Acquisition SME

4 weeks ago

Chantilly, United States KBR Full time

Title:

Acquisition SME

Belong. Connect. Grow. with KBR

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.

KBR is seeking an Acquisition SME to support an exciting opportunity within the NRO Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Directorate. The candidate will provide satellite systems technical engineering and programmatic support for new start programs. The candidate will engage with the community to provide source selection documentation and production contract management. This candidate with interact with Senior Government and needs to understand the IC and acquisition cycle and processes.

This is a contingent position based upon contract award

Responsibilities include:

  • Be the Primary Lead to assist the Government to guide new programs through successful Intelligence Community Milestone B phase

  • Be a Senior level Subject Matter Expert (SME) who provides advice and support to program offices by reviewing program documentation to ensure contract actions are appropriately sequenced based for build phases and alignment with the overall architecture

  • Advise the Government on the course of actions related to a multitude of architecture products for an loosely coupled architecture

  • Draft Pre-Award documentation (Request for Proposal, Statement of Work, and technical specifications) and conduct technical evaluation of proposals to ensure contractor proposed designs meet requirements and mission needs

  • Review recommendations and provide independent pros and cons of options for Government consideration based on various architectures and trade studies

  • May perform contract management duties to include writing ECPs, analyzing CLIN structures, managing Award Fee as appropriate and generating ASC plans for ceiling increases and support other Govt required contract processes

  • Support preparation for, and participate in, SETA and prime led technical and management meetings in order to understand impacts to the architecture and programs within the SIGINT portfolio

  • Support programmatic and contractual decision-making for best value assessments and contribute to budget documentation (e.g., IPBS, CBJB)

  • Work with other acquisition and operational offices as needed to coordinate end-to-end system performance

  • Coordinate resolution of common technical and programmatic issues as necessary with program offices and with other acquisition offices as the relate to the SIGINT portfolio

  • Work as part of a team and collaborate with other program office subject matter experts, contractor developers, technology development offices, program managers, and contracting officers

Required Qualifications:

  • Experience working with NRO acquisition processes and procedures

  • Experience with guiding a program through source selection

  • Demonstrated experience with all aspects of program acquisition, from pre-award to PDR and CDR and eventual award of production contract

  • Demonstrated experience supporting overhead missions and working with IC and DoD mission partners

  • Experience performing technical evaluations of proposals and familiarity with pre-award documentation to support RFPs and Source Selections

  • General Systems Engineering experience with all aspects of the SE “V” as it relates to phases of the developer build and expected contract actions during these phases

  • Familiarity with the IC budget cycle and experience with generating IPBS/CBJB inputs

  • B.S. in a technical field (e.g., engineering, mathematics, physics)

  • Minimum 10 years of experience with NRO acquisition processes

  • Experience with IC and DoD customer sets; coordinating difficult issues and bringing issues to mutually agreeable closure

Desired Qualification:

  • COTR Certification

  • Experience with early life-cycle satellite engineering activities/milestones

  • Operational experience with SIGINT systems

Security Clearance Requirements: Active TS/SCI Poly

Travel Requirements: Up to 15% travel CONUS and OCONUS may be required

INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY AT KBR

At KBR, we are passionate about our people, sustainability, 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 more inclusive and diverse company. That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and fosters an environment of real collaboration across cultures and locations. Our individual differences and perspectives bring enhanced value to our teams and help us develop solutions for the most challenging problems. We understand that by embracing those differences and working together, we are more innovative, more resilient, and safer.

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.

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