DevSecOps Engineer: Secure Cloud & CI/CD Architect (Hybrid)

KBR, Inc; Lexington, Northern (MA, KY); Hybrid; USD 127,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

KBR, Inc. seeks a DevSecOps Engineer to design, develop, implement, and test software for large-scale communications system demonstrations at MIT Lincoln Laboratory in Lexington, MA.

The role supports a hybrid work environment with on-site presence and occasional travel to CONUS sites. You will embed security into CI/CD pipelines, lead containerization efforts, and shape standards across teams while mentoring engineers and advancing DevSecOps maturity in a collaborative, mission-focused

Qualifications

• Security Clearance: Secret
• Education: Bachelors in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field
• Work Experience: 5 to 10 years in software development, systems engineering, platform engineering, or DevOps
• Containerization: Expert with Podman, Docker, Kaniko, Skopeo; UBIs; k3s/k8s desired
• GitLab CI/CD: Expert-level experience building and optimizing build pipelines
• Security Integration: Implement security scan execution policies and pipeline security scans
• Software Proficiency: Expert with package managers for Java, Python and Node
• Operating Systems: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.10+

Responsibilities

• Serve as the DevSecOps subject‑matter expert and architectural authority
• Define standards, reference architectures, and best practices across teams
• Design and implement secure, scalable, and highly available cloud and hybrid platforms
• Embed security controls directly into CI/CD pipelines
• Container platforms and deployment workflows
• Integrate identity access management, secrets management, and encryption into pipelines and platforms
• Mentor engineers and elevate DevSecOps maturity across the organization
• Lead technical reviews, architecture discussions, and root cause analyses

Skills

DevSecOps

CI/CD pipelines

Security scanning

Java Python Node

Container security

Education

Bachelor's in CS/CE/EE or related field

Tools

Podman

Docker

Kaniko

Skopeo

Kubernetes

OpenShift

GitLab CI/CD

Trivy

Semgrep

Gemnasium (SBOM)

Job description

KBR, Inc. seeks a DevSecOps Engineer to design, develop, implement, and test software for large-scale communications system demonstrations at MIT Lincoln Laboratory in Lexington, MA.

The role supports a hybrid work environment with on-site presence and occasional travel to CONUS sites. You will embed security into CI/CD pipelines, lead containerization efforts, and shape standards across teams while mentoring engineers and advancing DevSecOps maturity in a collaborative, mission-focused