Title:
Sr. Systems Administrator
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: Briefly describe the cutting-edge projects or technologies the candidate will be working on.
- Collaborative Environment: Highlight the team dynamics and any unique aspects of the workplace culture.
- Impactful Work: Explain how the candidate’s work will make a difference in the company and the broader field.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage and maintain on-prem and cloud-based information systems, ensuring availability, performance, scalability, and security.
- Harden information systems against NIST, DoD, and IC security requirements to include the NIST 800-53 and 800-171 controls, and DISA Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) and Security Requirements Guides (SRGs).
- Monitor system performance and troubleshoot issues proactively.
- Collaborate with development teams to deploy applications and ensure they meet scalability, reliability, and security requirements.
- Manage and automate routine administrative tasks, ensuring efficiency and accuracy.
- Stay up-to-date with and implement the latest industry technologies, trends, and best practices.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure the security of new and existing systems and applications.
- Lead or attend meetings with system stakeholders to discuss statuses of efforts.
Work Environment:
- Location: Colorado Springs, CO – 100% Onsite
- Travel Requirements: Minimal
- Working Hours: Standard
Qualifications:
Required:
- Security Clearance: Active DoD Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility
- Bachelor’s Degree in computer, information systems or related field and at least seven (7) years of directly relevant work experience in IT
- DoD 8570-compliant IAT Level II certification (e.g. CompTIA Security+)
- Experience with cloud service providers (CSPs) (e.g. AWS, Azure)
- Demonstrated experience with Linux (e.g. Red Hat Enterprise Linux)
- Experience with technologies such as Kubernetes, Puppet, and Ansible
- Experience in implementing DISA STIGs and SRGs
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
Basic Compensation: $130K – $160K
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.
INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY AT KBR
At KBR, we are passionate about our people, sustainability, 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 more inclusive and diverse company. That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and fosters an environment of real collaboration across cultures and locations. Our individual differences and perspectives bring enhanced value to our teams and help us develop solutions for the most challenging problems. We understand that by embracing those differences and working together, we are more innovative, more resilient, and safer.
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.
