Software Solutions Architect

KBR Careers; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

KBR’s National Security Solutions team delivers high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to intelligence and national security customers. In this role, you will be part of a systems engineering team shaping the next generation of space communications systems for the US Space Force, providing global secure, survivable, and protected communications.

The Software Solutions Architect offers leadership for software‑intensive mission capabilities within government/DoD programs, driving

Qualifications

• Senior engineer capable of operating as the Government’s technical integrator.
• Experience in defining and validating software requirements for prime contractor deliveries.
• Familiarity with government/DoD software integration and verification processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support SE&I activities across multiple working groups.
• Define, decompose, and validate requirements for prime contractor software deliverables.
• Drive interfaces, verification, risk identification, and technical integration with DoD programs.
• Prepare briefings, write, and track action items and meeting minutes.

Skills

Systems engineering

Software architecture

DoD programs

Job description

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Title

Software Solutions Architect

Belong. Connect. Grow. with KBR!

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. You will join a systems engineering team defining the next generation of space communication systems supporting US Space Force (USSF) satellite communications. You will support Systems Engineering & Integration (SE&I) activities in a multidisciplinary and collaborative environment. You will interface and collaborate with SE&I team members, contractors, government civilians and members of the USSF. You will lead and support several working groups responsible for leading technical discussion, resolve and identify risk, requirement gaps, developing briefings, writing, and tracking action items, and authoring meeting minutes. The MILSATCOM Systems Engineering, Integration, and Test (MSEIT) effort provides leading edge Systems Engineering & Integration (SE&I) for the US Space Force’s Space Systems Center (SSC). We support the Space Force’s acquisition of state of the art satellite communications systems, providing global secure, survivable, and protected communications for our nation’s warfighters. We seek technical individuals who will thrive in a highly collaborative work environment of small teams, using the most modern tools and methodologies to tackle the challenges of integrating complex space and ground communications systems. The Software Solutions Architect provides systems engineering and integration leadership to the Government / DoD for software‑intensive mission capabilities. The role focuses on defining, decomposing, and validating requirements for prime contractor software deliverables, and leading system-of-systems software integration back into DoD programs and operational environments, This position is best suited for a senior engineer who can operate as the Government’s technical integrator—driving interfaces, verification, risk