Geospatial Operations Engineer

Lockheed Martin•Herndon, VA

2d•$79,700 - $158,815•Onsite

About The Position

Space is a critical domain, connecting our technologies, our security and our humanity. While others view space as a destination, we see it as a realm of possibilities, where we can do more — we can innovate, invest, inspire and integrate our capabilities to transform the future. At Lockheed Martin Space, we aim to harness the full potential of space to cultivate innovation, reduce costs, and push the boundaries of what technology can achieve. We’re creating future-ready solutions, focusing on resiliency and urgency through our 21st Century Security® vision. We’re erasing boundaries and forming partnerships across industries and around the world. We’re advancing spacecraft and the workforce to fuel the next generation. And we’re reimagining how space can connect us, ensuring security and prosperity. Join us in shaping a new era in space and find a career that's built for you. The Strata program’s mission is to provide geospatial visualization services (GVS) that facilitate access to GEOINT data and products in an online, on-demand environment to agencies across the Federal Government. The GVS suite of services are provided to the community in various formats to allow integration across a wide variety of client technologies and applications. Strata also provides applications that can be used to visualize GEOINT as well as additional utilities & technologies that aid in visualization. This role will support the Strata program based out of Herndon, VA. The DevSecOps Engineer will be a member of the Operations Team who support our enterprise system and services to ensure Strata systems operate well and customer needs are met. - As part of the Operations team, you will collaborate with the customer, subcontractors, local engineers, and geographically dispersed teammates and customers to ensure GVS systems operate well according to contractual requirements - Perform systems maintenance such as security scans, software patching, and troubleshooting operational issues - Work with customers to solve issues and answer questions regarding GVS capabilities and services. - Regular on-call support, outside of 6 am- 6 pm, is required for this position and requires the ability to physically access the Herndon DEP II facility. - This position requires a current TS/SCI clearance and is contingent on contract award spring of 2026. #LI-CS1

Requirements

Linux command line experience
CompTIA Security+ certification or ability to obtain the certification prior to start
Experience using QGIS, ESRI's ArcGIS software suite, or OpenStreetMap (OSM)
Active ⁠Top Secret Clearance to Start with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance

Nice To Haves

Operational monitoring of OSM services (tile server, Overpass API, Nominatim) and QGIS plugin deployments using tools such as Zabbix and ELK/Splunk
AWS experience
Incident‑response coordination for cross‑domain data transfers
Experience with automated configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, or Puppet) for multi‑network deployment
Experience with - BS in software enginerring, systems engineering, geographic information systems, related technical field, or equivalent military or job experienceESRI's ArcGIS software suite
Active TS/SCI clearance

Responsibilities

As part of the Operations team, you will collaborate with the customer, subcontractors, local engineers, and geographically dispersed teammates and customers to ensure GVS systems operate well according to contractual requirements
Perform systems maintenance such as security scans, software patching, and troubleshooting operational issues
Work with customers to solve issues and answer questions regarding GVS capabilities and services.
Regular on-call support, outside of 6 am- 6 pm, is required for this position and requires the ability to physically access the Herndon DEP II facility.