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Senior AWS DevOps Engineer

KBR
Sioux Falls, USA
Full-time
Senior · 10+ years experience
Onsite
Discovered 3 weeks ago
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Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent professional experience.
  • 10+ years of progressive experience in cloud engineering, DevOps engineering, platform engineering, systems administration, infrastructure automation, enterprise architecture, or related technical roles.
  • 5+ years of hands-on experience implementing DevOps practices, including CI/CD, automation, containerization, and infrastructure operations.
  • Strong hands-on experience designing, deploying, securing, and operating production workloads in AWS.
  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, AWS CDK, CloudFormation, or similar tools.
  • Experience with configuration management and automation tools such as Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Python, Bash/Shell, or PowerShell.
  • Experience building, maintaining, and troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines using GitLab, GitLab Runners, GitHub Actions, or comparable platforms.
  • Experience with Linux administration, scripting, troubleshooting, and operational support.
  • Working knowledge of AWS security, networking, IAM, logging, monitoring, and cloud governance practices.
  • Experience with container platforms such as Docker, Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, Amazon ECS, or Helm.
  • Experience operating in regulated, compliance-driven, or security-sensitive environments.
  • Experience with FedRAMP, FISMA, NIST-based controls, or comparable security frameworks.
  • Experience applying FinOps practices to improve cloud cost visibility, accountability, and optimization.
  • Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues across infrastructure, pipelines, networking, systems, and application deployment workflows.
  • Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and work effectively across architecture, security, development, infrastructure, operations, and customer teams.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to document technical designs and present recommendations to leadership or customers.
  • Demonstrated experience using approved Generative AI tools or automation agents to improve developer efficiency, operational workflows, documentation, testing, or incident response.
  • Required Certification
  • Candidate must meet one of the following requirements:
  • Hold an active AWS Professional-level certification at time of hire, such as:
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
  • AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional
  • OR
  • Obtain an AWS Professional-level certification within 6 months of hire.

Preferred Qualifications

  • AWS Specialty certification, such as AWS Certified Security – Specialty, AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty, AWS Certified Database – Specialty, or another relevant AWS Specialty certification.
  • HashiCorp Terraform Associate certification.
  • Experience engineering and deploying public sector, federal, or compliance-driven cloud solutions.
  • Experience with FedRAMP Moderate, FedRAMP High, FISMA, NIST 800-53, or comparable security and compliance frameworks.
  • Hands-on experience administering GitLab Runners and operating GitLab-based CI/CD at scale.
  • Experience with GitOps tools such as ArgoCD or Flux.
  • Experience with observability, logging, monitoring, vulnerability management, incident response, and disaster recovery tooling.
  • Experience modernizing legacy applications through rehosting, replatforming, refactoring, containerization, microservices adoption, or cloud-native service adoption.
  • Experience with hybrid-cloud architectures and integration between AWS and on-premises environments.
  • Experience with service mesh, WAF integrations, secure microservices delivery, or advanced Kubernetes platform patterns.
  • Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical field.
  • Representative Technologies
  • AWS and Cloud Platforms: AWS, hybrid cloud, S3, CloudFront, EC2, EKS, ECS, Lambda, Aurora Serverless, AWS Batch, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Route 53, RDS, API Gateway, SNS/SQS
  • DevOps and Automation: Terraform, AWS CDK, CloudFormation, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Python, Bash/Shell, PowerShell, Git, GitLab, GitLab Runners, GitHub Actions
  • Containers and Deployment: Docker, Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, Amazon ECS, Helm, ArgoCD, Flux, GitOps, blue/green deployments, canary releases, staged deployments, automated rollback
  • Security and Compliance: IAM, least privilege, encryption, secrets management, logging, auditing, vulnerability management, change control, FedRAMP, FISMA, NIST-based controls, compliance evidence support
  • Operations and FinOps: Monitoring, alerting, observability, runbooks, incident response, backup and recovery, disaster recovery, SLO/SLA support, tagging, showback, rightsizing, cost dashboards, anomaly detection
  • AI-Augmented Engineering: Approved code assistants, pipeline automation agents, documentation assistants, runbook support tools, automated test generation support, and incident response knowledge agents
  • Key Success Outcomes
  • Deliver secure, repeatable, and scalable AWS platform capabilities that accelerate cloud modernization.
  • Improve deployment reliability and engineering velocity through standardized CI/CD, IaC, automation, and GitOps practices.
  • Strengthen compliance readiness through secure cloud patterns, pipeline guardrails, logging, auditing, and evidence support.
  • Reduce operational toil through automation, observability, runbooks, and AI-augmented engineering workflows.
  • Improve cloud cost visibility and reduce waste through practical FinOps practices.
  • Mentor engineers and raise the maturity of AWS, DevOps, security, operations, and modernization practices across the team.
  • Why Join KBR
  • At KBR, we deliver science, technology, and engineering solutions that support important national missions and customer outcomes. As a Senior AWS DevOps Engineer, you will help modernize mission-critical systems, strengthen secure cloud platforms, improve operational excellence, and advance responsible innovation.
  • You will work in a collaborative environment where technical depth, mission focus, cloud modernization, security, cost accountability, and continuous learning are valued. This role provides the opportunity to influence cloud platform standards, mentor engineers, improve delivery practices, and apply emerging technologies such as Generative AI to meaningful engineering challenges.
  • Must be a U.S. Citizen
  • Equivalent education and/or experience will be considered.
  • KBR 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.
  • Click here to learn more: KBR Benefits
  • KBR partners with several other companies to fulfill its requirements as a government contractor. The selected subcontracting companies align their benefits as closely as possible to those above.
  • #LI-EM2
  • 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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