Senior System Engineer & Program Portfolio Lead

KBR; Maryland; On-site; USD 148,900 - 223,400; Full time

Job summary

KBR's National Security Solutions team seeks a Principal System Engineer/Program Portfolio Manager in Bethesda, MD. The role supports prioritizing IT investments for government customers, ensuring integration across IC IT and IE enterprises, and contributing to OMB and congressional inquiries.

Expect a hands-on, multi‑disciplinary leadership position with travel minimal and on-site work. Responsibilities include translating user needs into government-ready requirements, developing assessment

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with polygraph is required.
• Experience manipulating data to pull out pertinent information for intelligence products.
• Experience coordinating with multiple community partners.
• Experience with managing multiple time sensitive deliverables.
• Strong communication skills are required to work with multiple organizations.

Responsibilities

• Translate users' needs and capabilities into requirements and detailed technical options for government consideration.
• Develop program assessment processes and methodologies.
• Track, report progress on, and analyze cost, schedule, risk, and performance.
• Monitor investment compliance and provide recommendations to improve integration and interoperability.
• Develop data collection needs and collect data to facilitate the Customer's decision on investments.
• Develop dashboards and reports to support government oversight and measures of performance.

Skills

Strong communication

Data analysis

Cross‑agency coordination

Time-sensitive deliverables

Education

Bachelor's degree + 8 years

Master’s degree + 6 years

Job description

KBR's National Security Solutions team seeks a Principal System Engineer/Program Portfolio Manager in Bethesda, MD. The role supports prioritizing IT investments for government customers, ensuring integration across IC IT and IE enterprises, and contributing to OMB and congressional inquiries.

Expect a hands-on, multi‑disciplinary leadership position with travel minimal and on-site work. Responsibilities include translating user needs into government-ready requirements, developing assessment