Posted 3 months ago
Senior Software Engineer - Halifax
@ Lockheed Martin
Overview
Lockheed Martin is hiring a Senior Software Engineer in Halifax on a full-time basis. The role covers the full software lifecycle for large-scale naval platform systems, with a focus on the Combat Management System, and includes mentoring junior developers. Candidates need a NATO Secret clearance (or eligibility for one), 5-10 years of development experience, and hands-on Java, Kubernetes and Spring Boot work.
Responsibilities:
- Software design, development and testing for naval combat systems
- Requirements and design analysis and reviews
- Integration, deployment and field troubleshooting
- Mentoring junior developers in an Agile team
Requirements summary:
- Degree in software engineering, computer science or related field
- 5-10 years of general development experience, preferably Java
- Kubernetes, Podman or Docker experience with Helm deployments
- Spring Boot RESTful API experience
- NATO Secret clearance eligibility
Tools & skills
Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-08-20
- First seen by our source
- 2026-11-14
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-14
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Software development |
| Experience | 5+ years |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (required) |
| Fields of study | Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science |
| Security clearance | Secret |
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Standard Job Description
The candidate will be part of a multi-disciplined team environment working on the total software engineering life cycle from specification, design development, integration and test, deployment, maintenance and field trouble shooting for large scale, high complexity naval platform systems, with a focus on the Combat Management System (CMS).
The candidate will participate in engineering activities including but not limited to:
- Working in an Agile team environment
- Software requirements analysis and reviews
- Software design analysis and reviews
- Software development, primarily using Java and containerization tools like Kubernetes
- Unit testing and documentation
- Integration and deployment
- Problem Solving
- Mentoring junior developers
Basic Qualifications
- Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field
- Eligible to obtain a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secret Clearance in a timely manner
- Proven experience with containerization tools like Kubernetes, Podman, or Docker
- Experience deploying applications to Kubernetes via Helm
- 5-10 years' work general development experience with preference given to experience in Java
- Experience building RESTful APIs using Spring Boot
- Familiarity with relational databases (PostgreSQL and/or MariaDB)
- Eligible for NATO Secret clearance in a timely manner.
- Familiarity with version control systems (such as Git) and CI/CD pipelines
- Experience working in Linux (RHEL)
Desired Skills
- Knowledge of Agile/Scrum software development practices
- Experience working with DIS or HLA
- Familiar with build tools like Gradle and creating pipelines in GitLab
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
- Well organized, capable of planning, scheduling, and prioritizing work
- Knowledge of software requirements engineering process
- Active Security Clearance (NATO Secret Level)
- Knowledge of scripting in Bash
- Familiar with development tools such as IntelliJ, VS Code, Eclipse
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