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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.\nKBR is seeking an AWS DevOps Engineer to design, automate, secure, and operate Amazon Web Services environments supporting mission-critical customer workloads.\nThis hands-on role works across cloud engineering, architecture, cybersecurity, application development, and infrastructure teams to modernize systems and deliver reliable cloud services. The engineer will independently complete assigned work, contribute to technical designs and operational decisions, own defined technical components, and provide guidance to less-experienced engineers.\nKey Responsibilities\nDesign, deploy, secure, maintain, and operate AWS cloud environments. \nAssess applications and infrastructure and recommend appropriate migration and modernization approaches, including rehosting, replatforming, containerization, and adoption of cloud-native services. \nDevelop reusable Infrastructure as Code modules and deployment patterns using Terraform, AWS Cloud Development Kit, AWS CloudFormation, or comparable tools. \nDevelop infrastructure and operational automation using Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar languages. \nDesign, maintain, and troubleshoot continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines using GitLab, GitLab Runners, GitHub Actions, or comparable platforms. \nAutomate build, testing, security scanning, artifact management, deployment, validation, environment promotion, and rollback processes. \nDesign and support containerized workloads using Docker, Kubernetes, Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service, Amazon Elastic Container Service, Helm, and GitOps tools such as ArgoCD or Flux. \nImplement cloud security controls for identity and access management, encryption, secrets management, network protection, vulnerability management, logging, auditing, and least-privilege access. \nSupport environments operating under Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, Federal Information Security Modernization Act, National Institute of Standards and Technology, and customer security requirements. \nCollaborate with cybersecurity personnel and system owners on control implementation, compliance evidence, remediation, and continuous monitoring. \nDevelop monitoring, alerting, dashboards, service health checks, operational runbooks, and incident-response procedures. \nTroubleshoot complex cloud infrastructure, Linux, networking, pipeline, container, and application deployment issues. \nParticipate in incident response, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, backup and recovery, resilience, and disaster-recovery activities. \nApply FinOps practices to improve resource tagging, cost allocation, rightsizing, scheduling, storage use, anomaly detection, and overall cloud efficiency. \nCreate and maintain technical designs, architecture diagrams, configuration records, implementation plans, engineering standards, and operating procedures. \nParticipate in code reviews, design reviews, technical planning, Agile activities, and continuous-improvement initiatives. \nProvide technical guidance and knowledge sharing to Associate and less-experienced engineers. \nUse approved Generative AI tools to support infrastructure development, pipeline engineering, testing, documentation, troubleshooting, and automation while following 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 six years of relevant professional experience in cloud engineering, DevOps, platform engineering, systems administration, software development, infrastructure automation, cybersecurity engineering, or a related field. \nHands-on experience designing, deploying, securing, and operating AWS environments supporting production, regulated, security-sensitive, or mission-critical workloads. \nExperience migrating, modernizing, or supporting applications and infrastructure in AWS. \nExperience with: \nTerraform, AWS Cloud Development Kit, AWS CloudFormation, or comparable Infrastructure as Code technology. \nPython, Bash, PowerShell, Java, Go, JavaScript, or another scripting or programming language. \nLinux administration and troubleshooting. \nGit and source-code management workflows. \nGitLab, GitLab Runners, GitHub Actions, or comparable continuous integration and continuous delivery platforms. \nAutomated testing, security scanning, artifact management, deployment automation, environment promotion, or rollback. \nDocker, Kubernetes, Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service, Amazon Elastic Container Service, Helm, or comparable container technologies. \nWorking knowledge of AWS networking, identity and access management, encryption, secrets management, logging, monitoring, and cloud security. \nFamiliarity with Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, Federal Information Security Modernization Act, National Institute of Standards and Technology Special Publication 800-53, or a comparable security framework. \nExperience with monitoring, incident response, operational runbooks, backup and recovery, or disaster-recovery practices. \nFamiliarity with cloud cost management, resource tagging, rightsizing, or FinOps principles. \nAbility to independently resolve complex technical issues, document findings, recommend corrective actions, and escalate material risks. \nAbility to review technical work and guide less-experienced engineers. \nStrong written, verbal, and cross-functional collaboration skills. \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 Requirements\nThe candidate must hold at least one of the following active certifications at the time of hire:\nAWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate \nAWS Certified Developer - Associate \nAWS Certified CloudOps Engineer - Associate \nAWS Certified Cloud Practitioner does not satisfy this requirement.\nA candidate who does not hold one of these Professional-level certifications at the time of hire must obtain at least one within 12 months of starting the position.\nPreferred Qualifications\nAWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional at the time of hire. \nAdditional relevant AWS Professional or Specialty certifications. \nExperience supporting public-sector, federal, government-contracting, or similarly regulated AWS environments. \nExperience administering GitLab Runners and GitLab-based delivery pipelines at scale. \nExperience providing reusable infrastructure modules, deployment templates, platform services, or self-service cloud capabilities to multiple engineering teams. \nExperience integrating AWS with on-premises networks, identity services, storage platforms, security systems, or other enterprise infrastructure. \nExperience with advanced FinOps practices such as cost allocation, savings mechanisms, and cost-anomaly management. \nExperience communicating technical recommendations, risks, and trade-offs to customers or other stakeholders. \nRole Scope\nThe AWS DevOps Engineer independently delivers assigned engineering work and may own defined services, pipelines, infrastructure components, automation capabilities, or technical work packages.\nEnterprise architecture decisions, authorization decisions, major production incidents, and large-scale modernization programs remain collaborative responsibilities involving senior engineers, architects, cybersecurity personnel, program leadership, and customer stakeholders.\nWhy Join KBR\nAt KBR, we deliver science, technology, and engineering solutions supporting important national missions and customer outcomes. As an AWS DevOps Engineer, you will help modernize mission-critical systems, strengthen secure cloud platforms, improve engineering automation, and increase the reliability and cost efficiency of cloud services.\nYou will work with experienced engineers, architects, cybersecurity professionals, application teams, and customer stakeholders while expanding your expertise in AWS, DevOps, Infrastructure as Code, containers, cybersecurity, observability, FinOps, and AI-augmented engineering.\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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