Battlespace Awareness Operator - Senior

KBR Inc

Chantilly, VA

JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$123,600–$185,300 Per Year
SKILLS
Adjudication, Analysis Skills, Best Practices, Continuous Improvement, Decision Support, Establish Priorities, Government, Intelligence Community, Internet Security, Logistics, Mentoring, Network Security, Product Reviews, Product Support, Project/Program Management, Quality Assurance, Risk, Risk Management, Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), Surveillance, Team Lead/Manager, Team Player, Time Management, Top Secret Clearance
LOCATION
Chantilly, VA
POSTED
30+ days ago

Title:

Battlespace Awareness Operator - Senior

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.

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: Master's degree and 11 years of relevant experience with demonstrated expertise OR Bachelor's 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.

Basic Compensation:

$123,600 - $185,300

This range is for Colorado only.

The offered rate will be based on the selected candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities and/or experience and in consideration of internal parity.

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.

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 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 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 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.

About the Company

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KBR Inc

When you become part of the When you become part of the KBR team, your opportunities are endless. As a leading global technology, engineering, procurement and construction company serving the hydrocarbons and government services industries. For decades it has been the company that customers turn to for their most challenging assignments.

With operations in 40 countries, KBR has more than 25,000 people delivering services to customers in over 70 countries. Together they represent an unmatched reservoir of talent and experience in a wide range of markets.

Whatever the assignment, no matter how complex or demanding, KBR can marshal resources across every product line to respond quickly and effectively to changing markets and customer needs.

Whether it's providing the technology and consulting know-how to develop our customers' valuable assets; designing and constructing the infrastructure and facilities to develop energy resources in some of the world's more remote and challenging locations; providing support and services for men and women of their countries' armed forces; or navigating the intricacies of undertaking major projects in geopolitically or culturally sensitive environments, our clients depend on KBR because they know that We Deliver.

Join us and you'll be part of a dynamic, elite team of professionals who understand what it takes to get a job done and has the experience, knowledge and determination to succeed.”

COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Construction - Industrial Facilities and Infrastructure
FOUNDED
1998
WEBSITE
https://www.kbr.com/en