Description: This position is within Lockheed Martin Enterprise Business and Digital Transformation (EBDT) Classified IT Transformation organization. It is chartered with transforming IT delivery to Classified programs and environments. If you’re looking for your next challenge in a fast paced, innovation-oriented group, look no further!

Lockheed Martin recognizes the tremendous opportunity for significant advancement in the way Classified IT services are delivered to our Business Area partners. These improvements will ultimately enable Lockheed to build better products faster in support US Department of Defense mission. In acknowledgement of this opportunity, the Classified Transformation organization and leadership structure have been put in place, along with significant investment to drive positive changes to both transform and standardize Classified IT delivery.

The candidate will be a System Engineer for an enterprise WAN solution: DarkStar! The candidate will be responsible for supporting the Linux environments within DarkStar at one of our node locations and will be the primary interface for DarkStar. The selected candidate will closely work with the larger DarkStar system administration and network team to maintain, sustain and keep secure all Linux environments throughout the system. Candidate must be comfortable working in environment supporting a large number of different platforms which range from enterprise servers to small/midsize servers and supercomputers. Candidate will be responsible for system installations, upgrades, configurations, software installation, patching and maintenance. Knowledge of various protocols such as DNS, SMTP, NFS, FTP, Telnet, ssh, and etc protocols and system network tuning and configuration

Basic Qualifications:

• DoD SECRET clearance

• Experience customizing and maintaining Red Hat Enterprise Linux Common Operating Environment (COE) to meet various customer requirements (DISA STIGs, DCID 6/3, NNSA regulations, etc.)

• Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7/8 Administration and Configuration

• Experience with Ansible and other automation tools

• Fiber Channel (SAN and Direct Attach) Storage Array Administration Experience

• Experience with Script Writing

• System Configuration and Hardening

• Patch RHEL 7/8 systems using Red Hat Satellite

• Demonstrated ability to work seamlessly across organization boundaries

• Self-starter with the ability to spot potential for process improvement

• Capable of building effective relationships with teams and subject matter experts

• Security + Certification

Desired Skills:

• Create and maintain local RHEL, CentOS, and EPEL RPM/YUM software repositories

• Experience with Trusted Multi-Level Security (MLS) Operating Systems

• Experience using Certificate Authorities (CA) and Public Key Infrastructure

• Experience with ICD-503

• Specific experience using RHEL7/8/9 with SELinux enabled

• Specific experience customizing SELinux (targeted or strict) policy for the purpose of

hardening the OS and Software applications such as Apache and Oracle.

• Experience with implementation and sustainment of network time protocol (NTP) distributed servers

• Experience with Domain Capable Windows/Linux/Virtualization

• Experience with storage solutions such as NetApp & RackTop

• RHCSA a plus

Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.

Clearance Level: Secret

Other Important Information You Should Know

Expression of Interest: By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.

Ability to Work Remotely: Onsite Full-time: The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.

Work Schedules: Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.

Schedule for this Position: 9x80 every other Friday off

Lockheed Martin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.

Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours. Our customers tackle the hardest missions. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision. They’re dangerous. Critical. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives. Those are the missions we care about.

As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin’s vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers’ toughest challenges. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U.S., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories.

Experience Level: Experienced Professional

Business Unit: ENTERPRISE BUSINESS SERVICES

Relocation Available: Possible

Career Area: Information Technology

Type: Full-Time

Shift: First