DevOps Engineer (Terraform)

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Belong. Connect. Grow. with KBR!

KBR’s National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country’s most critical role – protecting our national security.

Why Join Us?

• Innovative Projects: KBR’s work is at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions.

• Collaborative Environment: Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.
• Impactful Work: Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.

• DevOps Engineer with a strong specialization in Terraform to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable infrastructure solutions using Terraform, ensuring efficient deployment and management of resources across various cloud environments. A deep understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and practices is essential for this role.
• Collaborate closely with development, operations, and security teams to enhance system reliability, scalability, and performance.
• Design and implement cloud infrastructure using Terraform and HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL).
• Automate provisioning, scaling, and management of infrastructure to ensure reliability and efficiency.
• Collaborate with development and operations teams to support cloud initiatives and streamline deployment processes.
• Monitor cloud environments, perform regular maintenance, and troubleshoot issues as they arise.
• Implement and enforce best practices for cloud security, compliance, and risk management.
• Conduct ongoing security testing and code reviews to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities.
• Contribute to architectural designs, technical documentation, and provide engineering solutions for improved security.
• Stay current with new tools, technologies, and industry best practices, and advise teams on secure coding practices.
• Integrate Terraform with Ansible to automate the provisioning and configuration of infrastructure, ensuring a seamless and consistent infrastructure-as-code (IaC) deployment process across cloud and on-prem environments.
• Use Terraform to manage and provision infrastructure resources (e.g., compute, storage, networking) and leverage Ansible for post-provisioning configuration management, including application deployments and security hardening.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to design end-to-end automation workflows that combine Terraform's infrastructure provisioning with Ansible’s configuration management, ensuring scalable, repeatable, and secure deployments.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Top Secret with SCI.
• Experience in software engineering and integration of Commercial Off-the-Shelf software products
• Must have a current DoD 8570.1-M IAT Level III certification

Desired Qualifications:

• Strong working knowledge of Ansible to automate configuration management and streamline operational tasks.

Basic Compensation:

$110,000 to $120,000

This range is for the Maryland area only

The offered rate will be based on the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities and/or experience and in consideration of internal parity.

Belong, Connect and Grow at KBR
At KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture.  These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a People First company.  That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow. We Deliver – Together. 

KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.