Title:Senior SOLARIS EngineerBelong. 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: KBR’s work is at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions.
Collaborative Environment: Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.
Impactful Work: Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.
Key Responsibilities:
Using a holistic approach, designs, develops, evaluates, and modifies end-to-end systems and systems-oriented products through their entire life cycle.
Generate quantifiable requirements based on customer description, system planning and design, and acquisition logistics.
Ensure requirements comply with client requirements and government standards through formal verification methods.
Translate high level product development strategies into system requirement specifications and work with other engineering disciplines to develop lower-level detailed implementation requirements.
Establish and coordinate development of standards, practices, and procedures as related to the overall product development. Design interfaces and brings system elements together, so they work as a whole.
Assesses performance using evaluation criteria and technical performance measures. Customer liaison and support for business development activities and to understand and shape requirements.
Participate in system conceptual design and documentation of the design concepts. Translate high level product development strategies into system requirement specifications and work with multi-discipline engineering teams to develop lower-level detailed requirements.
Participate in design reviews of components (hardware and software) to ensure applicability to the current system and traceability of requirements through compliance verification and validation.
Generate system level requirements verification procedures and customer acceptance test procedures.
Review test plans/procedures and ensures they meet the objectives of the contractual requirements and participates in the testing process to validate requirements.
Responsible for insuring compliance with all regulations, optimizing system performance, and supporting future planning of Solaris-based systems
Design, build, and integrate Operating System (OS) baselines with security hardened configuration for Solaris servers; design ongoing maintenance practices and procedures for OS patching and updates
Package and integrate 3rd party software with security hardened configuration, and design ongoing maintenance practices and procedures for software patching and updates
Work Environment:
Location: Annapolis Junction MD [On-site]
Travel Requirements: Minimal 0-20% Travel
Working Hours: Standard 40 hour per week
Qualifications :
Required:
Clearance: Top Secret with SCI
Bachelor’s Degree or higher with 12+ years of experience; additional 4+ years in lieu of degree
Minimum of 10+ years of Unix operating system experience
Minimum of 8+ years Linux operating system experience including system internals; file system structures, design, and performance tuning at an enterprise level; backup; recovery; testing methodologies; storage; data replication; DISA system hardening guidelines
Proven experience insuring compliance with all regulations, optimizing system performance, and supporting future planning
Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) credentials as an Oracle Solaris System Administrator
Current ITIL Foundations certification
Desired:
Excellent communication and written skills
General knowledge of ITIL and the use of MS Project
Basic Compensation:
$160,000 to $170,000This range is for the Maryland area onlyThe 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 a sign on bonus, relocation benefits, short term incentives, long term incentives, or discretionary payments for exceptional performance.Ready to Make a Difference? If 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.KBR Benefits KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development.A t 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.