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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Software Engineer Sr Staff - Clearance Required - **Company:** Lockheed Martin - **Location:** Huntsville, AL, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $148,300.0 - $275,500.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Agile Methodology, Confluence, JIRA, C++ (Programming Language), Cloud Engineering, Code Review, Computer Engineering, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, Software Debugging, Automation of Marketing, Language Modeling, Object-Oriented Software Development, Software Architecture, Software Engineering, Software Systems, Software Quality Assurance (SQA), UML, Multithreading, Enterprise Software Applications, Gitlab, Containerization, Linux Development, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Low Latency, Atlassian Tools, Modeling and Simulation, Devsecops, Docker - **Published:** October 22, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9259860/software-engineer-sr-staff-clearance-required ## About the Role * Experience serving as a Software Lead, Chief Engineer, Product Team Lead, or Technical Lead on complex defense or aerospace programs. * Strong technical leadership, organizational, and decision-making skills. * Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical discipline. * 9+ years of software engineering experience. * 5+ years of Object-Oriented software development experience in C++ and/or Java. * Demonstrated experience leading Agile software development teams. * Experience with Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines and automation. * Experience developing C++ real-time, multi-threaded, distributed, framework, or tactical systems software. * Please note: This position requires a secret level security clearance, with the ability to obtain a top secret level. You must be a US Citizen for consideration. Desired Skills * Experience with software development metrics, technical performance measures, and engineering dashboards. * Experience supporting program proposals, software estimates, and basis-of-estimate development. * Experience managing software cost, schedule, technical performance, and execution risks. * Experience with Software Modeling, UML, and/or Mermaid diagrams. * Experience with Linux development environments. * Experience with GitLab, Jira, Confluence, and Atlassian tool suites. * Experience with cloud-native architectures, containerization, Docker, Kubernetes, or DevSecOps environments. * Experience analyzing software system throughput, latency, scalability, and performance. * Experience with Software Architecture and Design. * Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills. * Experience planning and executing large-scale software development efforts. * Experience working within Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) or Digital Engineering environments. ## Description Lockheed Martin is developing innovative solutions to meet the evolving needs of our customers. As a leader in the defense and aerospace industry, we are committed to delivering high-quality products that exceed expectations. Our team is working on cutting-edge projects that require rigorous testing and validation to ensure product functionality and reliability. The Work The MSV-FWK Software Lead serves as the principal Software Engineering leader for the program and acts as the single point of contact for all software engineering activities. This role is responsible for the technical, cost, schedule, and execution performance of software development efforts while ensuring compliance with enterprise software engineering policies, contractual requirements, and program objectives. The Software Lead provides strategic and technical leadership across agile software teams, drives software architecture and development execution, and ensures delivery of high-quality software solutions that support the Modeling and Simulation Vistas Framework (MSV-FWK) mission. Key Responsibilities Software Engineering Leadership * Serve as the program's Software Engineering Lead and primary representative for the RMS Software Engineering discipline. * Lead, mentor, and develop high-performing agile software teams, fostering technical excellence, innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement. * Ensure software engineering disciplines are represented across Integrated Product Teams (IPTs)/Agile Teams and program technical forums. * Support Software Engineering personnel in resolving technical, programmatic, organizational, and staffing challenges. Technical Leadership and Architecture * Own the software architecture roadmap, technical strategy, and evolution of program software capabilities. * Guide the development and implementation of scalable, maintainable, and reusable software architectures and frameworks. * Support software architects in implementing common solutions to recurring software challenges across product teams. * Ensure the software baseline evolves appropriately throughout the lifecycle while maintaining cost and schedule commitments. * Ensure adequate technical trades, analyses, experimentation, simulation activities, and engineering assessments are performed to inform key decisions. Software Development Oversight * Lead the design, development, integration, testing, debugging, and deployment of software solutions addressing mission and business requirements. * Ensure compliance with applicable software engineering standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the development lifecycle. * Plan and facilitate requirements reviews, architecture reviews, design reviews, code reviews, and peer reviews. * Define and enforce software quality assurance practices and ensure the quality of software engineering products and deliverables