Defence Software Integration Lab Lead (Linux/Kubernetes)

Lockheed Martin; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Veteran friendly workplace

Diversity and inclusion commitment

Job summary

Lockheed Martin Australia seeks an experienced Software Integration Environment Lead to own the AIR6500 Software Integration Lab and its supporting facilities in Adelaide. The role ensures the lab is available, stable, secure and fit for purpose to support critical software integration and test activities.

You will work with Linux, Kubernetes, DevSecOps, configuration management and automation to keep the environment running and continuously improve its reliability.

Qualifications

• Hands-on Linux systems administration experience.
• Experience managing Kubernetes and containerised environments.
• Proficient in DevSecOps, IaC and configuration management (Ansible).
• Experience troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines, preferably GitLab.
• Strong background in systems support, infrastructure sustainment or operational reliability.
• Experience managing shared computing environments, including performance, storage, accounts and recovery.

Responsibilities

• Own lab governance and scheduling — manage environment bookings, code drops, release gates and competing engineering priorities.
• Maintain lab operations — manage system accounts, software, storage, documentation, performance, backup/recovery and computing resources.
• Drive reliability — monitor uptime and lab health, understand recurring failures and move from reactive support to proactive sustainment.
• Automate recovery — maintain Ansible playbooks that enable developers to self-service VM resets and recovery.
• Control configuration — audit the environment against approved Mission System baselines and ensure infrastructure and facilities changes are authorised and traceable.
• Lead Tier 3 support — resolve complex issues beyond the Systems Administration Team and drive root-cause and problem management.
• Plan capacity — analyse utilisation and upcoming engineering demand to forecast infrastructure requirements and support hardware provisioning.
• Coordinate technical teams — work across Engineering, Systems Administration, Cyber, Network and Engineering Tools to manage changes and maintain a stable environment.

Job description

Lockheed Martin Australia seeks an experienced Software Integration Environment Lead to own the AIR6500 Software Integration Lab and its supporting facilities in Adelaide. The role ensures the lab is available, stable, secure and fit for purpose to support critical software integration and test activities.

You will work with Linux, Kubernetes, DevSecOps, configuration management and automation to keep the environment running and continuously improve its reliability.