Senior Solution Architect

KBR 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 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.

Responsibilities

• Engage in customer shaping efforts, requirements gathering, and proposal support activities, leveraging understanding of industry trends and KBR capabilities to design, develop, and deliver winning proposals.
• Collaborate with Business Development, Capture, and Proposal teams to craft compelling, technically sound solutions that align with customer needs and win strategies.
• Act as a subject matter expert in the translation of solution requirements into proposal artifacts.
• Lead the development of technical volumes for proposals, including writing, reviewing, and editing content to ensure compliance with RFP requirements.
• Translate customer objectives into innovative technical solutions that address mission challenges while adhering to budget and schedule constraints.
• Conduct market research, identify discriminators, and articulate value propositions that differentiate our solutions from competitors.
• Develop comprehensive artifacts such as system designs, technical roadmaps, and implementation plans to support proposal efforts.
• Participate in reviews to refine proposal content and ensure alignment with win themes.
• Research emerging technologies and incorporate them into solution designs to enhance competitiveness.
• Lead and write technical proposals, whitepapers, and develop other collaterals in support of technical solutions.
• Provide responses to request for information (RFI) and government market surveys or sources sought notice.
• Provide basis of estimates (BOEs) for technical solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline with a minimum of 10 years of prior experience. Additional experience may be accepted in lieu of degree.
• Strong team building and leadership capabilities to engage key internal and external sources to develop clear, concise solutions to difficult problem sets across the Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC).
• Experience leading technical solutioning in partnership with business development and capture management teams, specifically in the defense and intelligence community markets for technology-centric business units providing both services and products to US Government customers.
• Proven ability to successfully derive customer solutions based on understanding of customer problems that meet technical objectives within cost and schedule.
• Ability to interact with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), Key Stakeholders (internal to KBR and external), Technical Experts, and other key roles to develop a compelling solution for strategic growth markets and opportunities aligned with the National Security Strategy (NSS) growth strategy.
• Understanding of Cybersecurity, System of Systems, Software, and Agile Engineering current and emerging processes in use across Defense and Intelligence Customer communities such as Digital Engineering, Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), DevSecOps, and Cloud Architectures.

Qualifications

Active Top Secret Clearance is required, with eligibility for TS/SCI.

Work Environment

• Location: Northern Virginia; Dayton, OH; Colorado Springs, CO; El Segundo, CA; King of Prussia, PA; Huntsville, AL; Charleston, SC; Patuxent River, MD
• Travel Requirements: Minimal 0-20%
• Working Hours: Standard scheduled weekly hours: 40 hours per week.

Pay

• Colorado: $189,000.00 - $284,000.00
• Maryland: $198,000.00 - $298,000.00
• California and Northern Virginia: $207,000.00 - $311,000.00

The offered rate will be based on the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities, and/or experience and in consideration of internal parity.

Benefits

• 401K plan with company match
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D
• Flexible spending account
• Disability coverage
• Paid time off or flexible work schedule
• Professional training and development for career advancement
• Additional compensation may include bonuses, commissions, sign-on bonus, relocation benefits, short-term incentives, long-term incentives, or discretionary payments for exceptional performance.

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 being a People First company. We foster an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect, and Grow.