Senior Defense Solutions Architect — Proposals Leader

KBR Careers; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 207,000 - 311,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with company match

Medical, dental, vision

Life insurance

Flexible spending account

Paid time off

Flexible work schedule

Job summary

KBR is seeking a Senior Solution Architect to drive technical strategy and solution design for government opportunities. The role focuses on translating customer needs into innovative, compliant proposals while aligning with program goals and timelines.

Ideal candidates will have a strong background in defense and intelligence markets, experience with RFP responses, and collaboration with business development and capture teams.

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline with a minimum of 10 years of prior experience.
• Strong team building and leadership capabilities across DoW and IC to develop clear, concise solutions.
• Experience leading technical solutioning in defense and intelligence markets with BD/capture teams.
• Ability to derive customer solutions by engaging SMEs, internal/external stakeholders, and technical experts.
• Understanding of Cybersecurity, System of Systems, Software, and Agile Engineering practices.

Responsibilities

• Engage in customer shaping, requirements gathering, and proposal support activities.
• Lead the development of technical volumes, including writing, reviewing, and editing content for RFPs.
• Translate customer objectives into innovative technical solutions within cost and schedule constraints.
• Develop system designs, roadmaps, and implementation plans to support proposals.
• Lead and write technical proposals, whitepapers, and other collaterals.

Skills

Bachelor's degree

Team leadership

Technical solutioning

RFI responses

Proposal writing

SMEs collaboration

MBSE

DevSecOps

Cloud architectures

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline

Tools

MBSE

DevSecOps

Cloud Architectures

Job description

KBR is seeking a Senior Solution Architect to drive technical strategy and solution design for government opportunities. The role focuses on translating customer needs into innovative, compliant proposals while aligning with program goals and timelines.

Ideal candidates will have a strong background in defense and intelligence markets, experience with RFP responses, and collaboration with business development and capture teams.