Title:
Cloud Infrastructure Lead
Belong. Connect. Grow. with KBR!
KBR’s National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country’s most critical role – protecting our national security.
Why Join Us?
Innovative Projects: At KBR, you'll be working on prototype projects that support the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s most mission-critical objectives. The Air Force Research Laboratory is the primary scientific research and development center for the Department of the Air Force. AFRL plays an integral role in leading the discovery, development, and integration of affordable warfighting technologies for our air, space, and cyberspace force.
Collaborative Environment: KBR fosters a dynamic and collaborative atmosphere where cross-functional teams of product manager, engineers, developers, and defense experts work in unison. We practice Agile and DevOps principles, ensuring rapid iteration, continuous feedback, and integration across all projects. Our team is passionate, forward-thinking, and united by a mission-first mindset that encourages knowledge sharing, innovation, and problem-solving at every level.
Impactful Work: Your work here won’t just be limited to software development—it will directly support the Air Force in expanding current national capabilities. As the Air Force's leader for National-to-Tactical capability development, AFRL collaborates with leading experts across the Intelligence Community, Department of Defense, National Laboratories, industry, inter-agency, academia, and partner nations.
Key Responsibilities:
Deploy and manage the full lifecycle of project cloud infrastructure across multiple classification domains
Provide direct support to the DevOps team for managing application deployments
Assist with development of network designs and management of firewall rules
Work Environment:
Qualifications:
Required:
Security Clearance: Active TS/SCI
B.S. in Computer Science or other relevant field of study
10 years of cloud-based solution design experience
Expert knowledge of Microsoft Azure products and capabilities
Experienced in deploying and managing resources in AWS and Azure government environments
Highly proficient in use of Infrastructure as Code (BICEP or Terraform) for cloud platform builds Azure
Experienced in containerization technologies and Kubernetes to include Helm deployments
Experience in managing and leading a team of engineers
Experience with managing resources using Agile planning methodologies
Proficient in managing tasks and code repos using GitLab and Azure DevOps
CompTIA Security+ CE or equivalent
Desired:
Experienced in network design principles
Experience deploying resources in USAF DAF CloudWorks
Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Strong analytical skills and ability to solve problems creatively
Experienced with data encryption methodologies using PKI
CompTIA Network+ or equivalent vendor certification
Proficient in creating system diagrams using Visio or equivalent.
Experience in system administration of Red Hat Linux 8+, Microsoft Windows operating systems.
Basic Compensation: $142,000 - $212,900 (For Colorado Springs, CO Only)
The offered rate will be based on the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities and/or experience and in consideration of internal parity.
Additional Compensation:
KBR may offer bonuses, commissions, or other forms of compensation to certain job titles or levels, per internal policy or contractual designation. Additional compensation may be in the form of sign on bonus, relocation benefits, short-term incentives, long-term incentives, or discretionary payments for exceptional performance.
Belong, Connect and Grow at KBR
At KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture. These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a People First company. That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow. We Deliver – Together.
KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
