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KBR GEOINT Operations Support Systems Engineer in Chantilly, Virginia
Title:
GEOINT Operations Support 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:
Expertise - Provides subject matter expertise and technical support to facilitate the development of GEOINT capabilities cooperatively with development contractors and mission partners.
Analysis - Perform engineering and analysis to ensure programs successfully deliver mission capabilities during operations from tasking, execution, processing and dissemination.
Objectives - Interface directly with development Prime Contractors in the role of oversight, monitoring of operations and maintenance activities and ensuring alignment with Government requirements and objectives.
Operations - Manage projects and conduct assessment including operational availability/capacity, maintenance, Space vehicle checkout, and initial operational capability.
Reports - Advise operational decisions to include improvement and discrepancy report priorities.
Planning - Conduct Strategic planning for both mission architecture needs (technical trade studies, definition of future architecture planning, software service recommendations etc.) and programmatic (Program Budget Guidance, cost estimation, generation of acquisition schedules).
CONOPS - Develop, update and execute Concepts of Operations (CONOPS) across users and O&M contractors for a new proliferated system to be operated and tasked like no other system currently in operations.
Develop - Track enterprise, system, functional, performance, and interface metrics for things like system availability, timeliness, duty cycle, tasking allocation, and collection.
Work Environment:
Location: On-site
Travel Requirements: Minimal 0-20%
Working Hours: Standard
Qualifications:
Required:
Clearance: TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph required
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Sciences, Technology, Engineering, or Business Management with appropriate technical experience
IC & DoD: 10+ years’ experience with IC, DoD, and/or commercial space architectures, systems and operations
Operations: Demonstrated experience in spacecraft on-orbit initialization and operations
RADAR: Demonstrated experience in tasking and processing methodology of RADAR
Tasking: Experience in RADAR tasking, command & control, collection, processing, and dissemination
Mission: Experience in Space Systems Ground Software, Space Development Programs or Mission Operations programs
GED: Experience working at or with MOD ADFs, GED and NGA
Metrics: Experience with Modeling and Sim and reporting metrics
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.
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.
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.