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Belong. Connect. Grow. with KBR!

KBR’s National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country’s most critical role – protecting our national security.

Why Join Us?

Innovative Projects: KBR’s 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.

KBR is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our team. The candidate will leverage their extensive systems and software engineering experience to provide Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) support to a US Government customer, supporting FFRDC, and other KBR members in a professional work environment.

This is a contingent position based upon contract award

Responsibilities: 

Perform all activities associated with the design, development, implementation, maintenance, configuration management and quality control of software for scientific/engineering applications 

Define system and software requirements and obtain customer approval 

Analyze customer requirements and translate them into a design 

Implement Agile development tools such as Jira, Confluence, and Bitbucket/Git to manage work and collaborate with your teams.

Work to improve performance metrics through critical planning and execution of development tasks.

Determine software maintainability and overall adherence to user requirements on department standards 

Generate/update documents defining software product baselines 

Support on-site meetings and deliveries to customers 

Lead junior engineers 

Perform other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

Active TS//SCI with Polygraph

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related discipline 

Minimum of 8 years of software development, object-oriented design, and programming, including architecture design, coding, and testing experience

Experience with Web Services and JavaScript (e.g., ReactJS) 

Container based application development experience 

Must possess a DoD 8570 Certification for IAT Level II or higher

Strong communication and interpersonal skills 

Ability to work independently as well as part of a team to achieve customer and company goals 

DevOps Engineer (with >5 years of experience in configuration control, testing, security, automation, containerization, orchestration, and cloud services open-source technologies) 

Hands-on experience with Java, C/C++, and/or Python 

Desired Qualifications:

Master of Science degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline

Experience with Postgres and MySQL, MongoDB 

Experience with AWS and Azure  

Experience with Docker, Kubernetes,  

Experience with Fortify, CodeDx, Trellix 

Familiarity with Agile and/or DevSecOps procedures 

Contractor Product Owner (with >10 years of experience in software management and managing a backlog of requirements) 

Experience with Neural Networks/Machine Learning 

Security Requirements:  Must have an active TS-SCI with a current Polygraph

At KBR, we are passionate about our people, sustainability, 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 more inclusive and diverse company. That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and fosters an environment of real collaboration across cultures and locations. Our individual differences and perspectives bring enhanced value to our teams and help us develop solutions for the most challenging problems. We understand that by embracing those differences and working together, we are more innovative, more resilient, and safer.

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.