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Software Engineer, JR

Software Engineer - Junior

Belong. Connect. Grow. with KBR!

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.

Why Join Us?

Innovative Projects: KBR’s work is at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions.
Collaborative Environment: Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.
Impactful Work: Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.

This position is contingent upon contract award

Key Responsibilities

Perform all activities associated with the design, development, implementation, maintenance, configuration management and quality control of software for scientific/engineering applications
Define system and software requirements and obtain customer approval
Analyze customer requirements and translate them into a design
Create prototypes
Implement Agile development tools such as Jira, Confluence, and Bitbucket/Git to manage work and collaborate with your teams.
Identify potential roadblocks and develop software solutions where the solution is not always well defined.
Work to improve performance metrics through critical planning and execution of development tasks.
Respond to and resolves software discrepancies against documented requirements
Collaborate with a team to define software requirements
Generate program design language and code based on department standards
Design, develop, test, and deploy software systems for our customers
Determine software maintainability and overall adherence to user requirements on department standards
Generate/update documents defining software product baselines
Explore new areas or program in new languages to deliver a complete product
Support on-site meetings and deliveries to customers
Lead junior engineers
Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications Required

Active TS//SCI with Polygraph
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related discipline
Minimum of 5 years of software development, object-oriented design, and programming, including architecture design, coding, and testing experience
Experience with Web Services and JavaScript (e.g., ReactJS)
Container based application development experience
Must possess a DoD 8570 Certification for IAT Level II or higher
Strong communication and interpersonal skills
Ability to work independently as well as part of a team to achieve customer and company goals
Supervisory experience for a team of engineers
DevOps Engineer (with >2 years of experience in configuration control, testing, security, automation, containerization, orchestration, and cloud services open-source technologies)
Hands-on experience with Java, C/C++, and/or Python

Qualifications Desired

Master of Science degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline
Experience with Postgres and MySQL, MongoDB
Experience with AWS and Azure
Experience with Docker, Kubernetes,
Experience with Fortify, CodeDx, Trellix
Familiarity with Agile and/or DevSecOps procedures
Contractor Product Owner (with >2 years of experience in software management and managing a backlog of requirements)
Experience with Neural Networks/Machine Learning

Belong, Connect and Grow at KBR

At KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture. These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a People First company. That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow. We Deliver – Together.

KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

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