Software Engineer, Junior

KBR, Inc.•Chantilly, VA

8d•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. KBR is seeking a motivated Software Engineer to join our team and provide support for a Intelligence Community Customer Ground Enterprise Directorate (GED). GED plays a crucial role in helping the NRO execute intelligence-gathering missions, turning collected data into actionable information for the Intelligence Community (IC) and Department of Defense (DoD) users. In this position, you will play a critical role in advising the government by overseeing development contractors involved in the design, development, testing, and delivery of software products for advanced systems. You will collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams that include hardware, software, system integration, and data analysis experts to ensure that significant missions are achieved and critical requirements are met.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related discipline.
0-5 years of experience in software development, object-oriented design, and programming, including coding and testing.
Familiarity with cloud architecture and development
Familiarity with Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence concepts, tools, and systems
Understanding container-based application development is a plus.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to work independently as well as part of a team to achieve shared goals.
Willingness to learn and adapt to new technologies and methodologies.
Active Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearance with adjudicated polygraph

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with Postgres, MySQL, or MongoDB.
Experience with AWS and Azure environments.
Basic knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes.
Understanding of Agile methodologies.
Interest in machine learning or neural networks is a plus

Responsibilities

Advising the government on software project strategy and direction.
Overseeing contractors to ensure project milestones and quality standards are met.
Assisting in the design, development, implementation, and maintenance of software for scientific applications.
Defining system and software requirements and obtaining customer approval.
Translating customer requirements into design specifications for contractors.
Collaborating on prototypes with development contractors.
Utilizing Agile tools like Jira, Confluence, and Bitbucket/Git for project management.
Identifying challenges and developing solutions with contractors.
Improving performance metrics through effective contractor planning and execution.
Resolving software discrepancies with documented requirements.
Collaborating to define software requirements and supporting all development activities.
Updating documentation to establish software product baselines.
Exploring new programming languages for development enhancement.
Participating in on-site meetings with contractors and delivering results.
Learning from experienced engineers to ensure software alignment with government objectives.