• The ideal candidate will have a strong background on Software development programs, a willingness to learn new technologies, and be able to support all phases of the CDS development, configuration, and deployment process.
• You should be a well-rounded production engineer that has experience with hardware, networking, software deployment, and system administration.
• You will collaborate closely with project management, systems engineers, systems integration and test engineers as well as software engineers to coordinate various types of tasks.
• You should expect to learn necessary skills through hands on experiences and should work well in a team.
• You will travel frequently to customer sites and be “the face of the program” to the customer; ensuring system deployments and security evaluations go smoothly.
• If selected, you will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
THE WORKThe primary work location is at the Deer Creek Facility (DCF) in Littleton, Colorado with limited ability to work remotely. The candidate will primarily be required to come into the office or travel to customer sites to conduct their work. Responsibilities for the role include:
• Ensure cyber security standards are met and implemented through the successful deployment of the RM product to customer sites (installation, integration, accreditation, training, and documentation).
• Perform hardware development, factory buildup, and checkout for the CDS product prior to deployment to site
• Understand customer needs/requirements and develop rule sets to be implemented on the CDS that meet customer needs/requirements
• Assist with infrastructure maintenance tasks as well as provide technical assistance to team members and customers through the program help desk
• Work in an agile development environment on RedHat Linux-based OS and support elements of design/sustainment/development efforts.
• Report to the Deer Creek facility with limited ability to work remotely. Members of the production team are expected to travel at a minimum 50% of the time, with regular travel up to 80% of the time.
• Production team members are also expected to be available for emergency trips to support customer operational needs.
Basic Qualifications:• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, a Master's degree in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education
• Willingness to support regular travel to customer sites to perform installation, integration, accreditation, training, and documentation tasks
• Experience using Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ability to learn necessary skills through hands on experiences
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail; Quick thinker, fast learner/Proactive, problem solver, creative, critical thinking skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a team and build consensus among stakeholders
• Ability to obtain a Top Secret clearance
Desired Skills:• Understanding of the systems engineering lifecycle, including principles, processes, and methodologies
• Understanding of requirements elicitation, analysis, and documentation
• Understanding of software design and software/system architecture
• Basic networking knowledge
• Basic System Administration knowledge
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 KnowExpression 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: Part-time Remote Telework: The employee selected for this position will work part of their work schedule remotely and part of their work schedule at a designated Lockheed Martin facility. The specific weekly schedule will be discussed during the hiring process.
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: 4x10 hour day, 3 days off per week
Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in California, Massachusetts, and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington or Washington DC is $60,200 - $106,030. 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.
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.At Lockheed Martin, we use our passion for purposeful innovation to help keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges. Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work.
With our employees as our priority, we provide diverse career opportunities designed to propel, develop, and boost agility. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work. We place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering an inclusive environment built upon integrity and corporate responsibility.
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Experience Level: Experienced Professional
Business Unit: RMS
Relocation Available: Possible
Career Area: Systems Engineering: Other
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First
