Chief Architecture Technical Lead

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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 Chief Architecture Technical Lead serves as the senior architect responsible for defining developing and overseeing enterprise architecture products for our customer. The role leads the creation and evaluation of architectural views frameworks and technical baselines that guide systemofsystems modernization and longterm enterprise design. The Technical Lead collaborates with System Program Offices (SPOs) and crossdivision architecture leads to ensure consistent architectural direction and alignment with mission objectives. The position supports enterprise-level architecture integration trade studies and gap analyses to inform investment decisions and capability evolution. Candidates must bring extensive experience in developing largescale technical architectures coordinating with multiorganization stakeholders and guiding architecture teams supporting national security systems.

This position in contingent upon contract award

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Serve as the Chief Architect responsible for developing refining and maintaining enterprise architecture products and views.

• Oversee and conduct architectural analyses including trade studies gap assessments risk evaluations and system-of-systems architectural reviews.

• Collaborate and coordinate with SPOs on architectural items ensuring alignment with program requirements enterprise plans and technical baselines.

• Work closely with architecture leads across other divisions to synchronize architectural direction and resolve crossorganizational architectural issues.

• Guide the development and documentation of technical architecture artifacts ensuring compliance with enterprise standards and modeling frameworks.

• Integrate architectural inputs from program offices engineering teams and mission partners to support cohesive enterprise architecture development.

• Support enterprise planning activities by assessing architectural impacts and identifying modernization opportunities.

• Ensure architectural concerns recommendations and updates are communicated effectively within the architecture team and leadership.

• Provide oversight for architecture process improvements and alignment with evolving engineering methodologies and enterprise models.

Basic Qualifications:

• 1520 years of experience in systems engineering enterprise architecture or architecture development for large complex programs or systems-of-systems.

• Master of Science degree in Engineering or Computer Science field.

• Demonstrated experience overseeing architecture development trade studies and technical baseline assessments in national security Intelligence Community or DoD environments.

• Experience in Safe Agile practices tools Release and system engineering.

• Experience working with crossfunctional teams and coordinating architecture efforts across multiple technical or organizational divisions.

• Experience with software acquisition.

• Active TS/SCI security clearance with Polygraph.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in architecture development management for large complex programs or systems of systems.

• Experience developing or assessing DoDAF/UAF architecture products MBSE models or digital engineering artifacts.

• Experience with architecture development supporting cloud-based systems modern software architectures or enterprise modernization efforts.

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.

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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.