Senior DevOps Engineer

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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.

KBR (formerly LinQuest) is the prime contractor on the MSEIT contract. You will join a systems engineering team defining the next generation of space communication systems supporting US Space Force (USSF) satellite communications. You will support Systems Engineering & Integration (SE&I) activities in a multidisciplinary and collaborative environment. You will interface and collaborate with SE&I team members contractors government civilians and members of the USSF. You will lead and support several working groups responsible for leading technical discussion resolve and identify risk requirement gaps developing briefings writing and tracking action items and authoring meeting minutes.

The MILSATCOM Systems Engineering Integration and Test (MSEIT) effort provides leading edge Systems Engineering & Integration (SE&I) for the US Space Forces Space Systems Center (SSC). We support the Space Forces acquisition of state-of-the-art satellite communications systems providing global secure survivable and protected communications for our nations warfighters. We seek technical individuals who will thrive in a highly collaborative work environment of small teams using the most modern tools and methodologies to tackle the challenges of integrating complex space and ground communications systems.

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.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead release management and deployment of microservices in a Kubernetes environment (AWS EKS Azure AKS).
• Design and implement vulnerability management security monitoring compliance controls and incident response automation.
• Work with developers to implement secure coding practices and application security testing.
• Deploy DevOps practices for automating the software engineering practices across multiple projects.
• Ensure we have solid foundational processes in place. The design decisions you will make in this position will have a direct and lasting impact on the success of the entire software team and organization.
• The DevOps Engineer will work directly with internal and external stakeholders to understand evolving requirements and identify key technologies and architecture design patterns used by the team.
• Stand up agile development teams and will oversee the instantiation of DevOps pipelines in both on-prem and cloud environments.

Work Environment:

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

Qualifications:

Required:

• Security Clearance: Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance is required for this position
• Experience and Education:Bachelors degree in engineering or computer science or related technical degree
• 5 years of DevOps software development and infrastructure design.
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python Bash or PowerShell.
• Ability to design implement and manage secure cloud infrastructure solutions (AWS Azure).
• Proficiency in implementing maintaining and managing CI/CD pipelines with security scanning tools and best practices including container image scanning and dependency vulnerability management.
• Understanding of Zero Trust and secure software supply-chain principles.
• Experience administering and troubleshooting Kubernetes clusters in product environments.
• Experience deploying applications using Helm and ArgoCD.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code solutions including Terraform OpenTofu CloudFormation and similar.
• Experience implementing observability solutions using Prometheus Grafana Splunk ELK Stack Open Telemetry or similar platforms.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Strong passion for conducting research tackling complex problems and continuously learning and adopting new technologies.
• Organization capability with ability to handle competing priorities.
• Strong interpersonal skills communication (oral and written) and presentation skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office products (Office Word Excel PowerPoint)

Desired:

• Active Secret or higher clearance
• Masters degree in engineering or computer science or related technical degree
• Experience with CI/CD on classified software development networks.
• Active cybersecurity certification such as CompTIA Security CySA CASP CISSP Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) or comparable credential.
• INCOSE certification such as CSEP or ESEP

Basic Compensation:$126900 to $158600 in El Segundo CA

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

Ready to Make a DifferenceIf youreexcited 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.

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.