Principal 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 Principal DevOps Engineer. This role is pivotal in integrating cloud technologies with DevOps practices requiring a blend of technical skills and operational acumen.

As a Principal 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: Build the infrastructure that powers Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) prototypes rapid-prototype cloud environments supporting warfighter capabilities across air space and cyber domains. This is a small team where engineers own decisions end-to-end; we value working code and face-to-face collaboration over process. 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:

• Within your first year you will:
  • Own the CI/CD pipelines that deliver containerized applications to Azure Government clusters supporting AFRL rapid prototypes from build to scan to deployment.
  • Design and maintain deployments for air-gapped Kubernetes environments establishing patterns other teams adopt.
  • Containerize legacy applications and build the Helm charts that package them for production.
  • Architect cloud-native networking and system designs for classified workloads.
  • Diagnose and resolve pipeline and deployment issues you are the teams go-to for Kubernetes troubleshooting.
  • Build and deploy helm charts to Kubernetes clusters
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support a variety of tech stacks
• Technology Ownership:
  • Containerization & Orchestration: Kubernetes Helm and Zarf
  • Cloud Environments: Microsoft Azure Government Air-Gapped Cloud Platforms
  • CI/CD Platforms: GitLab CI
  • Security: Anchore Trivy Grype SAST tools

Work Environment:

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

Qualifications:

Required:

• Security Clearance:Must have an active U.S. government TS/SCI security clearance 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.
• 5 years building and deploying Kubernetes microservices on cloud platforms (Azure Government preferred)
• Production Kubernetes experience (Helm container orchestration)
• Proficiency with GitLab CI/CD
• Experience deploying to air-gapped networks
• DoD 8140 / Security or equivalent (must obtain within 90 days of start)
• On-site in Colorado Springs CO (flexible schedule)
• Ability to research and solve complex technical problems independently

Desired:

• Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate (KCNA) certification or similar
• Azure cloud certification
• Familiar with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform PowerShell scripting Ansible etc.)
• OAuth2/OIDC/KeyCloak familiarity
• Cert Manager OpenSSL and PKI experience
• Experience with Kafka or similar event streaming platforms
• Cloud native application delivery experience
• Experience leading an engineering team

Basic Compensation: $142000 - $212900 (For Colorado Springs CO 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.

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.