Sr Systems Engineer

KBR, Inc. • Chantilly, VA

23h • 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. 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.

Requirements

• Clearance: Active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph
• Education: BS degree and 12 – 15 years of prior relevant experience or master's degree with 10 – 13 years of prior relevant experience. May possess a Doctorate in a technical domain
• Writing: Draft products that reflect strong writing and grammatical skills
• AI Experience: Expert knowledge of Artificial Intelligence
• Data Integration: Expert knowledge of Data integration complexities
• Analysis: Strong analytical competence, problem-solving, communication and organizational skills
• Communication: Provide appropriate audience-written and verbal communications and demonstrate strong interpersonal and customer service skills
• Collaboration: Work with seniors in a diverse, fast-paced, multi-task environment managing competing priorities
• Deliverables: Produce deliverables in multiple formats as needed (e.g., Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Acrobat, etc.)
• Architecture / Design: Ability to support the architecture and design of AI Strategy, Implementation plans and policies

Nice To Haves

• Education: Technical degree in Engineering or Science, practical not theoretical
• Experience: Broad experience with the IC and touch points to DoD
• Certifications: AI certification

Responsibilities

• Strategic Planning Experience: Support the evolution of the sponsor’s strategic direction and priorities
• Performance Management Experience: Ensure the strategy is effectively and efficiently pursued, using best practices and benchmarking in business and mission analytics
• Enterprise Architecture Experience: Have a foundational knowledge of enterprise architecture related to technical collection, and be able to communicate its relationship to the overall Intelligence Community (IC) portfolio
• Portfolio Experience: Keep abreast of the IC Portfolio of Technical Investments-related strategies, business goals, objectives, performance targets, and associated technical collection enterprise architecture
• Strategic Foresight: Make recommendations to aid sponsor decision-making, to include proposed strategies and/or roadmaps; identified risks, capability and performance gaps, and dependencies; alignment with the strategic framework and priorities; and funding and related program issues. Make recommendations to keep strategy, performance, and architecture aligned accordingly
• Liaison: Function as a liaison and lead discussion with IC program managers, DoD partners, and private sector companies on program capabilities and services delivery and requirements concerns
• Collaboration: Assist government clients with programmatic goals and objectives, schedules, and reports to the senior-level executives
• Communication: Communicate technical topics in a non-technical manner to senior-level audiences

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level