Full Stack Software Engineer (Storage & Data Platform Focus)

KBR•Beavercreek, OH

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

KBR is seeking a Full Stack Software Engineer with an interest in storage architecture, distributed storage systems, and cloud-native data platforms to support development and sustainment of the GEMSTONE platform. The role helps design, deploy, and manage storage solutions for modeling and simulation applications, digital engineering environments, warfighter AI/ML workloads, user data, and platform services across cloud and on-premises deployments. The successful candidate will work with platform engineers and DevSecOps teams to implement scalable, secure, and resilient storage services within or alongside Kubernetes-based environments and help shape GEMSTONE’s long-term storage architecture for classified and unclassified deployments. The position supports the Department of the Air Force and broader Department of Defense missions. The position is onsite or hybrid in Dayton, Ohio, with no travel and standard working hours. Candidates must be able to obtain a DoD Secret security clearance. Candidates joining KBR’s Mission Technology Solutions business before its planned spin-off are expected to transition to Trinzic when the separation is complete without needing to reapply.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
Ability to obtain a DoD Secret security clearance.
Ability to learn complex software ecosystems and rapidly become proficient in new platforms and technologies.
Experience with distributed storage platforms such as Ceph, Longhorn, OpenEBS, Portworx, GlusterFS, or equivalent solutions.
Experience deploying or supporting applications within Kubernetes environments.
Experience with on-premises storage infrastructure and storage management.
Strong understanding of Linux file systems, including ext4, XFS, Btrfs, and ZFS, as well as POSIX and VFS.
Familiarity with cloud-native storage technologies, including Persistent Volumes (PV), Persistent Volume Claims (PVC), Storage Classes, and CSI drivers.
1–5 years of professional software development experience.
Experience developing backend services using one or more of GoLang, Python, Java, or C#.
Experience developing web applications using React, TypeScript, or JavaScript.
Experience working with relational or non-relational databases.
Understanding of software engineering principles and data management concepts.
Familiarity with Linux development environments.

Nice To Haves

Experience with RDBMS such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, or MSSQL.
Experience with non-RDBMS such as MongoDB, Redis, or Elastic/OpenSearch.
Experience supporting data-intensive workloads, such as distributed AI/ML, digital engineering, or modeling and simulation applications.
Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code, GitOps, Helm, ArgoCD, or Kubernetes platform operations.
Experience supporting classified, air-gapped, or secure computing environments.
Familiarity with S3-compatible object storage technologies.
Understanding of metadata management and data cataloging concepts.
Familiarity with API-driven data access patterns.
Exposure to infrastructure-as-code and GitOps practices.

Responsibilities

Design and implement software solutions supporting platform storage and data persistence services.
Develop backend services to manage datasets, digital artifacts, metadata, user content, and workflow outputs.
Support the design and operation of distributed storage solutions for Kubernetes-based and on-premises environments.
Assist with the design and implementation of hybrid cloud-native and on-premises storage architectures within Kubernetes environments.
Build and maintain web applications that enable users to discover, manage, publish, and access data assets.
Support development of APIs for data access, artifact publication, metadata management, and storage lifecycle operations.
Support persistent storage capabilities for interactive developer and engineering environments.
Develop automation for backup, replication, migration, archiving, and recovery workflows.
Collaborate with platform engineers to integrate storage services with identity, authorization, auditing, and monitoring solutions.
Participate in architecture reviews, Agile development activities, code reviews, and testing efforts.
Support deployment and validation through CI/CD pipelines.
Contribute to technical documentation and operational procedures.