1 day ago
Colorado Springs, CO, USAMid Level / Senior
Base Salary
$135k - $160k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain primarily Java applications and Spring Boot backend services for web-based and distributed systems.
- Oversee development and implementation of astrodynamics algorithm solutions, propagation methods, frame transformations, measurement models, time scales, and numerical optimization methods.
- Modernize and support legacy systems containing C++, Python, and Fortran components.
- Design and implement secure end-to-end cluster and application lifecycles using Kubernetes or Docker and AWS cloud technologies.
- Build and maintain GitLab-based CI/CD pipelines and apply DevSecOps practices for automated, secure software delivery.
- Use Ansible, Maven, and Gradle to automate development, build, and deployment processes.
- Manage logs and use analytics tools to monitor and optimize systems.
- Work with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Oracle, MySQL, and other database technologies.
- Analyze large datasets to identify residuals, anomalies, and outliers.
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary engineering, product, training, and defense teams.
Requirements
- Secret clearance or above is required.
- Three to five years of experience developing web-based applications is required.
- Three to five years of experience with Kubernetes or Docker is required.
- Experience developing backend services with Java and Spring Boot, including REST APIs, microservices, or distributed systems, is required.
- Experience with astrodynamics propagation methods, celestial and terrestrial frame transformations, measurement models, time scales, Earth orientation, root-finding algorithms, and interpolation is required.
- Experience with AWS, cloud technologies, CI/CD pipelines, GitLab, Ansible, Maven, and Gradle is required or preferred as specified in the posting.
- Experience with Agile, Agile XP, DevOps, and DevSecOps methodologies is required or preferred as specified in the posting.
- Experience with test-driven development, unit testing, and integration testing is required or preferred as specified in the posting.
- Experience with statistical analysis of large datasets and scripting languages including MATLAB, Python, and Bash is required or preferred as specified in the posting.
- Preferred qualifications include experience with Orekit, Astropy, STK, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, MongoDB, Apache Kafka, Kubernetes-native deployment patterns, Kustomize, operator-based workflows, log management, service mesh technologies, and Istio.
- Experience optimizing numerical, scientific, or backend algorithms for performance, accuracy, scalability, or computational efficiency is preferred.
Benefits
- The role supports mission-critical U.S. Space Force, satellite communication, space domain awareness, and defense technology programs.
- KBR provides a collaborative, mission-driven environment with software engineers, DevSecOps architects, product leads, trainers, facilitators, and defense specialists.
- Potential additional compensation may include bonuses, sign-on bonuses, relocation benefits, short-term incentives, long-term incentives, or discretionary performance payments.
- KBR promotes a People First culture centered on belonging, connection, growth, collaboration, and Zero Harm.
Tech Stack
AnsibleApache KafkaAWSBashC++DockerFortranGradleIstioJavaKubernetesMATLABMavenMongoDBMySQLPostgreSQLPythonSpring Boot
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About KBR, Inc.
KBR, Inc. delivers engineering, technology, and professional services to government and industrial customers, spanning defense, space, sustainability, and energy. Its businesses include long-term government mission support and program management, and Sustainable Technology Solutions that license process technologies and provide consulting and operations support across asset lifecycles. Headquartered in Houston and listed on the NYSE, KBR became an independent public company in 2006 after its separation from Halliburton.