Software Engineer Sr. Staff (Secret Clearance) at Lockheed Martin
Colorado Springs, CO
$134,000–$236,325from the description
Jul 28, 2026
Colorado Springs, CO
Jul 29, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A software engineering role on Lockheed Martin's Missile Defense System team, focused on designing, developing, and maintaining Java applications in a Linux environment within agile teams. The work spans new capability development, algorithm integration, automated testing, and cyber security support for a safety-critical government defense program. An active Secret clearance is required and the position is fully onsite.
Senior level · Bachelor's required · Secret clearance · Full-time
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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 $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). 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 29, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The posting lists no explicit total years of experience requirement; seniority is inferred from the 'Experienced Professional' experience level label and the breadth of responsibilities (multi-baseline support, in-depth analysis, minimal direction).
The primary language requirement is stated as 'at least one modern software language such as C++, C, C#, and/or Java (Preferably C++)' — Java is listed as the primary day-to-day language in the responsibilities section, so it is captured as the skill name with the others as alternatives.
Python, JavaScript, and HTML are listed together under Basic Qualifications as 'experience with one or more of the following' — they are interchangeable satisfiers of a single requirement; Python is used as the primary name with the others as alternatives.
The salary range cited ($134,000–$236,325) applies specifically to California, Massachusetts, New York (excluding most major metro areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington, and Washington DC. The actual work location is not specified in the posting, so no CBSA or state has been set.
Containerization and microservice experience appear under Desired Skills with no specific tool named (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes); they were omitted as they name no concrete technology.
The employment type is listed as 'Task Order/IDIQ' in the posting metadata, which is a contract vehicle type rather than an employment classification; the role is described as a full-time onsite position and is treated as FullTime accordingly.
Requires a 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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