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Data Center Engineer (Infrastructure/Cloud)

Category Engineering, Technology, & Science Job Type Full time Job Id R2105159 Posted Date 04/21/2025
Job available in 2 locations
  • Fulton, Maryland
  • Washington DC Metro Area, District of Columbia
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JOB DESCRIPTION

Title:

Data Center Engineer (Infrastructure/Cloud)

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.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Design, deliver, and optimize Infrastructure Services to improve security, availability, performance, and resource utilization in the data centers
  • Analyze, refine, and document the requirements for transition from legacy hardware into modern data center infrastructure environment
  • Design and build host & tenant environment with security hardened configuration for infrastructure services and design ongoing maintenance practices and procedures for infrastructure hosted service patching and updates
  • Design virtual Infrastructure services to maximize available capacity of physical compute, storage, and network hardware resources
  • Document security, configuration, and performance benchmarks of Infrastructure Services
  • Design production infrastructure services that support highly available, private cloud, active-active data center operations, within the constraints of the environment
  • Design practices, procedures, Automation and Orchestration to provision, de-provision, and entitle Compute, Storage, and Network resources
  • Identify infrastructure security-relevant actions, tests, and key performance indicators for Information Dashboard and Reporting
  • Design Service Catalog Items for Infrastructure Services for business and IT technical services
  • Provides advanced technical support in the research, experimentation, business analysis and use of systems technology including architecture, integration capabilities and database management.
  • Develops the end-to-end vision and the logical design that translates into physical databases, and how the data will flow through the successive stages involved.
  • Knowledgeable and practices a wider range of data administration skills, often in a Business Process Reengineering context.
  • Participates in strategic data planning, including development and implementation of DA policies, standards, and procedures.
  • Understands data from the perspective of data processing and in the context of different life-cycle phases.
  • Activities may include data quality engineering, metadata consolidation and integration, metamodel development and maintenance, repository management, data warehouse design and data mining, data security administration, and formulation of enterprise-specific data metrics.

Work Environment:

  • Location: Annapolis Junction MD [On-site]
  • Travel Requirements: Minimal 0-20% Travel
  • Working Hours: Standard 40 hour per week

Qualifications :

Required:

  • Clearance: Top Secret with SCI
  • 5 to 8 years with BS/BA or 3 to 5 years with MS/MA or 0 to 2 years with PhD.
  • Experience in Infrastructure/Datacenter engineering and integration for both physical and virtual infrastructure hosting one or more Operating Systems: Windows, Linux, Solaris, UNIX, and/or AIX systems.
  • Experience in VMware vCloud Enterprise Suite and hybrid cloud with multiple classified Government clouds.
  • Must have a current DoD 8570.1-M IAT Level III certification.

Desired:

  • Professional-level Linux, VMware, Network, Storage, or Cloud certifications desired.
  • ITIL Foundations certification desired.

Basic Compensation:

$120,000 to $205,000

This range is for the Maryland area only

The offered rate will be based on the selected candidate’s 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.

Ready to Make a Difference?

If you’re excited about making a significant impact in the field of space defense and working on projects that matter, we encourage you to apply and join our team at KBR. Let's shape the future together.

KBR Benefits

KBR 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.

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.

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