DevOps Engineer (CICD & Containerization (GitLab))

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Note: This position is contingent upon contract award customer approval and funding availability.

Eligibility Requirement:
This position requires U.S. Citizenship due to contractual and security requirements.

Preferred location is Sioux Falls SD

Will consider Remote

Position Overview

KBR is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer who specializes in automated software build and deployment pipelines using GitLab CI/CD and modern containerization technologies. This role is central to designing implementing and maintaining scalable secure automation frameworks that support software teams across multiple domains.

You will collaborate with architects developers and engineering teams to create efficient build pipelines standardized container environments and automated deployment workflows supporting both onpremise and cloud-based systems.

Key Responsibilities

CI/CD Architecture & Automation

• Architect implement and maintain GitLab CI/CD pipelines supporting automated build test and deployment workflows.
• Develop reusable GitLab pipeline templates and integrate automated security scanning artifact management and quality gates.
• Continuously improve pipeline performance reliability and maintainability.

Containerization & Build Environment Management

• Build and optimize Docker or Docker-equivalent (OCI-compatible) container images for development testing and production workloads.
• Manage container registries image versioning and security best practices.
• Develop automated build environments using container-native tooling (Docker Podman Buildah etc.).

Cloud & Infrastructure Automation

• Support Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) workflows using Terraform AWS CloudFormation or AWS CDK.
• Automate provisioning configuration and orchestration using tools such as Ansible.
• Integrate build and release automation into cloud-hosted and hybrid environments.

Reliability Troubleshooting & Support

• Troubleshoot CI/CD issues container build problems and environment inconsistencies.
• Provide expert support to software teams during build failures and deployment troubleshooting.
• Maintain accurate high-quality documentation of pipelines container standards and automation patterns.

Collaboration & Agile Delivery

• Work across engineering teams to implement DevOps best practices.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies including planning daily standups and retrospectives.
• Recommend process improvements and automation enhancements to increase delivery velocity.

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelors degree in computer science Engineering or related field.
• 3 years of DevOps or automation engineering experience including CI/CD and containerization.
• Expert-level proficiency with GitLab CI/CD.
• Strong experience creating optimizing and securing Docker or equivalent containers.
• Experience with AWS services and cloud-native automation patterns.
• Scripting proficiency (Python Bash PowerShell etc.).
• Experience with IaC tools such as Terraform CloudFormation or CDK.
• Strong understanding of automation security cloud networking and DevOps best practices.
• Excellent troubleshooting communication and documentation skills.

Preferred Skills

• AWS certifications (Developer DevOps Engineer Security Specialty etc.).
• Experience with event-driven architectures (Lambda EventBridge SNS/SQS).
• Familiarity with government contracting environments and clearance processes.
• Experience with cost optimization (FinOps).

Basic Compensation:

$89200K $133800K

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

Benefits

• Competitive benefits: 401K with match medical dental vision life insurance AD&D flexible spending disability paid time off flexible schedule.
• Career advancement through professional training and development.
• Benefits may be aligned with partner companies for government contracting.

Ready to join KBR and develop your career in cloud engineering while contributing to innovative and impactful projects Apply today!

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.

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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.