Ground Systems Engineer/Cloud Architect (Top Secret)

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Ground Systems Engineer/Cloud Architect (Top Secret)

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Ground Systems Engineer/Cloud Architect

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.
  
  

You will work in a small, highly empowered team where every team member is directly responsible for the success of the program. Responsibilities span technology domains including space rated hardware, software, sensors, and processors in an extremely fast-paced, responsive development environment. This candidate will provide in-depth background on digital engineering and cloud computing architectures to improve program office insight into state-of-the art IC, DoD, commercial capabilities for ground command, control and communication systems for space applications. You must apply advanced principles, theories, and concepts for highly classified systems, while also effectively communicating complex results with management and executive leadership.

Government Consultant Role And Responsibilities

• Leads or supports technical programs, projects, or tasks whose technical complexity requires engineering oversight
• Ensures completion of programs, projects, or tasks within estimated time frames and budget constraints
• Provides input to the government customer concerning risks to performance, schedule, and budget due to either proposed contractor plans or contractor’s execution of accepted plans
• Ensures the quality of the program, project, or task deliverables meet or exceed standards or metrics and assesses such deliverables to ensure that final deliverables will meet the warfighting purpose for which they are intended
• Responsible for the overall technical/engineering portions of major projects(s) or program(s)
• Coordinates with multiple partners/agencies to ensure system engineering communities support delivery milestones
• Collaborate to design and create a multi-level security, hybrid cloud-based (tech stack(s) connecting to cloud) architecture
• Propose cloud adoption plans, cloud application design, and cloud management and monitoring
• Ability to work with cloud architecture team and help with cloud migration, Data Security, and deployment strategy in cloud environments
• Experienced in implementing and overseeing cloud computing strategy, and delivery of cloud solutions
• Demonstrated understanding of IT infrastructure tools, processes, and practices, including cloud resource provisions, deployment, microservices, and DevOps
• Ability to work independently within a complex environment to evaluate issues and address questions from the internal and external shareholders about their questions regarding cloud Implementation/Migration
• Oversees and advises government program management on integration across full spectrum of interfaces, to include coordination with multiple mission partners
• Oversees program and capability documentation is sufficiently defined to operationally needed levels, oversees configuration and integration working groups, and coordinates with management to ensure interface definitions support delivery milestones
• Communicate clearly, concisely, and with technical accuracy—oral and written
  

Required Skills

• Minimum ten (15) years DoD/IC, or relevant industry work experience
• Experience with systems integrator processes generally accepted and adopted across US Government acquisitions and operations as guided by DAU and the DOD 5000 series of regulations together with analogous industry standards sourced from IEEE/IEA/ISO, PMI and INCOSE
• Experience in cloud deployments/migrations.
• Experience with software development
• Exceptional and/or unique qualifications in developing, deploying, and maintaining ground mission planning architecture and software
• Experience in development and fielding satellite ground systems, to include ground entry points, command, control, communication systems, and mission data processing
• Knowledge of system engineering, development, and manufacturing requirements
• Experience in DoD program management including program development and transition
• Experience with Integrated Master Schedules, and risk management, and Model-based systems engineering (MBSE)
• Must have strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experience with Statements of Work (SOW) and Performance Work Statements (PWS)
• Experience with successful, concurrent execution of multiple satellite operations ground system functional areas while executing in a dynamic, changing work environment often requiring a rapid replan, risk triage and baseline of work duties to meet program needs
• Proficiency translating architecture and CONOPs information into actionable and verifiable E2E requirements across a system’s life cycle. Comfortable executing parts of a verification program inclusive of test, demonstration, analysis and inspection.
• Experience developing, verifying and handing over to operations a fully ready ground satellite operations control system.
• Ability to create, integrate and successful manage to an integrated master schedule across the family of ground satops functions and systems integrator disciplines
  
  

Desired Skills

• Twenty (20) years of relevant DoD work experience with SAP and/or SCI
• System Engineering Technical Assistance (SETA) to Government program office
• Experience with rapid prototyping
• Experience with integrated air, space and cyberspace capabilities
• Experience with ACAT I/II level acquisition programs
• Experience using multivariable optimization in mission planning software systems
• Experience in planning and executing test campaigns for space ground systems
• Fluency with IC organizations
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines
• Experience with DevSecOps
• Experience with Agile software development
• Experience with containerized application development/deployments
• Experience with container hosting environments (Kubernetes)
• Experience with service meshs/software defined networks
• Experience with RMF ATO process
• Experience with PlatformOne or other Cloud Broker/Managed cloud environment
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Education

Minimum Requirements

• An applicable engineering degree from a program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) or possess a Professional Engineering license
• Relevant MA/MS/ME degree
  
  

Clearance

• Active TOP SECRET clearance with sensitive compartmentalized information (SCI) and special access program (SAP) eligibility (no less than 2 years total SAP and/or SCI environment experience, with 1-year total within last 5 years) and willingness to submit to a polygraph
• Candidate must maintain a TS/SCI clearance as a condition of employment
  
  

Location/Travel Requirements:

• Full-time, on site in vicinity of Colorado Springs, CO and will require travel up to 30% of time within the continental United States
  
  

Basic Compensation

$180-260K

Posted rate is for Colorado Springs 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.

KBR Benefits

• KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development.
  
  

Ready to Make a Difference?

If you’re excited about making a significant impact in the field of space defense and working on projects that matter, we encourage you to apply and join our team at KBR. Let's shape the future together.

Belong, Connect and Grow at KBR

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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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