Senior System Engineer –Linux Virtualisation - Future Submarine CSI Program

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About the position: Senior System Engineer, Processing Design
 
Be part of the team that defines the architecture of Australia’s Future Submarine Combat System. Your experience in systems engineering and complex processing infrastructure design makes you the ideal candidate for this role. You will be working with Linux, Virtualisation and vendor application and GUI integration.


The time is right for you to join our team and be involved in the Program from its infancy! This is an amazing opportunity offering ongoing career opportunities. 

The Senior System Engineer shall be responsible for:

• Development of the Future Submarine Common Application Environment (CAE) and Common Display Environment (CDE) including:
  • requirements derivation
  • technology investigations
  • prototype hardware and software definition
  • CAE and CDE design and integration
• Design, prototyping, build and maintenance of a Linux virtualisation platform Standard Operating Environment (SOE) for the Common Application Environment that includes setup and deployment of:
  • Linux kernel’s;
  • Container engines (Docker, LXD, LXC);
  • Container cluster management and orchestration systems;
  • Virtual LAN’s;
  • Virtualised storage;
  • Pre-configured container template images with access to common virtualised services (storage, VLAN’s, system/network/user services);
  • Container/network/storage security mechanisms;
  • Failure recovery and hot-spare redundancy infrastructure;
  • User authentication systems.
• Design, prototyping, build and maintenance of a Linux platform SOE for the Common Display Enironment that includes setup and deployment of:
  • Bare metal hypervisors, virtual machines;
  • Linux kernel’s;
  • Windows OS;
  • Container engines;
  • Container cluster management and orchestration systems;
  • Virtual LAN’s;
  • Virtualised storage;
  • Pre-configured container template images with access to common services (storage, VLAN’s, window manager, Wayland compositor);
  • Container images that have access to virtualised storage and VLAN’s.
  • Container/network/storage security mechanisms.
• Ensuring that Architecture IPT work outputs are compatible with Combat System interfaces and architectural models.

Significant experience and knowledge of:

• Red-Hat Linux 7/CentOS server operating system design, configuration, administration and troubleshooting;
• Container platforms (Docker, LXC, LXD);
• Container orchestration platforms (Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, Open-shift, Red-hat Atomic);
• Linux Hypervisors and Virtual Machines (ESXi, KVM);
• Dimensioning and performance analysis of virtual processing environments including resource allocation;
• Reliability analysis of virtual processing environments, failover design. Server resilience and recovery;
• Hardware server evaluation
• the application of computer security within virtual processing environments;
• Virtualised storage design, dimensioning and setup;
• Virtualised network design, dimensioning and setup.
• Tertiary qualifications in a related engineering discipline (from a recognised institution) is highly desirable;

 

You will join a diverse and passionate team that is committed to supporting each other and the broader Program team to meet the deliverables of this ground-breaking Program. You will have exceptional communication abilities and enjoy being hands-on. Tertiary qualifications in a related discipline are highly desirable.

Developing our staff is important to us and we have a number of training programs that include the Submarine Domain, Systems Engineering and specialist packages that have been implemented and have received great feedback from the existing team.
 

Our Program

Lockheed Martin Australia has been selected as the Combat System Integrator (CSI) for Australia’s Future Submarine fleet. The Future Submarine Program will be the largest Defence procurement program in Australia’s history and represents an investment in the order of $50 billion in Australia’s security. Through our investments in innovation and our 40 years of experience on 100 different submarines from around the world, we are committed to supporting the security of Australia. 

Joining the Lockheed Martin Australia Future Submarine CSI team offers a once in career opportunity to be a part of the team designing and delivering one of the most complex submarine combat systems ever from the outset of the Program, and will create compelling career opportunities for people that are up to this challenge not only now, but for future generations.  Lockheed Martin will lead a multi-disciplined team comprised of Lockheed Martin Australia engineers supported by our local Australian industry partners and will have stakeholders throughout the globe. 
  


Curious about joining our team?

Lockheed Martin Australia has our core Future Submarine Program team based in a new Mawson Lakes facility in Adelaide, South Australia

From competitive salary packages and benefits to training and development opportunities we show our appreciation for your skills, ambitions and potential.

Lockheed Martin Australia supports Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity in the Workplace.

Applicants are required to be Australian Citizens and hold a current or re-instatable NV1 Defence Security Clearance.

Employment may be contingent on the satisfactory result of criminal and/or other background screens, which require the collection and transfer of personal information.  


Where to from here? 
 
If this role is of interest to you, we invite you to submit your application by applying via the link below. We are keen to hear from ambitious and driven professionals with relevant qualifications and experience. We can then review your details and come back to you to open the discussion around the role or other relevant opportunities across the program that will play to your strengths.   


Learn more about us

Lockheed Martin is a leader in Australia’s National Security, and our collaboration with Australian industry spans the Aeronautics, Maritime, Surveillance and Defence domains. Our team spans the globe and we have 98,000 staff worldwide, and over 800 staff in Australia across multiple locations. Learn more about us, this program, our team and our proud history by visiting www.lockheedmartin.com.au