Software Architect with Clearance

Lockheed Martin•Huntsville, AL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

At Lockheed Martin, we believe that by applying the highest standards of business ethics and forward-thinking, everything is within our reach – and yours as a Lockheed Martin employee. We value your unique skills and expertise, and we aim to give back continuously by offering a wide variety of benefits and amenities to help our employees live flexible, balanced, and fulfilling lives at, and outside of, work. What We’re Doing Our Team, the Command and Control, Battle Management and Communications (C2BMC) Regional team, is constantly engineering, developing and integrating new capabilities for the U.S. Missile Defense System. Protecting both the United States and its allies. This large, fast paced team, is composed of many small agile teams working together dynamic environment with a common mission to develop and deploy leading-edge missile defense technologies. The Work The candidate will be a member of the C2BMC software architecture team on the Regional Applications Agile Release Train (ART). Responsibilities will include defining and overseeing the implementation of the software architecture for a Java-based missile defense command and control system and ensuring the architecture is consistent with the architecture design tenets on the C2BMC program. This includes providing direct technical support to the chief engineer and chief architect and coordinating across engineering disciplines (e.g. Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Integration & test, Operations & Sustainment). Examples of tasking to be performed include: - Perform trade studies and analysis for current and future C2BMC development activities. - Maintain the software architecture artifacts for the ART. - Oversee the development of ART software design. - Determine ramifications and impacts of proposed architectural changes to the software baselines. - Analyze system performance to include quantifying performance, identifying bottlenecks, and measuring throughput. - Support briefings, presentations and demonstrations to customer. - Support analysis, design, and implementation of cyber requirements in the software. - Working with other program architects to implement enterprise architecture intent and guidance.

Requirements

DoD Final SECRET Security Clearance (Top Secret Desirable)
Bachelor's degree and 14 years of experience in software engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, engineering or a Master's degree in software engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, engineering and 12 years of related experience.
Security+ or equivalent/higher certification required within the first 60 days from start of this position.
Experience developing software architecture and design for large-scale distributed software systems that allow for scalability, extensibility, maintainability, reliability, etc.
Experience with the Java programming language and developing software throughout the full software lifecycle.
Familiarity with Information Assurance (IA) and Cybersecurity principles, static and dynamic security assessment tools (e.g. SonarQube, OWASP ZAP), Secure Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs), and secure system architecture.
Ability to apply automation and CI/CD pipelines to enforce standards to drive quality and test repeatability.
Effective communicator that can bridge engineering disciplines, customer and program leadership, and individual contributors to produce solutions.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience with missile defense, and command & control systems highly desired.
Experience with Test Driven Design (TDD) methodology strongly desired.
Architecture development and coordination, defining the relationships between internal and external components.
Communicating architectural intent and constraints to a diverse group of customers, developers, engineers, subject matter experts, and users.
Self-starter who is able to initiate research and clearly document results.
Occasional travel will be required for this position 10%.
Understanding of modern software architecture paradigms such as event-driven architectures or service-oriented architectures.
Knowledge and experience with virtualization, containerization, and orchestration.
Experience mentoring and educating other engineers.
Creative problem solver to find solutions within technical and programmatic constraints.
Experience performing trade studies and analysis across software engineering disciplines.

Responsibilities

Perform trade studies and analysis for current and future C2BMC development activities.
Maintain the software architecture artifacts for the ART.
Oversee the development of ART software design.
Determine ramifications and impacts of proposed architectural changes to the software baselines.
Analyze system performance to include quantifying performance, identifying bottlenecks, and measuring throughput.
Support briefings, presentations and demonstrations to customer.
Support analysis, design, and implementation of cyber requirements in the software.
Working with other program architects to implement enterprise architecture intent and guidance.