DevOps Engineer

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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.

Key Responsibilities:

• Cloud Micro-Services: Design, build, and deploy highly scalable, resilient, performant cloud micro-services
• DevOps Posture: Improve the Sponsor’s DevOps posture, automating repetitive tasks, and reducing manual intervention
• Improving User Experience: Improving the overall user experience, quality, and reliability of software products

Work Environment:

• Location: On-site
• Travel Requirements: Minimal  
• Working Hours: Standard

Qualifications:

Required:

• Clearance: Active TS/SCI with a Polygraph
• Education: A degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering
• Experience: Minimum of 8 years
• Cross-Platform Applications: Demonstrated hands-on experience with distributed cross-platform applications, orchestration, and security
• AWS Platform Services: Developing micro-services on AWS platform services such as API Gateway, Lambda, ECS, SQS, S3, EC2, RDS, Lambdas, SNS, Secrets Manager, KMS, ECR, EKS or Kinesis
• Agile Software Development: Demonstrated experience working with Agile software development, using Jira or other tracking software
• DevOps Practices: Demonstrated experience with DevOps practices, such as Infrastructure as Code, and continuous integration and automated deployment
• Software Quality Assurance: Excellent knowledge and demonstrated experience in software quality process/assurance including automation testing, unit/integration testing, design/code review, code profiling and software CI/CD pipelines
• RESTful APIs: Minimum of 5 years of experience using RESTful APIs or software development in a cloud environment
• Advanced Product Knowledge: Demonstrated advanced product knowledge and demonstrated experience with Java and one of more scripting languages (e.g. Servlets, Hibernate, Spring, UI Frameworks, Web Services/REST, J2EE)
• NoSQL: Advanced product knowledge and demonstrated experience with NoSQL and/or file-based storage (MongoDB, MS SQL Server, Oracle, Postgres, etc.)

Desired:

• Backend or Full Stack: Experience as a backend or full stack software developer
• ElasticSearch and MongoDB: Experience with Elasticsearch & MongoDB is a plus
• Source Code Repository: Experience with source code and version repository
• Cloud Architecture: Deep technical understanding of Cloud architecture
• SonarQube: Experience configuring and maintaining SonarQube
• Java, Spring Framework, Gradle: Demonstrated experience with Java, Spring Framework, Gradle / Maven
• Kubernetes: Hands-on experience creating Kubernetes clusters for production environments
• Helm: Experience using Helm as package management for deploying microservices
• CNCF Technologies: Proficient with CNCF technologies such as Keycloak
• GitOps: Experience with GitOps based deployments using Argo is a plus

Ready to Make a Difference?

If you’re excited about making a significant impact in the field of space defense and working on projects that matter, we encourage you to apply and join our team at KBR. Let's shape the future together.

KBR Benefits

KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development.

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.