Acquisition Program Support Engineer
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Job Location:
Chantilly, VA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
10 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Title:
Acquisition Program Support EngineerBelong. Connect. Grow. with KBR!
KBRs National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security this position your work will have a profound impact on the countrys most critical role protecting our national security.
Why Join Us
Innovative Projects: KBRs 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.
The Acquisition Program Support Engineer will be an advisor to support multiple aspects of government program acquisition efforts. The approach to acquiring those capabilities currently uses document-based system engineering. These approaches will evolve and modernize with advances in acquisition and system engineering approaches techniques and tools.
This positions is contingent upon contract award
Responsibilities:
Writing the Statement of Work for an upcoming major system acquisition (MSA)
Defining proposal acceptance criteria monitoring developers cost schedule and performance during execution reviewing CDRLs and providing innovative acquisition recommendations to solve challenging issues with the optimal courses of action
Overseeing Task Order execution on large IDIQs developing enterprise software and services and delivering platforms and frameworks
Advising Contracting Officer Technical Representative (COTR) on developer performance through cost schedule and performance analysis and evaluation
Translating Agile software development Solution Epics into system requirements and decomposing high-level artifacts into achievable program epics for developer release planning
Identifying risks and providing unique courses of action to solve complex technical problems
Reviewing contractor submissions for technical accuracy and providing government personnel detailed critical analysis
Required Qualifications:
BS/BA 10 to 12 years or MS/MA 8 to 10 years or PhD 5 to 7 years
More than five years of experience in Systems Engineering Technical Assistance (SETA) with focus on acquisition support (structure of contracts execution of task orders and IDIQ contracts the government competitive acquisition process)
Familiarity with SIGINT compliance standards and associated training requirements
Experience with Systems Engineering processes across the software development life cycle
Desired Qualifications:
Familiarity with Ground Enterprise programs including EDAP
Experience with DoD/IC acquisitions including source selection on Major System Acquisition (MSA)
Familiarity using Confluence JIRA Atlassian commercial tools
Experience or training with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) agile methodologies
Experience with Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF) or Unified Architecture Framework (UAF)
Experience/certifications in /Systems Modeling Language (SysML)
Clearance Requirement: Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph
Ready to Make a Difference
If youre 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. Lets 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.
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 teams 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.
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Ruby
- Mac Os
- Computer Networking
- Windows
- TCP
- Customer Support
- Linux
- Shell Scripting
- VPN
- Dns
- Technical Support
- Troubleshooting
