3 months ago
Colorado Springs, CO, USAMid Level / Senior
Base Salary
$120k - $150k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop and optimize astrodynamics algorithm solutions across interdisciplinary teams.
- Design, develop, and maintain primarily Java-based applications and Spring Boot backend services.
- Modernize and support legacy systems containing C++ and Fortran code.
- Implement secure end-to-end application and cluster lifecycles in AWS and Kubernetes or Docker environments.
- Build and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines and apply DevSecOps and GitOps practices.
- Use Ansible, Maven, Gradle, and GitLab to automate software delivery and development workflows.
- Work with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Oracle, MySQL, and other database technologies.
- Perform log management, system monitoring, statistical analysis, and anomaly or outlier characterization.
- Apply unit and integration testing and Test Driven Development practices.
- Collaborate with software engineers, DevSecOps architects, product leads, trainers, facilitators, and defense specialists.
Requirements
- Secret clearance or above is required.
- Requires 3–5 years of experience developing web-based applications.
- Requires 3–5 years of experience with Kubernetes or Docker.
- Requires Java and Spring Boot backend development experience, including REST APIs, microservices, or distributed systems.
- Requires experience with astrodynamics propagation methods, celestial and terrestrial frame transformations, measurement models, time scales, Earth orientation, numerical methods, and statistical analysis.
- Requires experience with AWS, cloud technologies, CI/CD pipelines, Agile, DevOps, and DevSecOps methodologies.
- Requires proficiency with AWS, GitLab, Ansible, Maven, and Gradle.
- Requires experience with unit/integration testing, Test Driven Development, and scripting languages including MATLAB, Python, and Bash.
- Preferred qualifications include experience with Orekit, Astropy, STK, numerical or scientific algorithm optimization, IERS conventions, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, MongoDB, Apache Kafka, Kubernetes-native deployment patterns, log management and analytics tools, and Istio.
- Strong problem-solving skills and an interest in automation, system efficiency, and security are required.
Benefits
- Basic compensation is $120,000–$150,000 for Colorado Springs, Colorado.
- Additional compensation may include bonuses, commissions, sign-on bonuses, relocation benefits, short-term incentives, long-term incentives, or discretionary performance payments.
- The role supports mission-critical U.S. Space Force and national defense projects in a collaborative, mission-driven environment.
Tech Stack
AnsibleApache KafkaAWSBashC++DockerFortranGradleIstioJavaKubernetesMATLABMavenMongoDBMySQLPostgreSQLPythonSpring BootTerraform
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.