Title:
Modeling & Simulation Specialist
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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.
KBR has an has an immediate need for a Modeling & Simulation Specialist on our team in Ft. Meade, Maryland. In this role, you will support our USSTRATCOM NC3 Enterprise Center (NEC) customer. Our customer serves as principal enterprise systems engineering, enterprise architecture, and technical authority for the Nuclear C3 Enterprise within DoD and oversee systems engineering and integration for the entire National Leadership Command Capability (NLCC) infrastructure. The NEC SE&I Division activities span the complex systems, programs and capabilities that compose the NC3 enterprise.
You will be a part of a major new design opportunity that will focus on engineering, analysis, and documentation of current and objective Enterprise Architectures. This will involve architecture development/trade-offs for acquisition strategy decisions to evolve the Nuclear C3 System into a broader Strategic C3/National Leadership Command Capability (NLCC). This position requires an active TS/SCI clearance.
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 include:
- Conduct mission engineering studies to guide decisions focused on the end-to-end mission to identify new or enhanced capabilities and provide impacts of performance levels on NC3 system of systems
- Provide system engineering expertise to evaluate and ensure upgrades, integration, test, transformation efforts of NC3/NLCC systems and sub-components are executed as planned
- Support limited scope technical quick reaction (e.g. two weeks turn around) analysis of NC3/NLCC systems issues in support of the NC3/NLCC community
Advise and assist the Government in defining of NC3 Enterprise Figures of Merit (FOM) target for model base systems engineering and mission engineering (ME) studies - Support the execution of computer simulations and assessments evaluating the impacts of nuclear weapons and tactics of adversaries on the NC3 communication systems
- Advise and assist the Government in the development of a transition plan for the implementation of mission engineering study recommendations
- Assess the NLCC/NC3 architecture using computer simulations and models to evaluate how well communications work in a benign and stressed nuclear environment and generate reports and briefs using the results
Work Environment:
- Location: On-site
- Travel Requirements: Minimal
- Working Hours: Standard
Qualifications:
Required:
- Active TS/SCI clearance
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or similar technical field and 5+ years' of experience providing dedicated support to include modeling and simulation functions or operations such as plans, coordination, demonstrations, and instruction for health, environmental, transportation, law enforcement, military, or civil agencies, and support to live, constructive, or virtual training
- Strong knowledge and experience of DoD and AF acquisition processes, policies, procedures, and statutory/regulatory requirement
- Strong knowledge and experience implementing the DoD Systems Engineering “V” Model
- Experience supporting the development, analysis, and implementation of an Agile DevOps, Continuous Integration, and Continuous Delivery model of software development, integration, and deployment; Cloud technologies; and microservice architectures
- Experience supporting Hardware/Software quality control by, evaluating programs regarding development, maintenance, testing, and quality assurance
Desired:
- Experience supporting USSTRATCOM weapon systems and/or capabilities
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
Basic Compensation: $90,00 - $103,000
This is for Maryland 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, 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.
KBR Benefits
KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development.
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 team’s 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.
