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.

Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.