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Senior Desk Officer - Research and Development

Location Quantico, Virginia Category Logistics & Government Services Job Type Full time Job Id R2108303 Posted Date 06/24/2025
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Senior Desk Officer - Research and Development

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.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop and implement CI programs: Provides subject matter expert (SME) for the support and development of customer policies
  • Strategic Planning: Expert level knowledge of strategic planning and policy support experience in the development, evaluation, and coordination of implementing plans, policies, doctrine and programs within AOR
  • Research and Development: Specializes in research, development and acquisition (RDA) intelligence supply chain risk management, and technology protection
  • Manage interagency operations: High priority implementation and planning efforts involving joint, interagency and cyber based operations and investigations
  • Oversee Functional Management: Provide expert support for functional and contextual guidance in the implementation of various intelligence disciplines
  • Recommend proactive initiatives: Propose and support proactive investigative initiatives across the intelligence community
  • Support full-spectrum CI operations: Relevant experience in terminologies, methodologies, and IC level research and analytical techniques as applied to highly complex assignments
  • Multidiscipline Intelligence Processes: Researches, collects, reviews, interprets, evaluates, and integrates data from cryptology, IEW, SIGNIT, IMINT, HUMINT, MASINT, and All-Source Analysis

Work Environment:

  • Location: On-site
  • Travel Requirements: Minimal
  • Working Hours: Standard

Qualifications:

Required:

  • Security Clearance: Active TS/SCI
  • Education: Bachelor’s Degree
  • Experience: Minimum of 10 years of subject matter expert experience in providing strategic planning and policy support experience in the development, evaluation, and coordinated implantation of strategic plans, policies, doctrine and programs throughout the AOR
  • Communication and leadership: Demonstrated excellence in oral and written communication, conflict resolution, and performance under pressure
  • CI systems and tools: Experience with CI databases for recordkeeping and data mining
  • Subject matter expertise: Demonstrated and relevant SME experience supporting the development of policies, via analyses and recommendations for high priority implementation and planning
  • Program leadership: Proven experience developing, guiding, and managing complex CI programs at a national level
  • Interagency coordination: Strong track record of interagency liaison within the U.S. Intelligence Community
  • Technical proficiency: Functional computer literacy and proficiency in common computer and network applications
  • CI program knowledge: Comprehensive understanding of the full spectrum of CI activities and program development

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.

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.

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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.

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