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Connect. Grow. with KBR!\nKBR’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.\nKBR is seeking a motivated and experienced Cryptography Subject Matter Expert to join our team in El Segundo, CA.\nThe MSEIT effort provides leading-edge Systems Engineering & Integration (SE&I) for the United States Space Force’s (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC). We acquire state-of-the-art Military and Commercial Satellite Communications (SATCOM) systems, providing global, secure, survivable, and protected communications for our nation’s warfighters. We seek technical individuals who will thrive in a highly collaborative work environment of small teams, using the most modern tools and methodologies to tackle the challenges of integrating complex space and ground communications systems.\nWhy Join Us?\nInnovative Projects: KBR’s work is at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions.\n\nCollaborative Environment: Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.\n\nImpactful Work: Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.\n\nKey Responsibilities:\nProvide technical expertise in the development, integration, and delivery of both space and ground cryptographic units, ensuring all solutions align with mission objectives and system requirements.\n\nLead spacecraft cryptographic unit trade studies, evaluating candidate solutions against requirements, interface constraints, environmental considerations, performance criteria, and testability. Deliver clear, data-driven recommendations to program leadership and customers.\n\nOversee the technical design, interface definition, development, and delivery of needed encryption units, including hardware and firmware. Ensure compatibility with subsystems and compliance with mission, cybersecurity, and interface standards.\n\nManage technical design, interface definition, development, and delivery of needed encryption units, ensuring proper integration with ground systems, mission operations, and secure architectures.\n\nSupport and oversee all testing activities for encryption units including dry runs and SVT. Ensure successful completion of verification and validation campaigns by developing or reviewing test plans, procedures, and reports. Participate in TRRs, dry run, SVTs, participate in CDRL review, address anomalies, and ensure full requirement traceability.\n\nProvide supplemental support for Protected Key Management Architecture (PKMA) including secure key management processes, documentation, and architecture alignment.\n\nBuild and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with government customers, contractors, subcontractors, and FFRDC partners. Represent the crypto engineering function in design reviews, technical interchange meetings, and program-level forums.\n\nLead and mentor engineers (junior to mid-level), including task assignment, technical reviews, and professional development.\n\nOversee crypto lifecycle management. Manage technical scope, priorities, and dependencies for cryptographic tasks within program schedules and constraints.\n\nEstablish and enforce cryptographic standards and best practices across programs and platforms.\n\nWork Environment:\nLocation: On-site\n\nTravel Requirements: About once monthly\n\nWorking Hours: Standard\n\nQualifications:\nRequired:\nAn active TS/SCI is required for this position\n\nBachelors degree\n\nUnderstanding of the discipline and practice of Systems Engineering throughout the system lifecycle phases of concept, development, production, operations, and sustainment\n\n15+ years’ experience with systems engineering, which may include crypto, cyber security, requirements development, verification, integration, and test\n\n10+ years’ experience with crypto, NSA certification processes, and Key Management processes\n\n5+ years’ experience with military or DoD or Intelligence Community space and ground\n\nProficient in Microsoft Office products, such as Excel, Word, and PowerPoint\n\nPossess strong oral and written communication and presentation skills; able to author final-version deliverable technical documents and reports\n\nPreferred Skills:\nBachelors degree in technical field, such as engineering, mathematics, physics, information systems, information technology, or computer science\n\nMasters degree\n\nFamiliarity with Jira and Confluence\n\nExperience with NSA’s Key Management Infrastructure (KMI)\n\nExperience with HAIPEs and cross-domain solutions (CDS)\n\nCertifications, such as CISSP, SANS, CEH, INCOSE CSEP or ESEP, OCSMP (MBSE)\n\nBasic Compensation: $163,000-$204,000 in California\nThe offered rate will be based on the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities and/or experience and in consideration of internal parity.\nReady to Make a Difference? If you’re 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.\nKBR Benefits\nKBR 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.\nBelong, Connect and Grow at KBR\nAt 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.\nKBR is an equal opportunity employer. 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