Full Stack Engineer Sr Stf - Level 5

Lockheed Martin Corporation; Palmdale (CA); On-site; USD 148,000 - 276,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Flexible work arrangements

401(k) match

Paid time off

Holidays

Parental Leave

EAP

Flexible Spending Accounts

Education Assistance

Life Insurance

Short-Term Disability

Long-Term Disability

Job summary

Lockheed Martin Corporation in Palmdale, California, seeks a security-focused DevOps engineer to design, develop, and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines for platform deployment (RKE2, Rancher) and implement IaC using Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation, or PowerShell.

You will enforce security across code and infrastructure, manage multi-network hybrid-cloud environments on AWS, Azure, and on-prem, and support vulnerability assessments to protect mission data.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in a related discipline.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes or other container orchestration.
• Coding (e.g. C++, C#, Java) or scripting experience (e.g. Python, Bash, PowerShell).
• IaC experience (e.g. Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation, Ansible).

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines for platform deployment (RKE2, Rancher, etc.).
• Implement Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation, or PowerShell to automate and standardize environments.
• Enforce security standards across all code and infrastructure artifacts, ensuring continuous compliance.
• Manage multi-network, hybrid-cloud environments spanning AWS, Azure, and on-premise resources.
• Support vulnerability assessments, threat modeling, and remediation, proactively protecting mission data and systems.

Skills

Kubernetes

Programming languages

Scripting languages

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Terraform

Pulumi

CloudFormation

Ansible

Job description

Standard Job Description

• Design, develop, and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines for platform deployment (RKE2, Rancher, etc.)
• Implement Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation, or PowerShell to automate and standardize environments
• Enforce security standards across all code and infrastructure artifacts, ensuring continuous compliance
• Manage multi-network, hybrid-cloud environments spanning AWS, Azure, and on-premise resources
• Support vulnerability assessments, threat modeling, and remediation, proactively protecting mission data and systems

Core Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines for platform deployment (RKE2, Rancher, etc.)
• Implement Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation, or PowerShell to automate and standardize environments
• Enforce security standards across all code and infrastructure artifacts, ensuring continuous compliance
• Manage multi-network, hybrid-cloud environments spanning AWS, Azure, and on-premise resources
• Support vulnerability assessments, threat modeling, and remediation, proactively protecting mission data and systems

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in a related discipline
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes or other container orchestration
• Coding (ex. C++, C#, Java) or scripting experience (ex. Python, Bash, Powershell)
• IaC experience (ex. Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation, Ansible)

Desired Skills

• Active Top Secret clearance
• Professional security certification: CompTIA Security+ **or** any DoD 8140-approved certification (e.g., CySA+, CASP, CEH)
• Proven expertise with AWS and Azure services (IAM, networking, storage, compute)
• Prior work on multi-tenant, multi-region deployments
• Experience with on-prem virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V)
• Hands-on experience with RKE2
• Hands-on experience with Rancher management
• Knowledge of Zero-Trust network architecture
• Familiarity with Open Mission Systems architectures and deployments

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $148300.00 - $275500.00

At Lockheed Martin, we know mission success starts with taking care of our people. Our Total Rewards program is designed to attract top talent, support your well-being, and help you grow—both professionally and personally.

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.