Sr. Software Engineer

Position Overview

Trinzic is launching as an independent company through the planned spin-off of KBR’s Mission Technology Solutions business, expected in January 2027. Join a team advancing national security and space missions in challenging environments.

Candidates who join KBR’s Mission Technology Solutions business before the spin-off will transition to Trinzic when the separation is complete and will not need to reapply for employment.

KBR’s National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions for customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this role, you will provide Systems Engineer Technical Advisor (SETA) support for the Intelligence Community Customer Ground Enterprise Directorate (GED). GED supports the Intelligence Community Customer in planning and executing intelligence-gathering missions, transforming collected data into useful information for Intelligence Community (IC) and Department of Defense (DoD) users.

This is a contingent position based upon contract award.

What You Will Do

• Perform design, development, implementation, maintenance, configuration management, and quality control activities for software for scientific and engineering applications.
• Define system and software requirements and obtain customer approval.
• Analyze customer requirements and translate them into a design.
• Create prototypes.
• Implement Agile development tools such as Jira, Confluence, and Bitbucket/Git to manage work and collaborate with teams.
• Identify potential roadblocks and develop software solutions when the path forward is not always well defined.
• Improve performance metrics through critical planning and execution of development tasks.
• Respond to and resolve software discrepancies against documented requirements.
• Work with a team to define software requirements.
• Generate program design language and code based on department standards.
• Design, develop, test, and deploy software systems for customers.
• Determine software maintainability and adherence to user requirements and department standards.
• Generate and update documents defining software product baselines.
• Explore new areas or programs, including delivering complete products in new languages.
• Support on-site meetings and customer deliveries.
• Lead junior engineers.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI Clearance with Polygraph.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related discipline.
• DoD 8570 Certification for IAT Level II or higher: CompTIA Security+, CompTIA CySA+, CCNA, or SSCP.
• 10+ years of experience in software development, object-oriented design, architecture, coding, and testing.
• Substantial experience implementing DevOps practices, including CI/CD automation, containerization, orchestration, configuration management, security, and cloud technologies.
• Experience with Web Services and JavaScript (for example, ReactJS).
• Container-based application development experience.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team to achieve customer and company goals.
• Supervisory experience for a team of engineers.
• Hands-on experience with Java, C/C++, and/or Python.

Desired Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline.
• Experience with Postgres and MySQL, MongoDB.
• Experience with AWS and Azure.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes.
• Experience with Fortify, CodeDx, Trellix.
• Familiarity with Agile and/or DevSecOps procedures.
• Contractor Product Owner experience (more than 10 years of experience in software management and managing a backlog of requirements).
• Experience with Neural Networks and Machine Learning.

Location

Chantilly, VA

Compensation

Basic Compensation: $156,400 – $215,100 per annum (This range is for the VA area only). The rate offered will be based on the selected candidate’s work location, knowledge, skills, abilities and/or experience, contract affordability, and 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 include sign-on bonus, relocation benefits, short-term incentives, long-term incentives, or discretionary payments for exceptional performance.

Benefits

KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits, which could include a 401(k) plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life