CI/CD & Release Engineering SME

KBR, Inc. • Beavercreek, OH

2d • Hybrid

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. KBR is seeking a highly experienced Senior Software Engineer to join our team in Beavercreek, OH. The ideal candidate will be a CI/CD & Release Engineering SME with a DoW Top Secret clearance and SCI eligibility.

Requirements

• 12+ years of Software Engineering experience with 5–7+ years in DevSecOps/Release Engineering
• strong Kubernetes CI/CD, GitOps, and Helm/Kustomize background
• Experience with policy-as-code (OPA/Gatekeeper/Kyverno) and secure pipeline orchestration
• Familiar with SBOMs, container signing, image mirroring/relocation; registry operations
• Active DoW Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility

Nice To Haves

• Operating CI/CD in disconnected/secure networks; automated air‑gap workflows
• Performance‑aware rollouts, canary analysis, and automated rollback
• Demonstrated ability to meet DoD compliance controls

Responsibilities

• Own the delivery pipeline for platform and simulation applications—connected and air‑gapped
• Implement repeatable, compliant CI/CD, artifact management, and promotion (dev→stage→prod), supporting canary/blue‑green rollouts and secure supply‑chain practices
• Design GitOps workflows (Argo CD/Flux) and CI pipelines (GitHub Actions/Tekton/Argo Workflows) for containers, Helm/Kustomize
• Build promotion pipelines with environment gates, automated tests, policy checks, and Istio traffic shifting (VirtualService/DestinationRule)
• Manage artifact registries, image relocation, and SBOM generation (CycloneDX/SPDX); implement SLSA‑aligned provenance
• Enable air‑gap packaging/delivery: bundle charts/images/manifests; automate offline installs/updates and verification
• Establish compliance automation: supply‑chain scanning, signing (cosign), CVE triage, audit trails

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.

What This Job Offers

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