Battlespace Awareness Operator – Junior

KBR•Chantilly, VA

21h•Onsite

About The Position

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. This is a contingent position based upon contract award. KBR is seeking a Jr. Battlespace Awareness (BSA) Operator supports 24/7 space domain awareness operations by executing routine monitoring and reporting tasks with supervision and guidance. This role maintains RSO custody and database accuracy, characterizes events of interest, and produces routine operational products aligned to established timelines and formats. The operator applies mission protection tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and escalates anomalies and indications and warnings (I&W) using defined criteria. The position contributes to exercise and real-world event support, including assembling decision-support information and assisting with checklist-based responses. The Junior BSA Operator also supports end-user testing and adoption of evolving SDA tools while maintaining strict security and data-handling standards. This role is performed full-time on site at a government facility and is contingent upon contract award.

Requirements

Master’s degree and 1 year of relevant experience with demonstrated expertise OR Bachelor’s degree and 2 years of relevant experience with demonstrated expertise OR no degree and 4 years of relevant experience with demonstrated expertise.
Active Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearance with adjudicated polygraph.
Experience using operational monitoring, analytics, or mission systems to track events and produce time-sensitive reporting.
Experience supporting 24/7 operations (watch floor, operations center, or comparable environment) and following documented procedures.

Nice To Haves

1+ years of experience with STK or other SDA/astrodynamics systems (e.g., ASW, ATLAS, SPADOC, or developing I&W tools).
Experience working with Intelligence Community organizations or joint mission partners supporting space operations.
Applied understanding of orbital mechanics, space surveillance, and counterspace threat concepts.

Responsibilities

Monitor SDA tools and threat assessments during 24/7 operations; identify events of interest and follow approved checklists.
Maintain RSO custody and update operational databases; validate data against multiple approved sources.
Produce routine reports and briefings and provide ad hoc updates for ongoing events; coordinate content review as required.
Conduct initial event characterization (timeline, pattern-of-life observations, confidence factors) and recommend next steps for senior decision.
Support course of action (COA) development by compiling constraints, impacts, and response options for senior operators.
Execute procedures in response to checklist entry criteria with supervision; document actions, outcomes, and rationale.
Support testing and integration of developing software capabilities as an operational end user; submit trouble reports and improvement recommendations.
Support real-world and exercise-driven planning efforts; maintain readiness through recurring training and certification events.