Associate DevOps Engineer

KBR, Inc. • Beavercreek Township, OH

20h • Onsite

About The Position

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. We are seeking a motivated Associate DevOps Engineer to join our infrastructure team. In this role, you will support the automation, maintenance, and optimization of our CI/CD pipelines and build management systems. You will collaborate closely with development teams to ensure high availability and reliable delivery of our microservices‑based applications within a secure, regulated environment.

Requirements

• Automation: Hands-on experience with Jenkins (Pipelines, Shared Libraries)
• Experience with Atlassian tools
• Orchestration: Foundational working knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes (pods, deployments, services)
• Functional working knowledge of Helm Charting
• Scripting / Code: Proficiency in Bash scripting
• Basic familiarity with Java application environments and java development
• Operating Systems: Strong command of Linux/Unix systems and the command line
• Security: Fundamental understanding of the basic security concepts including SCA, SBOMs and vulnerability scans etc.
• Automated certificate management concepts, ssh key management etc.
• Ability to obtain or maintain a U.S. security clearance

Nice To Haves

• DoD / Regulated Environment Experience: Familiarity with Department of Defense projects, including security requirements such as STIGs and NIST 800‑53
• Microservices Architecture: Understanding of how microservices communicate and operate within containerized clusters
• Agile Development: Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams
• Experience documenting technical processes using Confluence
• Data / Logging: Experience with MongoDB
• Experience with log aggregation tools such as ELK Stack or Prometheus/Grafana

Responsibilities

• CI/CD Pipeline Support: Maintain and enhance automated build and deployment pipelines using Jenkins, including Jenkins Pipelines and Shared Libraries. Partner with development teams to improve build reliability, deployment automation, and release consistency.
• Build & Toolchain Management: Manage and support build configurations and dependencies within the Atlassian ecosystem (Bitbucket, Jira, Confluence). Contribute to streamlining development workflows and improving traceability across the software development lifecycle.
• Containerization & Orchestration: Support containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes across development, staging, and production environments including Helm based deployments. Assist with deployments, scaling activities, and troubleshooting containerized services.
• Security & Automation: Help manage and automate SSL/TLS certificate and SSH key lifecycles to ensure secure communication and compliance. Follow established security standards and participate in automation efforts that reduce manual risk.
• Observability & Monitoring: Monitor system health and application performance using the ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) or similar observability tools. Assist in log analysis and troubleshooting to support system stability and incident response.
• System Administration: Perform routine Linux server administration, troubleshooting, and basic performance tuning. Support infrastructure stability in collaboration with senior engineers.
• Scripting & Application Support: Write and maintain Bash scripts to automate routine operational tasks. Support deployment and runtime needs of Java‑based microservices.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees