Junior Automation & OpenShift Engineer

About the Role

We are seeking a Junior Automation & OpenShift Engineer to support enterprise automation and container-platform capabilities in secure, mission-critical environments. This role supports automation and deployment activities using Rundeck, Ansible, and Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (OCP). The successful candidate will work under the guidance of senior engineers and collaborate with Platform Engineering, Security, Network, Infrastructure, and application teams. This is an opportunity for an early-career technologist to develop hands-on experience with infrastructure automation, OpenShift operations, CI/CD, GitOps, scripting, and security-focused operational practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist with the development, testing, and maintenance of Rundeck jobs, workflows, runbooks, and operational automation.
• Develop and maintain Ansible playbooks, roles, inventories, and reusable automation content under senior-engineer guidance.
• Support OpenShift Container Platform installation, configuration, upgrades, and day-two operational activities.
• Help automate deployment and configuration tasks across Linux and Windows environments using Ansible, Rundeck, Bash, Python, and/or PowerShell.
• Assist with deployment pipelines, GitOps configuration, Helm charts, and related source-controlled configuration repositories.
• Troubleshoot automation, deployment, OpenShift workload, access-control, networking, storage, and container-image issues.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, including runbooks, standard operating procedures, deployment guides, and troubleshooting articles.
• Support secure and compliant platform operations, including security-hardening, vulnerability-remediation, and audit-documentation activities.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, cybersecurity, network, and application teams to coordinate automation and deployment work.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 25% in support of customer sites, deployment activities, training, and team collaboration.
• Foundational knowledge of Linux operating systems, system-administration concepts, and command-line tools.
• Experience with at least one scripting or programming language, such as Python, Bash, PowerShell, or JavaScript.
• Familiarity with source-control concepts and tools such as Git.
• Basic understanding of automation, configuration management, deployment processes, or job-scheduling concepts.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a collaborative, remote, or distributed technical team.

Desired Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Exposure to or hands-on experience with Rundeck, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (AAP), Ansible, or similar automation and orchestration tools.
• Familiarity with OpenShift, Kubernetes, Docker, Podman, or other container-platform technologies.
• Familiarity with CI/CD, GitOps, Helm, YAML-based configuration, or tools such as Argo CD, OpenShift GitOps, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, or OpenShift Pipelines.
• Familiarity with Windows server administration, automated Windows configuration, or system provisioning.
• Exposure to enterprise security and compliance practices, including RBAC, least privilege, STIGs, NIST controls, vulnerability remediation, or compliance documentation.
• Exposure to air-gapped, classified, or otherwise highly controlled computing environments.
• Familiarity with virtualization, networking, or storage concepts, including KubeVirt, VMware, DNS, load balancing, persistent storage, or container networking.
• Relevant technical certifications or training, such as RHCSA, Red Hat Ansible Automation training, Kubernetes/OpenShift training, CompTIA Security+, or comparable credentials.

Pay Information

• Full-time salary ranges are provided for different GeoZones, with specific ranges for GEOZONE 1, GEOZONE 2, GEOZONE 3, and GEOZONE 4.
• Lockheed Martin considers factors such as scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, and market and business considerations when extending an offer.

Benefits Offered

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10)
• 401(k) match
• Paid time off
• Holidays
• Parental Leave
• EAP
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Education Assistance
• Life Insurance
• Short-Term Disability
• Long-Term Disability
• Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered (payments are not guaranteed and can vary).
• Specific PTO, vacation, sick leave, and holiday accrual details are provided for Washington state applicants (represented and non-represented employees).