Chief Architecture Office Technical Lead

Title:

Chief Architecture Office Technical Lead

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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.

This is a contingent position based upon contract award

KBR is seeking a Chief Architecture Office Technical Lead to serve as the Chief Architect for architecture products and views.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Oversee the analysis of architecture and associated trade and gap studies. 

• Collaboration and coordination with the SPOs on architectural items; as well as with the architecture team to communicate interests and inputs.

• Works in close coordination and collaboration with the architecture leads in Space Program Offices

• This is an on-site position.

Basic Qualifications:

• MS degree in Engineering or Computer Science field 

• Fifteen (15) years of experience in architecture development management for large, complex programs or systems of systems 

• Seven (7) years of experience in software acquisition and/or development 

• Five (5) years of experience with DoD AF architectures

• Three (3) years of experience with other architecture frameworks

• Three years (3) of experience in software architectures

• Three years (3) of experience with adapting Agile software development and DevOps principles to architecture processes and products

• Two years (2) of experience with addressing cloud-based software systems in architecture products.

Knowledge and Experience:

• Experience and expertise managing architectures at multiple levels as well as developing and integrating subordinate systems into higher level architectures

• Domain expertise in overhead GEOINT & SIGINT system capabilities, architectures and requirements encompassing spacecraft and ground system knowledge 

• Experience and expertise conducting strategic planning activities and producing strategic products for Major System Acquisitions (MSA) and Special Interest Acquisition(s).

• Experience and expertise managing all aspects of the Systems Engineering life cycle processes to include: Concept Definition, System Definition, System Realization, System Development and Use, System Engineering Management, Product and Service Life Management, and Systems Engineering Standards. 

• Experience and expertise adopting and integrating into cloud architectures and cloud-enabled platforms. 

• Experience and expertise utilizing MBSE tools and developing and implementing modeling and simulation in support of architecture analysis. 

• Experience and expertise implementing Information Assurance strategy & guidance to include the Risk Management Framework (RMF) process, and vulnerability assessment and remediation. 

• Extensive knowledge, experience and expertise using a variety of Agile methodologies and acquisition techniques is required.  

• Knowledge and experience with GEOINT and SIGINT collection platforms is essential. 

Security Clearance:

• Active TS/SCI Polygraph.

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