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Systems Engineer

Sikorsky Aircraft

MD, US · Posted November 4, 2026

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About the job

Standard Job Description

This role will have the following tasking:

Coordinate and orchestrate software deployments to operational and test systems while managing system outages and downtime

Create and track operational postmortems for failed deployments, operational incidents and operational software rollbacks

Brief customer on operational status to include ATO, SSP, product downtime, cyber security incidents, product deployments

Provide tasking and direction to team of DevOps engineers

Create, manage and coordinate a 24/7 Tier 2 on-call schedule

Provide direction to the program for monitoring, alerting and incident response reporting

Participate in on-call operations once embedded training completed

Basic Qualifications

Bachelors degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education

14 years or more of professional experience; or 12 years of professional experience with a related Masters degree.

An active Top Secret clearance with recent polygraph. The position allows little to no work from home and will require a significant portion or all work to be performed in a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF).

Current CWIP (DoD 8140) certificate.

Must live within 1 hour of NBP 410

Strong background in DevOps and System Administration

Proficiency in the Atlassian tool set: Jira and Confluence

Able to communicate and collaborate effectively with other team members, as well as with stakeholders.

Desired Skills

Familiarity with automated code deployments using tools like Gitlab, ArgoCD, Terraform, Kubernetes and AWS.

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $166900.00 - $309900.00

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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.