{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"7e2bc68f7d2cb396f69027bb","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/7e2bc68f7d2cb396f69027bb","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/7e2bc68f7d2cb396f69027bb","title":"DevSecOps Engineer","description":"Location Lexington, Massachusetts Category Engineering, Technology, & Science Job Type Full time Job Id R2128782 Posted Date 08/25/2026\n\nJOB DESCRIPTION\n\nTitle:\n\nDevSecOps Engineer\n\nBelong. Connect. Grow. with KBR!\n\nKBR provides innovative and cost-effective services and solutions to national security and industry customers. We are leading the way for national security and commercial space integration, developing innovative solutions to tomorrow's challenges today. This position supports the Strategic and Long-Range Communications Group at MIT Lincoln Laboratory.\n\nWe are seeking a DevSecOps Engineer to contribute to the design, development, implementation, and testing of software for a series of large-scale communications system demonstrations. Work will be performed in a disciplined collaborative environment, employing modern programming practices. A hybrid work location possible for this position. These services shall be provided in support of several Laboratory and Government test sites.\n\nWhy Join Us?\n\nInnovative Projects: Enable critically important communications over vast distances by being the team member to innovate and overcome technical challenges as we spearhead new solutions through advanced prototyping.\nCollaborative Environment: Come join a team of enthusiastic engineers engaged in creating the next generation of cutting-edge laser communication systems technology.\nImpactful Work: Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense and/or defense.\n\nKey Responsibilities:\n\nServe as the DevSecOps subject-matter expert and architectural authority\nDefine standards, reference architectures, and best practices used across teams\nDesign and implement secure, scalable, and highly available cloud and hybrid platforms\nEmbed security controls directly into:\nCI/CD pipelines\nInfrastructure‑as‑code\nContainer platforms and deployment workflows\nEvaluate, select, and integrate DevSecOps tooling, including\nSAST, DAST, SCA\nSecrets management, encryption, and identity integration\nContainer security\nLead implementation of containerized platforms (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, etc.)\nIntegrate identity access management, secrets management, and encryption into pipelines and platforms\nTroubleshoot complex system, pipeline, and security issues across environments\nAct as a trusted technical advisor to engineering, security, and platform teams\nMentor engineers and elevate DevSecOps maturity across the organization\nLead technical reviews, architecture discussions, and root cause analyses\nCommunicate risk, tradeoffs, and recommendations clearly to technical and non-technical leadership\nActively maintain security vulnerability assessment databases for third-party application dependency scans and operating system level scans\nActively monitor GitLab Security Dashboards for new vulnerabilities detected in software products and work with developers to remediate\nMaintain and enforce compliance frameworks across projects\nMaintain the software release pipeline\nEnsure base container images are regularly updated to include latest security patches and updates\n\nWork Environment:\n\nLocation: On-site at MIT LL in Lexington, MA. Hybrid possible.\nTravel Requirements: Willing and able to travel (up to 10%, typically CONUS)\nWorking Hours: Standard\n\nRequired Qualifications:\n\nSecurity Clearance: Secret\nEducation: Bachelors in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field\nWork Experience: 5 to 10 years of experience in software development, systems engineering, platform engineering, or DevOps roles\nContainerization Technologies: Expert level experience building container images with Podman, Docker, Kaniko, Skopeo. Familiarization with Universal Base Images (UBI). Familiarization with k3s and k8s desired.\nGitLab CI/CD: Expert-level experience building and optimizing build pipelines. To include use of CI templates or CI components.\nSecurity Integration: Proficiency in implementing security scan execution policies and pipeline security scans. Familiar with Trivy, Semgrep, and Gemnasium (or other SBOM based dependency scans).\nSoftware Proficiency: Expert-level experience with package managers for Java, Python and Node.\nOperating Systems: Proficient with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.10 or higher.\n\nBasic Compensation:\nFor MA only, the salary range is approximately $126,900 - $190,400 USD annually. The offered rate will be based on the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities and/or experience and in consideration of internal parity.\n\nReady to Make a Difference?\nIf you’re excited about making a significant impact in the field of space defense and working on projects that matter, we encourage you to apply and join our team at KBR. Let's shape the future together.\n\nBelong, Connect and Grow at KBR\n\nAt 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.\n\nKBR is an equal opportunity employer. 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Connect. Grow. with KBR!\n\nKBR provides innovative and cost-effective services and solutions to national security and industry customers. We are leading the way for national security and commercial space integration, developing innovative solutions to tomorrow's challenges today. This position supports the Strategic and Long-Range Communications Group at MIT Lincoln Laboratory.\n\nWe are seeking a DevSecOps Engineer to contribute to the design, development, implementation, and testing of software for a series of large-scale communications system demonstrations. Work will be performed in a disciplined collaborative environment, employing modern programming practices. A hybrid work location possible for this position. These services shall be provided in support of several Laboratory and Government test sites.\n\nWhy Join Us?\n\nInnovative Projects: Enable critically important communications over vast distances by being the team member to innovate and overcome technical challenges as we spearhead new solutions through advanced prototyping.\nCollaborative Environment: Come join a team of enthusiastic engineers engaged in creating the next generation of cutting-edge laser communication systems technology.\nImpactful Work: Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense and/or defense.\n\nKey Responsibilities:\n\nServe as the DevSecOps subject-matter expert and architectural authority\nDefine standards, reference architectures, and best practices used across teams\nDesign and implement secure, scalable, and highly available cloud and hybrid platforms\nEmbed security controls directly into:\nCI/CD pipelines\nInfrastructure‑as‑code\nContainer platforms and deployment workflows\nEvaluate, select, and integrate DevSecOps tooling, including\nSAST, DAST, SCA\nSecrets management, encryption, and identity integration\nContainer security\nLead implementation of containerized platforms (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, etc.)\nIntegrate identity access management, secrets management, and encryption into pipelines and platforms\nTroubleshoot complex system, pipeline, and security issues across environments\nAct as a trusted technical advisor to engineering, security, and platform teams\nMentor engineers and elevate DevSecOps maturity across the organization\nLead technical reviews, architecture discussions, and root cause analyses\nCommunicate risk, tradeoffs, and recommendations clearly to technical and non-technical leadership\nActively maintain security vulnerability assessment databases for third-party application dependency scans and operating system level scans\nActively monitor GitLab Security Dashboards for new vulnerabilities detected in software products and work with developers to remediate\nMaintain and enforce compliance frameworks across projects\nMaintain the software release pipeline\nEnsure base container images are regularly updated to include latest security patches and updates\n\nWork Environment:\n\nLocation: On-site at MIT LL in Lexington, MA. 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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.\n\nKBR is an equal opportunity employer. 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