System Engineer - Acquisition with Security Clearance

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System Engineer - Acquisition 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. KBR is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to be part of our team supporting our customers in Chantilly, VA that delivers mission-critical capabilities directly supporting intelligence-gathering missions from overhead systems. The Systems Engineer serves as an advisor to support the Government in defining new mission requirements, performing classic Systems Engineering sub-tasks such as Requirements, Configuration Management, Integration, Verification, Validation and Test (IVV&T), Risk and Readiness. This position envisions representing the Government team and working with development contractors in performing all aspects of agile software development, CI/CD pipelines and deployment of mission software to operations. The Ground Enterprise embraces innovation and agile software development in a relentless effort to meet intelligence needs and shorten the timelines to provide actionable critical information to US Government decision-makers. This is a contingent position based upon contract award Specific responsibilities may include: Pre-Award Acquisition Support: Provide advice recommendations, and document preparation support to multiple disciplined offices in all areas of the acquisition pre-award phase, to include:
Statement of Works (SOWs), Statement of Objectives (SOOs)
Acquisition Strategy Support
Cost Estimates
Market Research & Market Surveys
Quality Assurance Plans
Requests for Proposals (RFPs)/Request for Quotations (RFQs)
Source Selection
Other miscellaneous pre-award documentation
Award/Selection Support: Provide source selection support to include reviewing contract award documents and contract award acquisition support
Familiarity with overall GEOINT ground customer, technical familiarity with mission control and/or processing of one or more GEOINT systems. Minimum qualifications: Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph
Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field (Master's degree preferred)
10+ years of experience in systems engineering
Strong knowledge of mission planning and scheduling systems
Experience with system-to-system interfaces and integration
Experience with Agile and DevOps methodologies
Ability to work collaboratively with stakeholders and development teams
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
Strong communication skills INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY AT KBR A t KBR, we are passionate about our people, sustainability, 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 more inclusive and diverse company. That commitment is central to our team of team's philosophy and fosters an environment of real collaboration across cultures and locations. Our individual differences and perspectives bring enhanced value to our teams and help us develop solutions for the most challenging problems. We understand that by embracing those differences and working together, we are more innovative, more resilient, and safer. 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.

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