Systems Engineer Stf - E4

Lockheed Martin Corporation; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 131,000 - 244,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401(k) match

Paid time off

Holidays

Parental Leave

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

Lockheed Martin Corporation is seeking an experienced Virtual Infrastructure & Storage Engineer in Sunnyvale, CA to design, deploy, and maintain virtualization and storage platforms supporting mission operations. You will ensure high availability, performance, and scalability across on‑prem data centers.

Key duties include architecting VMware vSphere and SAN/NAS storage, automating VM lifecycles with Ansible and Python, and mentoring junior engineers while aligning configurations with security

Qualifications

• 5+ years of designing, deploying, and managing virtualized server environments (VMware vSphere or Hyper‑V).
• 5+ years of hands‑on administration of enterprise storage systems (NAS, SAN, or DAS) in mission‑critical environments.
• Hands‑on experience with hypervisor clustering, resource allocation, and high‑availability/DR implementation.
• Familiarity with infrastructure automation and scripting for VM management (Python, Ansible).
• Understanding of backup, recovery, and patching procedures for virtualized platforms.
• Proficient in storage networking protocols and experienced with multi‑vendor storage (NetApp, HPE, etc.).
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot storage performance, connectivity, and data integrity issues; data protection understanding.
• Proven ability to mentor junior engineers in storage and virtual infrastructure disciplines.
• Active Top Secret clearance is required

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain integrated virtualization and storage platforms.
• Architect and manage VMware vSphere and associated storage fabrics (SAN/NAS).
• Automate VM lifecycle management and storage provisioning (Python, Ansible).
• Troubleshoot cross‑domain issues spanning compute, network, and storage.
• Maintain documentation and runbooks; monitor health, capacity, and performance.

Skills

VMware vSphere

Hyper-V

SAN/NAS/DAS

Python

Ansible

Storage networking

Data protection

Mentoring

Top Secret clearance

Virtualization

Tools

Ansible

PowerShell/CLI

Terraform

Job description

Standard Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Virtual Infrastructure & Storage Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain integrated virtualization and storage platforms that power our mission operations. This role bridges compute and storage layers, ensuring virtual machines, containers, and data services are delivered with high availability, performance, and scalability across on‑premises data centers. Key responsibilities will include architecting and managing virtualization stacks (VMware vSphere) and associated storage fabrics (SAN, NAS); provisioning and optimizing storage resources; implementing automation and infrastructure for VM and volume lifecycle management; troubleshooting cross‑platform issues spanning compute, networking, and storage; collaborating with cybersecurity teams to align configurations with security baselines and audit requirements; monitoring system health, capacity, and performance; and maintaining documentation and runbooks. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in virtual infrastructure and storage systems, strong automation skills, and a commitment to delivering resilient, secure, and efficient enterprise platforms that directly support mission‑critical workloads.

Performs technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems. Analyses are performed at all levels of total system product to include: concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance and disposal. Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints. Performs functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience designing, deploying, and managing virtualized server environments (VMware vSphere, or Microsoft Hyper‑V)
• 5+ years of hands‑on administration of enterprise storage systems (NAS, SAN, or DAS) in mission‑critical environments
• Hands‑on experience with hypervisor clustering, resource allocation, and high‑availability/DR implementation
• Familiarity with infrastructure automation and scripting for VM management (Python, Ansible)
• Understanding of backup, recovery, and patching procedures for virtualized platforms
• Proficient in storage networking protocols and experienced with volume management across multi‑vendor platforms (NetApp, HPE, etc.)
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot storage performance, connectivity, and data integrity issues; strong understanding of data protection fundamentals (snapshots, replication, backup integration)
• Demonstrated ability to mentor junior engineers in storage and virtual infrastructure disciplines.
• Active Top Secret clearance is required

Desired Skills

• Experience integrating on‑prem virtual environments with public cloud platforms in hybrid architectures
• Advanced expertise in software‑defined storage (Ceph, VMware vSAN, AWS/Azure native storage) and seamless integration with virtualized/compute infrastructures
• Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code tools (Ansible) for automated VM lifecycle management
• Strong background in performance tuning, capacity planning, and SLA‑driven resource allocation for virtualized workloads
• Familiarity with container orchestration (Kubernetes, OpenShift) deployed on top of virtual infrastructure
• Proven experience designing and testing disaster‑recovery and business‑continuity strategies for virtualized systems
• Knowledge of software‑defined networking and advanced virtual network design
• Relevant certifications or equivalent hands‑on expertise
• Proven experience designing scalable storage architectures with automated provisioning, tiering, data reduction (compression/deduplication), and disaster recovery/business continuity strategies
• Strong background in storage automation using Infrastructure-as-Code tools (Terraform, Ansible, PowerShell/CLI) and performance/tuning optimization across heterogeneous environments
• Active DoD TS/SCI clearance

Pay Information

Full‑Time Salary Range: $131100.00 - $243500.00

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.