DevOps Engineer Staff

About the role

The GG DevOps SWE position is part of Lockheed Martin's External Referral Program. A referral bonus of up to $3000 is available for successful referrals, and external hires may qualify for a $25K sign-on bonus.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain DevOps pipelines for C++ or Python applications, utilizing Kubernetes/K8 deployment and administration, Helm chart creation, and pod definition.
• Manage and configure Kubernetes clusters, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security.
• Debug and correct defects in existing software, utilizing effective troubleshooting techniques to resolve issues efficiently.
• Configure and optimize GPU resources for performance-critical applications, utilizing CUDA or other relevant technologies.
• Implement automated testing and deployment scripts, utilizing tools such as Jenkins or GitLab CI/CD.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including system architects, and project managers, to ensure software meets user requirements and is delivered on schedule.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation for software designs, processes, and interfaces to facilitate knowledge sharing and project continuity.

Requirements

The position requires a Bachelors degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education, with 12 years or more of professional experience. Considered an expert, authority in the discipline. Possess all capabilities as defined by the GG Statement of work (SOW) Appendix B for the USG standard SWE labor category level 3. A security clearance and polygraph are required.

Desired Skills

• Kubernetes
• Rancher, RKE2 implementation
• Control-plane component configuration & troubleshooting
• Worker-node management, configuration, and lifecycle automation
• Workload management (scheduling, affinity, resources, scaling)
• High-availability cluster configuration
• Cluster monitoring, networking, and storage
• Storage classes, PVC, integration with external storage systems
• Security concepts & implementation (RBAC, service accounts, secrets, certificate management, policy engines)
• Helm familiarity
• CNA certification – a plus
• Kubernetes application development / deployment principles
• CNCF projects & tools
• DevOps principles
• GitOps, builds, pipelines
• Networking
• Switching, routing, VLANs
• Advanced Linux (RHEL / Rocky / EL9)
• OS configuration & troubleshooting
• Service management
• Hardening PXE boot & automated OS deployment
• Ansible
• Playbook design
• Role development
• Collection creation & management
• Development & Scripting
• Python familiarity
• Bash scripting experience
• Go (desired)
• YAML & JSON manipulation
• Git workflows
• Software testing
• Unit-testing knowledge/experience
• Collaboration & Communication
• Cross-functional team collaboration
• Stakeholder communication & requirements gathering
• Presenting technical concepts to non-technical audiences
• Domain knowledge
• RF data-processing familiarity
• RF application development familiarity