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KBRs 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 countrys most critical role protecting our national security.

Why Join Us?

• Innovative Projects: KBRs 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 Senior Battlespace Awareness (BSA) Operator to provide expert space domain awareness and mission protection support in a 24/7 operational environment and leads team execution during high-impact events. This role independently performs advanced event characterization, directs checklist responses, and delivers actionable recommendations and decision-support products to senior leadership. The senior operator coordinates across multiple mission partners to deconflict operations, manage risk, and ensure accurate shared situational awareness. The position leads continuous improvement of tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), including threshold refinement, training updates, and lessons learned from exercises and real-world operations. The Senior BSA Operator also mentors and develops junior and intermediate operators and supports integration of new SDA capabilities by shaping operational acceptance criteria and validating procedures. This role is performed full-time on site at a government facility and is contingent upon contract award.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead BSA operations during shift and critical events; establish priorities, assign tasks, and ensure timely execution of mission protection actions.
• Direct advanced event characterization and I&W assessments; provide high-confidence COA recommendations and risk trade-offs to decision-makers.
• Oversee RSO custody and database integrity for high-interest objects; resolve complex discrepancies and document analytic judgments.
• Coordinate and deconflict mission protection responses across operations centers and mission partners; ensure consistent situational awareness.
• Deliver routine and executive-level briefings and written products; ensure accuracy, timeliness, and correct classification/releasability.
• Lead development and refinement of checklists, thresholds, and TTPs based on operational lessons learned and system performance.
• Lead training and mentoring for operators; conduct quality assurance reviews of products and provide performance feedback.
• Support integration of new SDA capabilities by defining operational acceptance criteria, participating in test events, and validating procedures for transition.

Required Qualifications:

• Education & Experience: Masters degree and 11 years of relevant experience with demonstrated expertise OR Bachelors degree and 12 years of relevant experience with demonstrated expertise OR no degree and 14 years of relevant experience with demonstrated expertise.
• Active Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearance with adjudicated polygraph.
• Demonstrated expertise leading or coordinating operations in a watch floor/operations center environment and managing time-sensitive event response.
• Demonstrated expertise in space domain awareness, mission protection, and producing decision-support products for senior stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Significant experience with STK and/or SDA tool suites, including developing workflows, thresholds, and analytic best practices.
• Experience coordinating operations across Joint Staff, Combatant Commands, or Intelligence Community mission partners.
• Subject matter expertise in counterspace threat capabilities, space surveillance networks, and mission protection planning.

Additional Compensation:

KBR may offer bonuses, commissions, or other forms of compensation to certain job titles or levels, per internal policy or contractual designation. Additional compensation may be in the form of sign on bonus, relocation benefits, short-term incentives, long-term incentives, or discretionary payments for exceptional performance.

Ready to Make a Difference?

If youre excited about making a significant impact in the field of space defense and working on projects that matter, we encourage you to apply and join our team at KBR. Let's shape the future together.

Belong, Connect and Grow at KBR

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, and ongoing journey toward being a People First company. That commitment is central to our team of teams philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow. We Deliver Together.

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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