Software Architect at Lockheed Martin
Colorado Springs, CO
$151,200–$266,570from the description
Jun 30, 2026
Colorado Springs, CO
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role leads the Framework Integrated Product Team (IPT) for a military satellite communications ground system, owning the architecture, technical roadmap, and ongoing hardening of the system's deployment framework. Day-to-day work involves coordinating with development, testing, and operations teams, managing subcontractors, driving automation improvements, and reducing cybersecurity vulnerabilities. It suits an experienced software architect with a background in containerization, microservices, and system integration who holds or can obtain a Top Secret clearance.
Senior level · Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD · Top Secret clearance · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $135,966 (middle half $106,205–$168,771). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The title is 'Software Architect' and the role is framed as an IPT (Integrated Product Team) lead, but the JD describes hands-on technical work (POCs, architecture design, framework development) rather than people management with direct reports — classified as a Senior individual-contributor Software Developer rather than a manager (11-3021). The 'Software Architect' framing introduces some ambiguity, hence Medium confidence.
The clearance section states 'Top Secret' as the clearance level, but the Security Clearance Statement says 'this position requires a government security clearance.' The Basic Qualifications list 'Final secret clearance,' which appears to be a typo or legacy text — the formal Clearance Level field in the posting reads 'Top Secret,' so TopSecret is used.
No minimum total years of experience is stated in the posting.
Degree (Bachelor's and/or Master's in CS or Engineering) appears only under Desired Skills, so it is not treated as a hard requirement.
The salary range quoted ($151,200–$266,570) applies specifically to California, Massachusetts, New York (excluding major metros), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington, and Washington DC; other states may differ.
Infrastructure, middleware, data modeling, and database design are listed as Basic Qualifications but name no specific technology or tool, so they are not emitted as discrete skills per extraction rules.
Military SATCOM familiarity and container security/vulnerability management appear only under Desired Skills.
Requires a Top Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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