Software Engineer
About the role
KBR’s National Security Solutions team delivers advanced engineering and innovative technology solutions supporting critical missions across the Department of the Air Force and broader defense community. In this role, you will directly contribute to the advancement of modeling, simulation, and secure platform development essential to national security.
Why Join Us
- Innovative Projects: Work on cutting-edge projects supporting the Department of the Air Force’s most mission-critical operations, including open source development, DevSecOps with CI/CD pipelines, containerization, Kubernetes, Terraform, Zarf, API management, and database design. Contribute to a modeling and simulation SaaS platform designed to revolutionize military research and development.
- Collaborative Environment: Join a dynamic, mission-driven team collaborating with software engineers, DevSecOps architects, product leads, mission experts, and defense specialists. Embrace Agile methodologies and secure development practices to deliver compliant, strategic, and impactful software.
- Impactful Work: Support the Department of the Air Force by advancing defense technology, creating new paradigms for compute power access, modeling and simulation tools, and data sharing across organizations.
Position Summary
As a Software Developer, you will be responsible for developing and implementing secure, end-to-end cluster and application lifecycles in cloud environments. You will lead the development of the platform’s administrative and platform services, including user management, licensing, usage tracking, application on-boarding, and core platform infrastructure in a secure, cloud-based environment.
Responsibilities
- Lead development and delivery of modeling and simulation software solutions
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship across engineering teams
- Design and implement DevSecOps pipelines using GitLab CI/CD
- Develop and maintain software systems in C++ for high-performance applications
- Build and manage artifact pipelines using Artifactory
- Develop and support cross-platform applications (Linux and Windows environments)
- Perform development and optimization within RHEL-based systems
- Contribute to secure system design, implementation, and compliance practices
- Integrate simulation tools and services into larger platform architectures
- Support system integration, testing, and deployment pipelines
- Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure alignment with mission requirements
- Maintain documentation and enforce best practices across development lifecycles
Work Environment
- Location: Remote
- Travel Requirements: ~10%
- Working Hours: Standard
Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
- Active Secret clearance with Top Secret eligibility
- 5+ years of experience in Modeling & Simulation development
- Strong proficiency in C++ development
- Demonstrated experience with GitLab CI/CD pipelines
- Hands-on experience with DevSecOps practices and secure software delivery
- Experience managing artifacts using Artifactory
- Strong experience with cross-platform development (Linux & Windows)
- Experience developing in RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) environments
- Experience with MATLAB for modeling or simulation development
- Proven ability to lead technical efforts and mentor junior engineers
- Strong problem-solving and system design skills
Desired
- Master's degree in Computer Science or related field
- Experience in Aerospace modeling or simulation development
- Familiarity with AFSIM (Advanced Framework for Simulation, Integration, and Modeling)
- Experience with JIRA and Confluence for Agile project management
- Proficiency in Python and/or JavaScript
- Experience with integration of complex systems and toolchains
- Familiarity with OMS, JSE, or similar frameworks
- Experience with cloud-based development environments
- Background in distributed systems or large-scale simulation platforms
Pay
Basic Compensation: $110,000–$115,000 (Springfield, VA area only). The offered rate will be based on the selected candidate’s work location, knowledge, skills, abilities, clearance level, contract affordability, and internal parity.