Sr Systems Engineer

KBR, Inc.•Chantilly, VA

53d•Onsite

About The Position

KBR’s National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to customers in the intelligence and national security communities. This Sr Systems Engineer position will have a profound impact on protecting national security. KBR is seeking an IT Subject Matter Expert (SME) to join an elite Systems Engineering and Technical Advisory team, supporting customer innovation labs from Chantilly, VA. The role requires a proactive, detail-oriented IT SME with strong organizational and polished communication skills, who will contribute to the success of the customer and team.

Requirements

Active TS/SCI with CI polygraph clearance
Bachelor’s degree in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) and 12 years or more relevant experience; master’s in STEM field (STEM is a contractual requirement)
Hands-on experience working with AI and operating in DevOps, and/or DevSecOps, and/or agile environments
Hands-on expertise gathering and identifying actionable requirements for requested capabilities
Hands-on experience with IT infrastructure design and implementation (power, space, cooling, connectivity)
Ability to identify engineering opportunities to customer decision makers
Demonstrated ability to simultaneously manage multiple tasks and effectively interact with developers, USG customers, other SETAs, and USG project managers
Polished communication skills (written/verbal); impeccable interpersonal skills and judgment; and confidence in presenting analysis and recommendations to all levels of USG
Hands-on JIRA and Confluence experience for project and internal team communications
Expertise in MS Office applications (PowerPoint, Word, Access, Project)

Nice To Haves

RMF experience with Top Secret//SI compartmented environment accreditation, security control assessment, and ATO process
Experience with coalition/multinational security architectures, cross-domain solutions, information sharing agreements, and sovereign policy considerations
Experience developing security documentation (SSP, SAR, POA&M) and familiarity with NIST, ICD 503, IC security standards, and HPC/AI-ML infrastructure security
Hands-on cyber experience, including active cyber certification at the Intermediate or Advanced level per DoD9=8140 (i.e., Security + CE, CISSP, CASP CE, etc.)
At least 3 years supporting a Big 5 customer
Hands-on experience in a large AI data center environment
Experience developing briefings and other analytic products on short (less than 8 hour) deadlines
Experience and comfort with supporting SES/SIS/FO/GO level leaders

Responsibilities

Providing IT and cybersecurity support to the customer as part of a multinational AI project
Providing subject matter expertise on IT networking, security, auditing, and other emerging IT/cyber related technologies (including AI)
Advising customer leadership on the efficacy of planned project initiatives in terms of cost, schedule, performance, and risk
Advise customer leadership on maximizing efficiency across all IT aspects of this project related to power, space, cooling, hardware, software, and licensing
Identifying and representing customer AI/IT/cyber equities in evaluating impacts to the project driven by IT security requirements, multi-IN compliance issues, and multipartite information-sharing requirements