Cloud Engineer

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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 Cloud Engineer to join our team in the Northern Virginia area. The Cloud Engineer will support the government client in analyzing, evaluating, integrating, and managing cloud-based systems.  The position will design and deliver optimized network infrastructure for performance and resilience.  The engineer needs to have program management skills to ensure all key stakeholders all informed to ensure success in support of critical national security missions.

This is a contingent position based upon contract award

Responsibilities:

• Provide cloud engineering expertise to design and deliver complete mission systems (infrastructure/platform/applications/process) solutions within the cloud

• Establish applications, environment uptime, and utilization scaling parameters and metrics

• Establish standard policy and compliance metrics by which cloud environment operations will be monitored, corrective responses issued, and reported

• Establish performance and cybersecurity monitoring framework, perform continuous monitoring, and report corrective actions

• Establish and apply Zero Trust Architectures build and sustainment standards

• Deliver information papers proposing emergent cloud-based technology and best practices

Minimum Qualifications:

• At least six (6) years of experience specific to technical and programmatic integration or a related field

• Experience developing IT and cloud infrastructure

• Experience in software engineering, design architecture, analyzing computer hardware and software solutions

• Understanding of best practices regarding cloud environments

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related discipline (STEM)

• Certifications in architecture or IT development

Desired Qualifications:

• Knowledge of agency operating systems and databases
• Cloud certification (Azure or AWS)
• Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related STEM field

Clearance: TS/SCI with Poly required

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 team’s 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.