Lead Cloud DevOps Engineer

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KBRs National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities.

Our KBR team in Colorado Springs CO is seeking a Lead Cloud DevOps Engineer. This role is pivotal in integrating cloud technologies with DevOps practices requiring a blend of technical skills and operational acumen. As a Lead Cloud DevOps Engineer your contributions will directly impact the success of our projects and the overall business outcomes we aim to achieve.

Why Join Us

• Innovative Projects: At KBR youll be working on prototype projects that support the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratorys missions. The AFRL is the primary scientific research and development center for the Air Force. AFRL leads the discovery development and integration of affordable warfighting technologies for our air space and cyberspace force
• Collaborative Environment: Our rapid prototyping environment requires that we empower and entrust our engineers to make high level decisions. We live the Agile values prioritizing development team autonomy face-to-face communication and working code over processes and documentation
• Impactful Work: Your work will directly support the Air Force in expanding national capabilities. As the Air Forces leader for National-to-Tactical capability development AFRL collaborates with leading experts across the Intelligence Community Department of Defense National Laboratories industry inter-agency academia and partner nations

Key Responsibilities:

• Build and deploy helm charts to Kubernetes clusters
• Develop GitLab CI/CD pipelines to build scan publish and deploy containers and helm charts
• Troubleshoot failed deployments and pipelines
• Containerize custom applications
• Design high-level architecture for cloud-native networks and systems
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support a variety of tech stacks

Work Environment:

• Location:Colorado Springs CO Hybrid or Onsite
• Travel Requirements: Minimal
• Working Hours:Flexible

Qualifications:

Required:

• Security Clearance:Must have an active U.S. government Top Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain SCI SI/TK which is something only a U.S. citizen can obtain
• Education: B.S. in Computer Science - Other degrees will be considered with relevant work experience or certification
• 2 years of experience building helm charts and Kubernetes API objects
• 2 years of experience writing Dockerfiles and containerizing applications
• Competence in building pipelines preferably with GitLab
• 5 years of experience with Linux commands shell navigation and Git version control
• Ability to research and solve complex technical problems independently

Desired:

• Experience delivering a cloud native application
• Experience with AWS or Azure cloud services e.g. EKS EC2 IAM S3
• Competence in secret management technologies like Helm Secrets Sealed Secrets or SOPS
• Familiarity with OAuth2 OIDC flows or KeyCloak
• Experience with IaC tools like Terraform
• Experience deploying to airgapped networks
• Experience with Cert Manager OpenSSL and Public Key Infrastructure

Basic Compensation: $136400 - $204600 (For Colorado Springs Only)

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

Additional Compensation:

KBR may offer bonuses commissions or other forms of compensation to certain job titles or levels per internal policy or contractual designation. Additional compensation may be in the form of a sign on bonus relocation benefits short-term incentives long-term incentives or discretionary payments for exceptional performance.

Ready to Make a Difference

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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 teams 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.