Battlespace Awareness Operator – Junior

About the role

KBR’s National Security Solutions team provides high‑end engineering and advanced technology solutions to customers in the intelligence and national security communities. The Junior Battlespace Awareness (BSA) Operator supports 24/7 space domain awareness operations by executing routine monitoring and reporting tasks with supervision and guidance. The role maintains RSO custody and database accuracy, characterizes events of interest, and produces routine operational products aligned to established timelines and formats. The operator applies mission protection tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and escalates anomalies and indications & warnings (I&W) using defined criteria. The position contributes to exercise and real‑world event support, including assembling decision‑support information and assisting with checklist‑based responses, and supports end‑user testing and adoption of evolving SDA tools while maintaining strict security and data‑handling standards. This full‑time, on‑site role is contingent upon contract award.

Why Join Us

• Innovative Projects: Work at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT, and cybersecurity solutions.
• Collaborative Environment: Join a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.
• Impactful Work: Contribute to designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.

Responsibilities

• Monitor SDA tools and threat assessments during 24/7 operations; identify events of interest and follow approved checklists.
• Maintain RSO custody and update operational databases; validate data against multiple approved sources.
• Produce routine reports and briefings and provide ad‑hoc updates for ongoing events; coordinate content review as required.
• Conduct initial event characterization (timeline, pattern‑of‑life observations, confidence factors) and recommend next steps for senior decision‑makers.
• Support course of action (COA) development by compiling constraints, impacts, and response options for senior operators.
• Execute procedures in response to checklist entry criteria with supervision; document actions, outcomes, and rationale.
• Support testing and integration of developing software capabilities as an operational end user; submit trouble reports and improvement recommendations.
• Support real‑world and exercise‑driven planning efforts; maintain readiness through recurring training and certification events.

Requirements

• Education & Experience:
  • Master’s degree and 1 year of relevant experience with demonstrated expertise, OR
  • Bachelor’s degree and 2 years of relevant experience with demonstrated expertise, OR
  • No degree and 4 years of relevant experience with demonstrated expertise.
• Active Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearance with adjudicated polygraph.
• Experience using operational monitoring, analytics, or mission systems to track events and produce time‑sensitive reporting.
• Experience supporting 24/7 operations (watch floor, operations center, or comparable environment) and following documented procedures.

Preferred Qualifications

• 1+ years of experience with STK or other SDA/astrodynamics systems (e.g., ASW, ATLAS, SPADOC, or developing I&W tools).
• Experience working with Intelligence Community organizations or joint mission partners supporting space operations.
• Applied understanding of orbital mechanics, space surveillance, and counter‑space threat concepts.

Pay

Basic Compensation: $101,700 – $124,300 (Virginia area only). The offered rate will be based on the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities and/or experience and in consideration of internal parity.

Additional Compensation: KBR may offer bonuses, commissions, sign‑on bonuses, relocation benefits, short‑term incentives, long‑term incentives, or discretionary payments for exceptional performance, as permitted by internal policy or contractual designation.