Dev Sec Engineering Asc Mgr - L4

Standard Job Description

What we're doing:

Lockheed Martin – a global leader in aerospace, defense, and advanced technology – continually pushes the boundaries of engineering to deliver breakthrough solutions for our customers’ most critical missions. We foster a culture where bold ideas are encouraged, excellence is celebrated, and “the impossible” becomes reality. To help enable our most critical missions, Lockheed Martin’s Classified IT Transformation program provides authorized multi-level security (MLS) boundaries that securely enable IT services for both internal development programs and external customers. The High-Performance Compute capabilities delivered by the team is an essential part of our mission.

Job Description

The Dev Sec Engineering Asc Manager leads the Linux, Kubernetes, containers, and High-Performance Computing (HPC) clusters in support of the overall High-Performance Compute Center team. This role is accountable for the end-to-end life cycle of classified compute systems including design, engineering, deployment, integration, and operations in support of the Classified High-Performance Compute Center.

Responsibilities include

• Leadership/People Management: Day-to-day direction of Dev Sec Engineers. Recruitment, selection, onboarding, training, performance evaluations, and career development. Foster a culture of security, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Support the cost, schedule, and technical execution for HPC initiatives. Allocate resources, track milestones, manage risk, issue resolution, and change control.
• Architecture and Engineering: Support design, engineering, integration, deployment, standardization, and sustainment of the following on air-gapped environments of HPC systems ensuring security and performance.
• High-Performance Compute Center Governance: Support our charter, processes, strategy, and metrics for HPC as the standard enterprise Classified HPC offering.

Basic Qualifications

• US Citizenship; ability to obtain US DoD Top Secret clearance

• Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related STEM field.

• Hands‑on experience designing, operating, or supporting high‑performance computing (HPC) clusters or similar large‑scale compute environments and related secure virtualization.

• Proven leadership experience in engineering assignments and successful proven results in leading and executing on complex programs with a demonstrated ability to succeed despite technical, operational and resource challenges.

• Possesses strong systems engineering and program management capabilities

• Solid understanding of Agile, DevSecOps and Digital Transformation

• Experience with Cyber Security, SW & HW Architecture, Development and Production Infrastructure

Desired Skills

• Active Secret Clearance or higher

• 5+ years of related experience and may have a post-secondary degree or training in a related discipline.

• Demonstrated expertise and experience in developing and implementing High Performance Computing architecture.

• Experience with modern DevSecOps practices in a high‑security, air‑gapped environment

• Knowledge of DoD/IC compliance frameworks (RMF, DISA STIGs, NIST 800‑53, JSIG).

• Knowledge of key vendors providing infrastructure and security solutions, as well as secure environments

• Familiarity with Kubernetes, KVM, VMware and other virtualization platforms

• Unix/Windows System Administration Experience

• Experience with Linux (RHEL, RockyOS) administration and hardening.

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $120600.00 - $224000.00

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The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed 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(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.  

Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.

• Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.
• For (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.