Collection Orchestration Engineer - TS/SCI with CI Poly

Company: KBR
Location: Chantilly
Posted on: January 10, 2022

Job Description:

KBR is looking for a Collection Orchestration Engineer to support one of our customers in Chantilly, VA. The candidate will perform engineering and acquisition activities as a technical member of a dynamic systems engineering team supporting the Customer Ground Enterprise Directorate. The candidate will provide Systems Engineering Technical Assistance (SETA) support for the acquisition, development, deployment and sustainment of ground-based systems supporting the US Intelligence Community (IC). The Candidate will work as part of an integrated team including US Government employees, US Military, Federally Funded Research & Development Contract (FFRDC) and other SETA contractors. The candidate will have daily interaction with the customer and support contractors and will need to follow customer standards and processes. This position demands a candidate that has experience working across Multi-INT programs and systems. This is a challenging and rewarding work environment in which you will be immersed in the relentless pursuit of improved system performance and mission success fielding the world's premier ground intelligence systems.Responsibilities include:

• Lead technical and programmatic interchanges, identify and resolve issues; provide engineering advice and insight to the customer team in order to effectively orchestrate intelligence collection system development and operations in support of national priorities
• Oversee development contractor teams by assessing cost, schedule and system performance through the program life-cycle with special emphasis on rapid insertion of capabilities into the operations domain
• Provide major system acquisition expertise in support of future acquisition architectures, trade studies and the development of an acquisition strategy and all supporting documentation to provide new capabilities to the warfighter
• Apply Scaled Agile Frameworks for Enterprise (SAFE) software development, integration, test and deployment concepts and processes in collaboration with the development contractor teams and associate US Government entities and mission stakeholdersRequired Qualifications:
  • B.S. in Business, Engineering, Sciences with at least 9 years total experience; or M.S. and 7 years of experience; or a PhD and 4 years of experience
  • Demonstrated proficiency in managing technical, cost and performance aspects of large-scale programs
  • Knowledge of IC and DoD acquisition roles, processes and program management
  • Working knowledge with MS Office application suite
  • Experience in Agile (preferably SAFE) software development
  • Experience with classic Waterfall Systems Engineering
  • Strong written and oral communication skills
  • Minimum two years of experience supporting system architecture, design or development in an AWS-type cloud computing and storage environmentDesired Qualifications:
    • Advanced STEM Degree
    • Experience with IC and/or Department of Defense (DoD) space and ground architectures
    • Experience in engineering and acquisition of complex space and ground NTM systems
    • Knowledge of cloud-computing, cloud-hosting technologies and business-case performance analysis including DevOPS, DevSecOps, etc.
    • Familiarity with emerging IT and Cloud deployment and sustainment trends
    • Working knowledge of Agile metrics, team management, backlog grooming and prioritization, performance tradeoffs
    • Amazon Web Services (AWS) CertificationSecurity Clearance Requirements: ACTIVE TS/SCI with CI Poly

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