X-Lab Cloud Technologies Administrator - Secret Clearance

Description: What We're Doing

Our Team, the Command and Control, Battle Management and Communications (C2BMC) Experimentation Lab (X-LAB), is engineering, developing and integrating new capability for the Missile Defense System that currently protects the United States and its allies. The team consists of many small agile teams that work together in a fast-paced and dynamic environment. Our team is also, responsible for tasks such as Sensor/Weapon Integration, Algorithm Development, User Interface Development, Automated Testing, Cyber Security and enhancing other critical, leading-edge missile defense technologies.

The Work

As a Cloud Technologies Administrator for the C2BMC Experimentation Lab (X-Lab) at the Missile Defense Integration and Operations Center (MDIOC), Schriever SFB, Colorado Springs, you will be responsible for deploying and maintaining a large virtualization solution, spread across multiple remote sites. This environment includes solution like virtualization hypervisor platforms, remote virtual desktop infrastructure, other direct user experience technologies, and monitoring solution for virtual infrastructure. Your expertise will help enable rapid, reliable testing of command-and-control capabilities while collaborating with a multidisciplinary team of engineers and scientists.

Please Note:

• This position requires a government security clearance at the Secret level; you must be a US Citizen for consideration.

• This position is located at Schriever, Space Force Base 10 miles east of Colorado Springs, CO and is 100% onsite.

• This position may involve some travel to our customer sites throughout the U.S. Additionally, this position will occasionally support test events that occur off-hours i.e. overnight or on weekends.

Who We Are

As leader of the C2BMC team, Lockheed Martin directs a partnership of highly responsive industry leaders developing and fielding the backbone of America's missile defense. Together, this national team supports the design, development, test, integration and fielding of hardware and software elements that enable the Missile Defense System (MDS) to function effectively and continually. As a C2BMC X-Lab Team member, you will also have the opportunity to interface with our key customers in the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), and you will collaborate with a team of technical professionals including software and systems engineers, architects, and our project engineering team.

Who You Are

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced candidate to join our team. The successful candidate will need to utilize good communication skills and good organizational skills to facilitate collaboration across the many organizations necessary to accomplish challenging missions.

Why Join Us

• Your Health, Your Wealth, Your Life

• Our flexible schedules, competitive pay and comprehensive benefits enable you to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work.

Basic Qualifications:

• Active Final SECRET clearance required prior to starting

• Must possess a DoD 8570 certification at IAT Level II or higher (Security+, GSEC, SCNP, SSCP, CISSP, CISA, GSE, SCNA)

• Hands-on experience with hyperconverged on-prem cloud platform such as VMware or Nutanix AHV

• Familiarity with IDAM concepts and tools (e.g., Active Directory, LDAP, SSO) to create security groups, projects and enforce least-privilege access to VMs and services

• Experience with Linux systems administration

• Proven ability to administrator Kubernetes clusters including deployments, upgrades, scaling, and decommissioning

• Experience supporting users in an enterprise-level system, demonstrating your ability to handle complex technical issues and provide effective solutions

Desired Skills:

• Thorough understanding and experience with Nutanix Prism/AHV on premise cloud platform

• Experience with on premise multi-tenant environment using Role based administrative controls (RBAC) for least privilege

• Experience with maximizing infrastructure uptime, while still maintaining a complaint and patched hypervisor platform

• Some experience with administration of an Active Directory environment

• Capacity tracking for virtual resources usage to properly plan for future expansion in a multi-tenant environment

• Experience with automation platforms, such as Nutanix Calm, VMWare vRealize Automation, or others.

• Comfortable with using network/system health tracking solutions, such as SolarWinds for monitoring system health for both virtual infrastructure as well as hardware health

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: 4x10 hour day, 3 days off per week

Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in California, Massachusetts, and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington or Washington DC is $104,500 - $184,115. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location. Please note that the salary information 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 and business considerations when extending an offer.

Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.

(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.

This position is incentive plan eligible.

Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.

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.

At Lockheed Martin, we use our passion for purposeful innovation to help keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges. Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work.

With our employees as our priority, we provide diverse career opportunities designed to propel, develop, and boost agility. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work. We place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering an inclusive environment built upon integrity and corporate responsibility.

If this sounds like a culture you connect with, you're invited to apply for this role. Or, if you are unsure whether your experience aligns with the requirements of this position, we encourage you to search on Lockheed Martin Jobs , and apply for roles that align with your qualifications.

Experience Level: Experienced Professional

Business Unit: RMS

Relocation Available: No

Career Area: Information Technology

Type: Task Order/IDIQ

Shift: First