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Cyber Software Engineer with Security Clearance

Lockheed MartinManassas, VA🇺🇸United StatesPosted Sep 17, 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

As a Cyber Software Engineer at Lockheed Martin, you'll contribute to critical defense systems with a focus on innovative security architectures and enjoy the flexibility of a remote work environment. This role offers significant growth potential within a renowned company, perfect for driven engineers eager to develop cutting-edge cybersecurity solutions. Apply to join a team that values entrepreneurial spirit and impactful contributions.

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Employment type
Employee
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
Manassas, VA, United States
Posted
Yesterday
AWSC++HelmJavaKubernetesZero TrustgRPC

Job Description

Job Number 518 Standard Job Description Who We Are We may not know exactly whats going to change the world next, but chances are were already working on it, and you can be a part of that effort too! As part of our culture of innovation, you'll have excellent benefits and amenities, ongoing career development and support, rewards and recognition to honor your hard work, and more.

The Work This position is for a Cyber Software Engineer to perform software development duties with an emphasis on executing Cyber design, development, and troubleshooting tasks in the Rotary & Mission Systems (RMS) Integrated Engineering organization, located in Manassas, Virginia. Be part of the key Cyber engineering team that is consulting and as well building new security architectures across a very large and critical D.o. D system of systems.

Provide Cyber engineering expertise, in diverse technical assignments, from supporting technical reviews, partnering in new architecture effort ensuring Cyber Zero Trust standards, to product engineering. Find your place and provide key contribution, as each effort in this Cyber group invites an entrepreneurial approach in communication, imagination, and leadership. Why Join Us Your Health, Your Wealth, Your Life Joining Lockheed Martin means becoming part of a team thats making a significant impact in the field of engineering.

When you choose to work with us, youll enjoy: • An excellent working environment equipped with state-of-the-art tools. • The opportunity to work alongside industry leaders and top-notch professionals. • A chance to be a part of solving some of the worlds most challenging engineering problems. • A culture that encourages creativity, excellence, and the development of remarkable products. If youre ready to take your career to the next level, work on groundbreaking projects, and be a part of a team that thrives on innovation, we encourage you to apply and be a part of our mission.

Our flexible schedules, competitive pay and comprehensive benefits enable you to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work Performs tech planning, design, devel, integ, v&v for total syst life cycle. Analyses performed at all levels of syst product incl. concept, design, fabrication, test, instl, operation, maintenance & disposal, incorp design methods & stds for Cyber Security, SW & HW infrastructure. Designs, devels, docs, tests & debugs SW that contains logical & math solutions to business/mission problems/questions in computer language.

Ensures the logical & syst conversion of customer/product reqs into total syst solutions that ack tech, sched, cost constraints & align to SW & HW deployment pipelines & factories. Performs func & timeline analysis, detail trade & reqs allocation & interface defs studies to translate customer reqs into HW & SW feature defs & acceptance criteria. Applies stds, processes, procedures & tools throughout the devel life cycle. Applies HW & SW knowledge, cyber security stds in business/mission apps, & feedback from users to develop SW.

Corrects program errors, prepares operating instructions, compiles doc of program devel & analyzes syst capabilities to resolve program problems, output/input data acq, programming tech & controls. Ensures SW stds are met. Validates incorp of features & use cases into implemented designs

Basic Qualifications - Ability to obtain DoD Interim Secret Clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship - Bachelors degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education - C++ and/or java development experience Ideally w/ parallelization techniques, performance optimization, networking - Experience developing containerized applications - Knowledge of running and managing containers on Linux distributions - Knowledge of microservice architecture -Proficient in AI prompting as it applies to this position and practice.

Desired Skills - Knowledgeable of CI/CD pipelines - Experience with managing application lifecycles using helm - Experience developing applications for and debugging directly on Kubernetes (vs AWS, OpenShift, etc.)

  • Experience developing (or at least familiarity w/) network reconnaissance techniques, network traffic analysis, deep packet inspection - Experience with boost asio, grpc, pcap++ - Experience analyzing/securing embedded devices Pay Information Full-Time Salary Range: $110300.00 - $204900.00 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, candidates 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.

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