3 months ago
El Segundo, CA, USASenior
Base Salary
$121k - $151k/yr
Responsibilities
- Provide software systems engineering analysis and SE&I leadership for secure DoD mission applications.
- Serve as the Government’s technical integrator across software elements, product teams, prime contractors, and stakeholders.
- Define, decompose, refine, and manage software, interface, message, and data requirements.
- Develop interface control documents, interface requirements specifications, verification cross-references, traceability artifacts, test objectives, and acceptance measures.
- Plan and oversee software integration into air-gapped, classified, and restricted DoD operating environments.
- Coordinate deployment and integration through DoD-aligned DevSecOps pipelines, including automated testing, security scanning, artifact management, and compliant delivery.
- Define and lead integration verification strategies, including test approaches, exit criteria, defect triage, and readiness recommendations.
- Present technical recommendations, decision packages, and risk assessments to customers and Government teams.
- Mentor engineers on secure integration patterns, interface discipline, verification rigor, and defense software engineering practices.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, systems engineering, or a related discipline.
- At least 5 years of experience in software systems engineering or software integration, including requirements definition and cross-team integration leadership.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.
- Experience with requirements decomposition, architecture definition, interface specifications, verification strategy, and integration oversight.
- Strong understanding of secure software development lifecycle practices and secure design principles.
- Experience with service-oriented architectures, microservices, and secure APIs and data interfaces.
- Familiarity with DoD cybersecurity processes, RMF, and ATO-supporting technical artifacts.
- Ability to align software, systems, cybersecurity, Government, and prime contractor stakeholders.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including briefing recommendations, risks, and options to non-developer stakeholders.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office products, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Preferred: active Secret or higher clearance and experience with DoD networks, classified environments, or mission systems.
- Preferred: familiarity with DoD-aligned DevSecOps frameworks, STIG hardening, security controls, vulnerability management tools, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS GovCloud, Azure Government, Jira, and Confluence.
- Preferred: systems integration, interface control document, system-of-systems engineering, Agile development, or government and defense program experience.
- Preferred: CSEP, ESEP, PMI, or PMP certification.
Benefits
- On-site work location with minimal travel and standard working hours.
- KBR benefits may include a 401(k) plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability coverage, paid time off, and a flexible work schedule.
- Professional training and development opportunities support career advancement.
Tech Stack
Categories
Solutions Engineering
About KBR, Inc.
KBR, Inc. delivers engineering, technology, and professional services to government and industrial customers, spanning defense, space, sustainability, and energy. Its businesses include long-term government mission support and program management, and Sustainable Technology Solutions that license process technologies and provide consulting and operations support across asset lifecycles. Headquartered in Houston and listed on the NYSE, KBR became an independent public company in 2006 after its separation from Halliburton.