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CONNECT. GROW. with KBR.\nAround here, we define the future. We are a company of innovators, thinkers, creators, explorers, volunteers, and dreamers. But we all share one goal: to improve the world responsibly and safely.\nPosition Overview\nKBR is seeking an Associate AWS DevOps Engineer to support the development, automation, security, and operation of AWS environments for mission-critical customer workloads.\nThis hands-on, early-career position will work with experienced cloud, DevOps, architecture, cybersecurity, application, and infrastructure teams. Under technical guidance, the engineer will support cloud modernization and develop expertise in AWS, Infrastructure as Code, continuous integration and delivery, containers, security, observability, FinOps, and AI-assisted engineering.\nKey Responsibilities\nDeploy, configure, maintain, monitor, and troubleshoot AWS cloud environments. \nSupport application and infrastructure migration and modernization. \nDevelop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, AWS Cloud Development Kit, AWS CloudFormation, or comparable tools. \nCreate automation using Python, Bash, PowerShell, Go, Rust, or similar languages. \nBuild and maintain continuous integration and delivery pipelines using GitLab, GitLab Runners, GitHub Actions, or comparable platforms. \nAutomate build, testing, security scanning, artifact management, deployment, validation, promotion, and rollback processes. \nSupport containerized workloads using Docker, Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, Amazon ECS, Helm, and applicable GitOps tools. \nApply security practices covering identity and access management, encryption, secrets, vulnerabilities, logging, auditing, and least-privilege access. \nSupport environments subject to applicable FedRAMP, FISMA, NIST, customer, and contract security requirements. \nAssist with compliance documentation, evidence collection, remediation, and continuous monitoring. \nMaintain monitoring, alerting, dashboards, runbooks, backups, recovery processes, and service-health checks. \nTroubleshoot cloud infrastructure, Linux, networking, pipelines, containers, and application deployments, escalating complex issues when appropriate. \nApply FinOps practices such as tagging, cost monitoring, rightsizing, scheduling, storage optimization, and identifying unused resources. \nMaintain technical documentation, diagrams, configuration records, and operating procedures. \nParticipate in technical reviews, code reviews, Agile planning, incident response, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement. \nUse approved Generative AI tools for documentation, scripting, testing, troubleshooting, and automation in accordance with security and responsible-use requirements. \nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience. \nAt least two years of relevant experience in cloud engineering, DevOps, platform engineering, systems administration, software development, infrastructure automation, cybersecurity engineering, or a related field. \nInternships, cooperative education, military technical experience, and comparable applied engineering experience may count toward the experience requirement. \nHands-on experience with AWS cloud services. \nExperience with at least one Infrastructure as Code technology, such as Terraform, AWS Cloud Development Kit, or AWS CloudFormation. \nExperience with a scripting or programming language such as Python, Bash, PowerShell, Java, Go, or JavaScript. \nExperience with Linux administration, command-line tools, scripting, or troubleshooting. \nFamiliarity with: \nGit and source-code management. \nContinuous integration and continuous delivery. \nDocker, Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, Amazon ECS, or another container platform. \nCloud networking, identity and access management, encryption, logging, monitoring, and security practices. \nAbility to troubleshoot technical problems, document findings, and appropriately escalate complex issues. \nStrong collaboration, written communication, and verbal communication skills. \nAbility and willingness to learn new AWS services, DevOps tools, security controls, and automation technologies. \nU.S. citizenship is required due to customer and contract requirements. Employment is contingent upon verification of citizenship and satisfaction of applicable customer, facility-access, background-investigation, and contract eligibility requirements. \nAWS Certification Requirement\nThe candidate must hold one of the following active certifications at the time of hire or obtain one within six months:\nAWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate \nAWS Certified Developer - Associate \nAWS Certified CloudOps Engineer - Associate \nAWS Certified Data Engineer - Associate \nAWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer - Associate \nThe AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certification does not satisfy this requirement.\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience supporting AWS environments through professional employment, an internship, cooperative education, military service, an academic project, or another applied engineering setting. \nExperience with tools such as GitLab, GitLab Runners, Ansible, Helm, ArgoCD, or Flux. \nFamiliarity with FedRAMP, FISMA, NIST Special Publication 800-53, or a comparable security framework. \nFamiliarity with cloud observability, vulnerability management, incident response, backup and recovery, or FinOps. \nExperience using approved Generative AI tools for engineering, scripting, testing, documentation, or troubleshooting. \nRole Scope and Development\nSenior engineers will provide mentoring, design review, and production-change oversight. The Associate AWS DevOps Engineer will contribute to cloud migrations, production operations, compliance activities, incident response, and disaster-recovery planning while progressively assuming more complex responsibilities.\nThis position is not expected to independently own enterprise cloud architecture, FedRAMP compliance, production incident command, disaster-recovery architecture, or large-scale cloud migrations.\nWhy Join KBR\nKBR delivers science, technology, and engineering solutions supporting important national missions. This position provides hands-on experience with modern cloud technologies and opportunities to develop advanced AWS and DevOps skills while working with experienced engineers, architects, cybersecurity professionals, and application teams.\nSPECIAL REQUIREMENTS\nU.S. Citizenship required\nThe candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a national agency check and background investigation after hiring to obtain a badge for government facility access and user account\nExperience and/or Education in lieu of these qualifications will be reviewed for applicability to meet these requirements.\nKBR Benefits:\nKBR 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.\nClick here to learn more: KBR Benefits | KBR\nBelong, Connect and Grow at KBR\nAt 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 team’s philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow. We Deliver - Together.\nKBR is an equal opportunity employer. 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