Sr Systems Engineer

KBR Careers; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses

Relocation benefits

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

KBR Careers seeks a Sr Systems Engineer to advance national security initiatives. You will work on AI strategy, data integration, and enterprise architecture within IC and DoD contexts, preparing deliverables and communicating complex topics to senior audiences.

On-site role with minimal travel, requiring a strong writing ability and collaboration across multidisciplinary teams to deliver impactful defense solutions.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph required.
• Educational requirements include a BS with 12–15 years of relevant experience, or MS with 10–13 years, possible Doctorate.
• Strong writing, analytical, communication and organizational skills.
• Experience communicating technical topics to senior audiences.

Responsibilities

• Support sponsor strategic direction, priorities and roadmaps.
• Ensure strategy execution using best practices and metrics.
• Understand enterprise architecture related to technical collection.
• Stay informed on IC Portfolio of Technical Investments and related architectures.
• Recommend strategies, identify risks, and align with budgets and programs.
• Liaise with IC program managers, DoD partners, and private sector.
• Assist government clients with schedules, reports, and senior leader communications.
• Produce deliverables in formats like Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Acrobat.

Skills

AI Experience

Data Integration

Analysis

Communication

Collaboration

Deliverables

Architecture/Design

Writing

Education

BS degree

Master's degree

Doctorate (optional)

Job description

Title: Sr Systems Engineer 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.

Why Join Us?

Innovative Projects: KBR’s work is at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions.

Collaborative Environment: Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.

Impactful Work: Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Planning Experience: Support the evolution of the sponsor’s strategic direction and priorities
• Performance Management Experience: Ensure the strategy is effectively and efficiently pursued, using best practices and benchmarking in business and mission analytics
• Enterprise Architecture Experience: Have a foundational knowledge of enterprise architecture related to technical collection, and be able to communicate its relationship to the overall Intelligence Community (IC) portfolio
• Portfolio Experience: Keep abreast of the IC Portfolio of Technical Investments-related strategies, business goals, objectives, performance targets, and associated technical collection enterprise architecture
• Strategic Foresight: Make recommendations to aid sponsor decision-making, to include proposed strategies and/or roadmaps; identified risks, capability and performance gaps, and dependencies; alignment with the strategic framework and priorities; and funding and related program issues. Make recommendations to keep strategy, performance, and architecture aligned accordingly
• Liaison: Function as a liaison and lead discussion with IC program managers, DoD partners, and private sector companies on program capabilities and services delivery and requirements concerns
• Collaboration: Assist government clients with programmatic goals and objectives, schedules, and reports to the senior-level executives
• Communication: Communicate technical topics in a non-technical manner to senior-level audiences

Work Environment:

Location: On-Site Travel Requirements: Minimal 0-20% Working Hours: Standard

Required Qualifications:

• Clearance: Active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph
• Education: BS degree and 12 – 15 years of prior relevant experience or master's degree with 10 – 13 years of prior relevant experience. May possess a Doctorate in a technical domain
• Writing: Draft products that reflect strong writing and grammatical skills
• AI Experience: Expert knowledge of Artificial Intelligence
• Data Integration: Expert knowledge of Data integration complexities
• Analysis: Strong analytical competence, problem-solving, communication and organizational skills
• Communication: Provide appropriate audience-written and verbal communications and demonstrate strong interpersonal and customer service skills
• Collaboration: Work with seniors in a diverse, fast-paced, multi-task environment managing competing priorities
• Deliverables: Produce deliverables in multiple formats as needed (e.g., Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Acrobat, etc.)
• Architecture / Design: Ability to support the architecture and design of AI Strategy, Implementation plans and policies

Desired Qualifications:

• Education: Technical degree in Engineering or Science, practical not theoretical
• Experience: Broad experience with the IC and touch points to DoD
• Certifications: AI certification

Basic Compensation:

$150,200 - $225,300 This range is for the Maryland area only The offered rate will be based on the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities and/or experience and in consideration of internal parity.

Additional Compensation:

KBR may offer bonuses, commissions, or other forms of compensation to certain job titles or levels, per internal policy or contractual designation. Additional compensation may be in the form of sign on bonus, relocation benefits, short term incentives, long term incentives, or discretionary payments for exceptional performance.

Belong, Connect and Grow at KBR

At KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture. These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a People First company. That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow. We Deliver – Together.

KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

KBR — Delivering Solutions, Changing the World.

KBR brings together the best and brightest to deliver science, technology and engineering solutions that help governments and companies around the world accomplish their most critical missions and objectives. In everything we do, we are guided by our ONE KBR Values: We Value Our People – We create diverse, inclusive environments in which each person can feel safe, respected and valued, and where everyone has opportunities to grow and reach their full potential. We Deliver – We are uncompromising in our commitment to deliver innovative, high-quality, technology-led solutions for our customers and exceptional, sustainable value for all our stakeholders. We Are People of Integrity – We value honesty, trust, courage, fairness, prudence and tenacity. We believe doing what’s right for the planet, the communities where we work, and our people is good for business. We Empower – We empower our people with a shared purpose, the right tools and the supportive culture they need to be proactive decision-makers, to be adaptive to change, and to succeed. We Are a Team of Teams – We have a will to succeed, but we value the achievements of our team of teams over individual accomplishments. Our collective focus makes us a better, stronger, more effective company. We have also embedded environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles in every business operation and corporate function. Not only are we committed to operating safely, sustainably and equitably, but we are also committed to using our capabilities and expertise to help our customers accomplish their sustainability goals.

Worldwide, KBR employs a diverse workforce approximately 29,000 people strong, with customers in more than 80 countries and operations in 40 countries. At KBR, We Deliver.