Senior DevSecOps Engineer - Cloud & Security Automation

KBR Careers; Lexington (MA); On-site; USD 127,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

KBR, supporting MIT Lincoln Laboratory, seeks a DevSecOps Engineer to design, develop, and test secure cloud and hybrid platforms for large-scale communications demos.

Lead security integration, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift), CI/CD (GitLab), and standards across engineering and security teams.

On-site at MIT LL in Lexington, MA with hybrid option; Secret clearance and 5–10 years in software, systems, or DevOps required.

Qualifications

• Security clearance: Secret required.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• 5–10 years of experience in software development, systems engineering, platform engineering, or DevOps roles.
• Expert-level containerization with Podman, Docker, Kaniko, Skopeo; familiarity with UBIs, k3s and k8s desired.
• Expert-level GitLab CI/CD experience including templates and pipelines.
• Proficiency in security scan policies and pipeline security scans; familiarity with Trivy, Semgrep, Gemnasium (SBOM-based scans).
• Expert-level experience with Java, Python, and Node package managers.
• Proficient with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.10+.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the DevSecOps subject-matter expert and architectural authority.
• Define standards, reference architectures, and best practices used across teams.
• Design and implement secure, scalable, and highly available cloud and hybrid platforms.
• Embed security controls directly into CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure‑as‑code.
• Lead implementation of containerized platforms (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift).
• Integrate identity access management, secrets management, and encryption into pipelines and platforms.
• Troubleshoot complex system, pipeline, and security issues across environments.
• Mentor engineers and elevate DevSecOps maturity across the organization.
• Communicate risk, tradeoffs, and recommendations clearly to leadership.

Skills

DevSecOps leadership

CI/CD expertise

Containerization

Security integration

GitLab CI/CD

OpenShift

Language package managers

RHEL Linux

Security Clearance: Secret

Education

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

Tools

Podman

Docker

Kaniko

Skopeo

UBI

k3s

k8s

GitLab

Trivy

Semgrep

Gemnasium

Java package managers

Python package managers

Node package managers

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Job description

KBR, supporting MIT Lincoln Laboratory, seeks a DevSecOps Engineer to design, develop, and test secure cloud and hybrid platforms for large-scale communications demos.

Lead security integration, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift), CI/CD (GitLab), and standards across engineering and security teams.

On-site at MIT LL in Lexington, MA with hybrid option; Secret clearance and 5–10 years in software, systems, or DevOps required.