Job Summary: Systems Architect, Disaster Recovery

About the Role

Step into a pivotal role as a Systems Architect, Disaster Recovery on the Enterprise Business & Digital Transformation team in Orlando, FL. Drive the design and evolution of resilient, high-availability systems that safeguard Lockheed Martin’s mission-critical operations across cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP), hybrid, and on-premises environments. Your expertise will ensure business continuity, rapid failover, and compliance with the highest standards—directly impacting the organization’s operational excellence and security posture.

Responsibilities

• Architect and deliver end-to-end Disaster Recovery (DR) and High Availability (HA) solutions for enterprise-scale workloads in multi-region and hybrid environments.
• Develop and maintain architectural blueprints, reference designs, and pattern libraries consistent with security, compliance, and cost optimization policies.
• Implement automated failover, replication, and failback mechanisms using industry-leading tools and emerging technologies.
• Ensure all DR solutions align with corporate and regulatory standards, maintaining detailed documentation, runbooks, and test plans.
• Lead full-scale DR exercise planning, execution, and post-mortem analysis across multi-site and multi-cloud infrastructures.
• Define success criteria, metrics, and KPIs for DR processes, reporting insights to senior leadership.
• Collaborate with IT Infrastructure, Cloud Engineering, Application Development, Security, and Governance teams to embed DR/HA early in the software development lifecycle.
• Conduct risk assessments, threat modeling, and capacity planning to address evolving resiliency challenges.
• Drive modernization of DR plans, ensuring every application and IT service meets the latest recovery objectives and compliance standards.

Required Skills and Experience

• 5+ years designing and implementing DR/HA solutions for enterprise-scale workloads in cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or related technical field (or equivalent experience)
• Proven hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, and GCP as well as Disaster Recovery, Site Recovery Manager, cross-region replication, networking, and IAM services
• Deep understanding of networking, storage, virtualization, Kubernetes, and database resiliency
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts for diverse audiences

Preferred Skills

• Practical expertise with automated DR tools such as AWS DRS, Microsoft Azure Site Recovery, Zerto, Veeam Backup & Replication, and IBM Resiliency Services
• Experience scripting and integrating with IaC tools (Terraform, CloudFormation) and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab)
• Demonstrated ability in risk assessment, impact analysis, and cost-benefit modeling for DR strategies
• Background in hybrid/multi-cloud DR deployments
• Advanced certifications: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, VMware VCAP DCV

Benefits

• Opportunity to impact mission-critical operations and enterprise resilience
• Collaborate with top-tier engineering, IT, and security teams
• Access to ongoing professional development and advanced certification support
• Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits package
• Work in a culture that values innovation, integrity, and continuous improvement

How to Apply

Ready to architect the future of enterprise resilience? Submit your application and resume through our careers portal to join Lockheed Martin as a Systems Architect, Disaster Recovery.