Senior Solution Architect: Defense Systems & Proposals

KBR Careers; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 207,000 - 311,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K plan

Medical coverage

Paid time off

Job summary

KBR in El Segundo, CA seeks a Senior Solution Architect to drive winning proposals and translate customer needs into innovative technical solutions for national security programs. You will collaborate with Business Development, Capture, and Proposal teams, lead technical volumes, and incorporate emerging technologies while balancing cost and schedule.

Active Top Secret/TS-SCI eligibility is preferred for this role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline required with 10+ years of experience.
• Strong leadership and team-building abilities across internal/external stakeholders.
• Experience leading technical solutioning with BD and capture teams in DoD/IC markets.
• Ability to translate customer problems into solutions within cost/schedule constraints.
• Knowledge of Cybersecurity, System of Systems, MBSE, DevSecOps, Cloud architectures.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Business Development, Capture, and Proposal teams to craft compelling, technically sound solutions that align with customer needs and win strategies.
• Act as a subject matter expert in the translation of solution requirements into proposal artifacts.
• Lead the development of technical volumes for proposals, including writing, reviewing, and editing content to ensure compliance with RFP requirements.
• Translate customer objectives into innovative technical solutions that address mission challenges while adhering to budget and schedule constraints.
• Conduct market research, identify discriminators, and articulate value propositions that differentiate our solutions from competitors.
• Develop comprehensive artifacts such as system designs, technical roadmaps, and implementation plans to support proposal efforts.
• Participate in reviews to refine proposal content and ensure alignment with win themes.
• Research emerging technologies and incorporate them into solution designs to enhance competitiveness.
• Lead and write technical proposals, whitepapers and develop other collaterals in support of technical solutions.
• Provide responses to request for information (RFI) and government market surveys or sources sought notice.
• Provide basis of estimates (BOEs) for technical solutions.

Skills

Leadership

Customer engagement

Proposal writing

Market research

Cybersecurity knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Job description

KBR in El Segundo, CA seeks a Senior Solution Architect to drive winning proposals and translate customer needs into innovative technical solutions for national security programs. You will collaborate with Business Development, Capture, and Proposal teams, lead technical volumes, and incorporate emerging technologies while balancing cost and schedule.

Active Top Secret/TS-SCI eligibility is preferred for this role.