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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Systems Engineer - **Company:** Lockheed Martin - **Location:** Littleton, CO, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $79,300.0 - $147,300.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Hardware Design, Networking Basics, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Software Deployment, Software Engineering, Systems Architecture, Systems Integration - **Published:** September 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9144308/systems-engineer ## About the Role * You will have a strong background on Software development programs, a willingness to learn new technologies, and be able to support all phases of the CDS development, configuration, and deployment process * You should be a well-rounded production engineer that has experience with hardware, networking, software deployment, and system administration * You will collaborate closely with project management, systems engineers, systems integration and test engineers as well as software engineers to coordinate various types of tasks * You should expect to learn necessary skills through hands on experiences and should work well in a team * You will travel frequently to customer sites and be "the face of the program" to the customer; ensuring system deployments and security evaluations go smoothly THE WORK The primary work location is at the Deer Creek Facility (DCF) in Littleton, Colorado with limited ability to work remotely. You will primarily be required to come into the office or travel to customer sites to conduct your work. Responsibilities for the role include, * Bachelor's degree from an accredited college with 2+ years of professional experience in a related discipline, a Master's degree in a related discipline; or equivalent experience/combined education * Willingness to support regular travel to customer sites to perform installation, integration, accreditation, training, and documentation tasks * Experience using Red Hat Enterprise Linux * Ability to learn necessary skills through hands on experiences * Excellent verbal and written communication skills * Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail; Quick thinker, fast learner/Proactive, problem solver, creative, critical thinking skills. * Ability to work collaboratively within a team and build consensus among stakeholders * Ability to obtain a Top Secret clearance Desired Skills * Understanding of the systems engineering lifecycle, including principles, processes, and methodologies * Understanding of requirements elicitation, analysis, and documentation * Understanding of software design and software/system architecture * Basic networking knowledge * Basic Red Hat System Administration knowledge ## Description * Ensure cyber security standards are met and implemented through the successful deployment of the RM product to customer sites (installation, integration, accreditation, training, and documentation) * Perform hardware development, factory buildup, and checkout for the CDS product prior to deployment to site * Understand customer needs/requirements and develop rule sets to be implemented on the CDS that meet customer needs/requirements * Assist with infrastructure maintenance tasks as well as provide technical assistance to team members and customers through the program help desk * Work in an agile development environment on RedHat Linux-based OS and support elements of design/sustainment/development efforts * Members of the production team are expected to travel at a minimum 50% of the time, with regular travel up to 80% of the time * Production team members are also expected to be available for emergency trips to support customer operational needs ## Related Videos - [Security Pitfalls for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/726-security-pitfalls-for-software-engineers) - [Uncertainty Estimation of Neural Networks](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/227-uncertainty-estimation-of-neural-networks) - [Quantum Computing - The tiny and the big challenges](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/934-quantum-computing-the-tiny-and-the-big-challenges) - [Model Based Systems Engineering in an Agile Product Development Process](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/68-model-based-systems-engineering-in-an-agile-product-development-process) - [Robots are coming into the wild! 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