Jobs at KBR, Inc

Manage project risk registers, cybersecurity and compliance risks, RMF activities, ATO and cATO support, and risk acceptance decisions. Integrate risk management into Agile, DevSecOps, Sprint, and Program Increment planning. Coordinate with project leaders, cybersecurity teams, system owners, clients, and regulatory stakeholders while assessing NIST controls, DoD STIGs, supply chain risks, and software security practices.

Deploys, manages, and troubleshoots Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure across multiple environments. Develops Infrastructure as Code using Bicep or Terraform, supports Azure Kubernetes Service and virtual machines, resolves identity and access issues, and designs secure network interconnectivity using Azure Firewall, application gateways, and routing. Collaborates with DevOps, software, and systems engineers in an onsite, rapid-prototyping environment supporting Air Force research and national security missions.

Synthesizes astrodynamics, engineering, military studies, and force-design analysis to identify gaps between fielded and programmed Space Force capabilities. Collaborates across military, coalition, commercial, and international staffs to gather data and build consensus. Translates complex technical and modeling results into executive briefings, decision memos, and bottom-line recommendations for senior USSF leaders.

Develop and maintain Java and Spring Boot backend applications supporting astrodynamics and space operations. Build secure cloud-native systems using Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, CI/CD, GitLab, and DevSecOps practices. Modernize legacy Fortran and C++ systems, implement astrodynamics algorithms, optimize numerical methods, manage databases, and support monitoring, automation, testing, and distributed services.

Develop and maintain Java-based astrodynamics and backend applications, including Spring Boot services, cloud-native deployments, Kubernetes or Docker environments, and secure CI/CD pipelines. Support legacy C++, Python, and Fortran modernization; apply DevSecOps, GitOps, automation, testing, logging, analytics, and database technologies. Collaborate across interdisciplinary teams to optimize astrodynamics algorithms, analyze large datasets, and support U.S. Space Force mission systems.

Leads a geographically dispersed systems engineering and integration team supporting A3M and PATS SATCOM systems. Develops integration strategies across space, ground, terminal, network, cyber, and cryptographic segments; manages technical baselines, requirements, risks, reviews, schedules, and contractor deliverables. Supports post-Milestone C production, transition to operations, sustainment engineering, government acquisition activities, and technical decision-making. The role is fully onsite at Peterson Space Force Base and requires up to 25% CONUS and OCONUS travel.

Analyze logistics, operations, sustainment, reliability, maintainability, and readiness data for NC3 and MILSATCOM systems. Develop predictive and historical assessments, identify reporting gaps, recommend spares and acquisition strategies, monitor obsolescence and equipment performance, and roadmap sustainment activities for legacy and transitioning capabilities. Support government and contractor teams with logistics planning, program analysis, process improvements, and recommendations that improve system availability and combat readiness.

Support Global Broadcast Service systems engineering and integration for military satellite communications and NC3 systems. Responsibilities include systems architecture, hardware and software integration, requirements management, cybersecurity documentation, technical assessments, test engineering, troubleshooting, sustainment, and technical documentation. The role coordinates with DoD and commercial stakeholders, supports program meetings and acquisition processes, and requires up to 20% CONUS and OCONUS travel.

Owns CI/CD pipelines for containerized applications deployed to Azure Government and air-gapped Kubernetes environments. Designs cloud-native infrastructure for classified workloads, creates Helm charts, containerizes legacy applications, troubleshoots Kubernetes deployments, and collaborates across technical teams. The role also supports security scanning, infrastructure automation, and platform architecture for Air Force rapid prototypes.

Builds and deploys Helm charts and containerized applications to Kubernetes clusters, develops GitLab CI/CD pipelines, troubleshoots deployments, and designs cloud-native systems and networks. The role supports Air Force research missions in an onsite environment and requires collaboration across technical teams, independent problem solving, and experience with cloud engineering, pipeline development, Kubernetes, Docker, Linux, and Git.

Build and deploy Helm charts to Kubernetes, develop GitLab CI/CD pipelines, containerize applications, troubleshoot deployments, and design cloud-native architectures. The role supports Air Force research missions in an onsite environment and requires collaboration across varied technology stacks. Responsibilities also include researching complex technical problems independently and may involve cloud services, infrastructure as code, security tooling, event streaming, and air-gapped deployments.

Conduct mission-level modeling, simulation, and analytic studies using AFSIM to assess military utility, feasibility, and joint warfighter impacts. Coordinate with senior decision-makers, clarify objectives, solve complex problems, integrate and analyze data, and collaborate with government and contractor teams supporting space defense and national security programs.

Provides senior systems engineering support for Space Systems Command MILSATCOM and NC3 operations and sustainment programs. Develops and maintains requirements and systems engineering documentation, applies SEIT processes, CMMI frameworks, Agile practices, and acquisition best practices, and manages technical baselines. Coordinates government, military, and commercial stakeholders, resolves technical challenges, and supports mission readiness for strategic and tactical space communications systems. The role is fully onsite at Peterson Space Force Base with travel up to 20%.

Executes integrated product support and logistics activities for military satellite communications and NC3 systems. Responsibilities include managing product support elements, developing sustainment plans and logistics documents, supporting depot activation, provisioning, sparing, demand planning, fielding, transition to operations, and sustainment maturity assessments. The role coordinates government and contractor stakeholders, leads logistics working groups, tracks actions and milestones, and delivers briefings supporting defense program readiness.

Design, develop, and maintain mission-critical SATCOM software across frontend, backend, databases, and deployment environments. Build React and TypeScript interfaces, backend APIs and services, real-time and geospatial data flows, and reliable software for disconnected operations. Responsibilities include defect triage, architecture, testing, performance, observability, security, code reviews, and collaboration with operators and multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Develops and maintains high-throughput, reliable software for Air Force Research Laboratory data-processing systems. Responsibilities include implementing features, writing unit and integration tests, conducting code reviews, troubleshooting production issues, creating prototypes, contributing to architecture discussions, collaborating across engineering teams, and maintaining technical documentation. The role is fully onsite in Colorado Springs, Colorado, or Beavercreek, Ohio, and requires an active Top Secret/SCI clearance.

Develop secure full-stack and cloud-native applications supporting U.S. Space Force missions. Responsibilities include building Kubernetes and Docker lifecycles, CI/CD pipelines, GitOps deployment automation, DevSecOps practices, AWS infrastructure, service mesh solutions, monitoring, scripting, databases, and infrastructure as code. The role collaborates with engineering and client teams to deliver scalable, secure applications and automation across multiple technology stacks.

Administer classified industrial security programs across KBR facilities, supporting personnel and facility security, clearances, training, classified meetings, COMSEC, security containers, visit requests, inspections, incident investigations, and regulatory compliance. The role assists the FSO, interfaces with government and contractor security personnel, maintains security records and databases, and responds to physical security and emergency situations onsite.

Oversee security programs for SCIFs, closed areas, and unclassified mission spaces supporting Space Force programs. Responsibilities include personnel, physical, information, industrial, EMSEC/TEMPEST, and AIS security; facility accreditation; access and clearance management; classified media control; audits; training; incident response; and liaison with government, military, and law-enforcement stakeholders. The role also maintains SOPs, manages alarms and access systems, conducts inspections, and briefs senior leadership on security risks and vulnerabilities.

Develops and maintains conflict-free mission operations schedules supporting multiple satellite programs in a 24/7 environment. The role prioritizes requests, resolves scheduling conflicts, optimizes resources, coordinates with mission partners and government customers, monitors operational status, supports mission execution, produces reports, and improves scheduling workflows. Work requires shift flexibility, active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph, and potential Operations Controller certification.