Back-End Software Developer

Lockheed Martin•Hanover, MD

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Lockheed Martin, Cyber & Intelligence invites you to step up to one of today’s most daunting challenges: the use of advanced electronics to undermine our way of life. As a cyber security professional at Lockheed Martin, you’ll protect the networks that our citizens and the world depend upon each minute: Financial assets. Healthcare information. Critical infrastructure. Hazardous materials. The uninterrupted flow of energy that keeps modern life moving. Here, you’ll work with cybersecurity experts on the forefront of threat protection and proactive prevention. In this fast-paced, real-world environment, you’ll draw on all your education and experience as well as the resources of Lockheed Martin to keep the threats at bay. Cyber | Lockheed Martin Who we are: We’re revolutionizing the world of cyber with our cutting‑edge programs, and as a key player on our team you’ll help shape the entire lifecycle of our collection and antenna systems—now focused on modern cloud‑native development. In this role you’ll provide analytical expertise to drive process improvements, conduct specialized studies, and define clear requirements while developing functional architectures for both front‑end and back‑end components. You’ll lead the migration from AWS to Azure, ensuring a smooth transition for existing services and building new Azure‑native capabilities, and you’ll design, code, test, and deploy applications across the stack. Rapid response cycles are essential: you’ll perform time‑critical analysis of application issues, recommend actions, and deliver hot‑fixes or roll‑backs as needed, owning the deployment pipeline with Azure DevOps and CI/CD best practices. Collaboration with a small testing team will ensure functionality, performance, and security throughout the development lifecycle. If you’re eager to join a dynamic, innovative team that pushes the boundaries of cyber‑focused, cloud‑first development and make a real impact on our customers’ missions, we want to hear from you! The Work: The work centers on providing Software Development and analytical expertise to build tools and resources and drive process improvements, define requirements, and develop functional architectures for both front‑end and back‑end systems while overseeing the migration of existing AWS applications to Azure. You’ll design, code, test, and deploy new cloud‑native solutions, manage rapid hot‑fix and rollback cycles, and maintain the CI/CD pipeline for timely patch releases. Please Note: This position requires the candidate to be eligible for and willing to obtain a Top Secret clearance with polygraph. No clearance is required to start!

Requirements

Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
Software development experience in object-oriented and scripted languages with the ability to apply several tool suites related to DevSecOps, microservices and containers
Experience with Python and PostgreSQL
Experience AWS Infrastructure
Experience with Relational databases
Eligible for and willing to obtain a Top Secret clearance with polygraph

Nice To Haves

7 years of overall experience in the functional area
7 years of software development experience in object-oriented and scripted languages with the ability to apply several tool suites related to DevSecOps, microservices and containers
3 years of recent and relevant experience performing back-end web design and development
Demonstrated experience in preparing, conducting, and documenting various systems tests and results to verify system operability and compliance with project standards and requirements.
Demonstrated experience in relational databases, RESTful API development and integration.
3 years experience in Python and PostgreSQL.
3 years of experience with bug tracking software (e.g., Jira).
3 years of experience testing web-based applications
3 years of experience leading software development programs or projects.
Practical experience developing in a cloud environment
3 years of experience with the following: AWS Infrastructure, Kubernetes, and RedHat Linux.
Experience with Relational databases with PostgreSQL applied experience.
3 years of experience with at least five (5) of the following: BASH, Spring, Ansible, JUnitS, Nexus Repository, Maven
Experience with integrating data from unclassified to classified application deployments
3 years of experience with DoD software development
Experience using Agile Test-Driven development
Experience integrating into DoD DevSecOps environments
3 years experience with CI/CD software development

Responsibilities

Provide analytical expertise to drive process improvements
Conduct specialized studies
Define clear requirements
Develop functional architectures for both front-end and back-end components
Lead the migration from AWS to Azure, ensuring a smooth transition for existing services and building new Azure-native capabilities
Design, code, test, and deploy applications across the stack
Perform time-critical analysis of application issues, recommend actions, and deliver hot-fixes or roll-backs as needed
Own the deployment pipeline with Azure DevOps and CI/CD best practices
Collaborate with a small testing team to ensure functionality, performance, and security throughout the development lifecycle
Build tools and resources
Oversee the migration of existing AWS applications to Azure
Design, code, test, and deploy new cloud-native solutions
Manage rapid hot-fix and rollback cycles
Maintain the CI/CD pipeline for timely patch releases