Senior Platform EngineerKubernetes SME

Beavercreek, OH - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 18 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Title:

Senior Platform Engineer/Kubernetes SME

Belong. Connect. Grow. with KBR!

KBRs National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security this position your work will have a profound impact on the countrys most critical role protecting our national security.

Why Join Us

Innovative Projects: KBRs 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.

Role summary

KBR is seeking a highly experienced Senior Platform Engineer to join our team in Beavercreek OH. The ideal candidate will be a Kubernetes SME with a DoW Top Secret clearance and SCI eligibility.

Key responsibilities

Own the design build and operations of a modular APIfirst platform that abstracts infrastructure from simulation software
Lead multicluster Kubernetes service mesh security hardening and observability to support hundreds of users and tens of thousands of entities across connected and airgapped environments
Design and operate multicluster Kubernetes environments (control/data/CI/observability planes) with strong isolation and zerotrust defaults
Implement service mesh (e.g. Istio) for mTLS traffic control and finegrained AuthorizationPolicy; manage ingress (Gateway/VirtualService) and eastwest policies
Author and maintain platform CRDs and controllers/operators to reconcile developer intent into runtime objects (namespaces/cells Deployments/Jobs Services policies gateways)
Integrate network policy (eBPF/Cilium) secrets management RBAC/ABAC and policydriven automation across environments
Stand up observability (metrics/logs/traces) and SLO monitoring; drive reliability (HA backup/restore DR)
Support airgap packaging/delivery and secure software supply chain (images SBOMs provenance)
Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility

Work Environment:

Location: On-site/Hybrid
Travel Requirements: 15%
Working Hours: Standard

Qualifications:

Required:

12 years of Software Engineering experience with 58 years in platform/SRE roles operating production Kubernetes at scale; strong multicluster and GitOps (Argo CD/Flux) experience
Handson with Istio/Envoy Cilium (NetworkPolicy eBPF) Ingress/Gateway API and cluster networking (DNS L7/L4)
Controller/operator development using Go (Kubebuilder/Operator SDK) or TypeScriptbased frameworks; CRD design/versioning
Observability: Prometheus OpenTelemetry Fluent Bit/OpenSearch; incident response and performance tuning
Security: mTLS OIDC JWT OPA/Gatekeeper/Kyverno (or equivalent) image signing SBOM CVE remediations

Desired:

Experience in airgapped or classified environments; package and deploy with tools that support disconnected sites
Exposure to Kubernetes Gateway/Envoy Gateway egress control and sidecar injection strategies
Prior VV&A support for modeling & simulation platforms

Ability to work across Unclassified Secret TS/SCI/SAP environments

Ready to Make a Difference

If youre 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. Lets 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 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.

Required Experience:

Senior IC

Title:Senior Platform Engineer/Kubernetes SMEBelong. Connect. Grow. with KBR!KBRs National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security this position your work will have a profound impact on the co...