Weapon Control System Modernization Technical Director

Lockheed Martin•King of Prussia, PA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Lockheed Martin is advancing next-generation command and control capabilities to support critical missions through scalable, data-driven systems. You will be joining the Enterprise Mission C2 (EMC2) organization supporting one of our weapon control system programs Valley Forge, PA. We are seeking an experienced Software Architect, or Technical Director with direct experience in modern development practices and technologies, and is comfortable leading modernization efforts that involve working in partnership with external organizations. This highly visible role will have technical authority for shaping the next generation of software architecture, CI/CD development pipelines, and execution. The successful candidate will drive execution of the evolutionary software infrastructure roadmap, working in partnership with a small team of high-performing run-ahead engineers on emerging technologies and approaches.

Requirements

7+ years of software engineering experience, with ≥ 1 years in architectural defining roles.
Experience with development and deployment using cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
Strong background in micro‑service design, CI/CD, and DevOps tooling.
Experience with AI/ML integration and modernizing legacy code bases.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.

Nice To Haves

Master’s Degree or higher preferred
Knowledge of secure development practices or cyber‑security frameworks.

Responsibilities

Lead Software Architecture strategy and execution for modernization capabilities, ensuring alignment with program objectives and mission outcomes.
Ability to Lead and participate in the development of trade study evaluations for best-fit application of modern commercial technologies into existing weapon control system programs.
Drive modern software development approaches leveraging cloud computing, containerization, and microservices architectures.
Oversee software deployment across both cloud and on-prem hardware to verify requirements across deployment configurations.
Lead planning and execution of tasking for modernization-focused activities.
Provide technical oversight of modernization software activities, and reporting.
Drive Agentic and GenAI workstreams and tools into the software development processes accelerate refactoring of legacy code into modernized interfaces and environments.
Provide technical oversight of a weapon control system's modernization activities, and reporting.
Lead high-visibility demonstrations and checkpoint events, integrating Lockheed Martin and partner solutions for customer-facing validation.
Collaborate with internal teams and external partners to develop and execute a program modernization roadmap, while assisting to identifying resource, staffing, and capability needs.
Collaborate with product owners, AI specialists, security, finance, and program managers to deliver scalable, containerized solutions that accelerate development across the enterprise.