Enterprise Crypto Security Engineer

As an Enterprise Crypto Security Engineer at KBR, you will provide technical expertise in the development, integration, and delivery of space and ground cryptographic systems for the United States Space Force's Space Systems Command. You will lead spacecraft cryptographic unit trade studies, oversee technical design and delivery of encryption units, manage testing activities, and mentor junior to mid-level engineers in a highly collaborative environment supporting the nation's most critical national security missions.

What you'll do

• Provide 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
• Lead spacecraft cryptographic unit trade studies, evaluating candidate solutions against requirements, interface constraints, environmental considerations, performance criteria, and testability, and deliver clear, data-driven recommendations to program leadership and customers
• Oversee the technical design, interface definition, development, and delivery of encryption units, including hardware and firmware, ensuring compatibility with subsystems and compliance with mission, cybersecurity, and interface standards
• Manage technical design, interface definition, development, and delivery of encryption units for ground systems, ensuring proper integration with mission operations and secure architectures
• Support and oversee all testing activities for encryption units including dry runs and SVT, ensuring successful completion of verification and validation campaigns by developing or reviewing test plans, procedures, and reports, and participating in TRRs, dry runs, SVTs, and CDRL reviews
• Provide supplemental support for Protected Key Management Architecture (PKMA) including secure key management processes, documentation, and architecture alignment
• Build and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with government customers, contractors, subcontractors, and FFRDC partners, and represent the crypto engineering function in design reviews, technical interchange meetings, and program-level forums
• Lead and mentor junior to mid-level engineers, including task assignment, technical reviews, and professional development
• Oversee crypto lifecycle management and manage technical scope, priorities, and dependencies for cryptographic tasks within program schedules and constraints
• Establish and enforce cryptographic standards and best practices across programs and platforms

What you bring

• An active TS/SCI security clearance
• A Bachelor's degree
• Understanding of systems engineering throughout the system lifecycle phases of concept, development, production, operations, and sustainment
• 7+ years of experience with systems engineering, which may include crypto, cyber security, requirements development, verification, integration, and test
• 7+ years of experience with crypto, NSA certification processes, and key management processes
• 5+ years of experience with military, DoD, or Intelligence Community space and ground systems
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office products such as Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Strong oral and written communication and presentation skills, with the ability to author final-version deliverable technical documents and reports

Nice to have

• A Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as engineering, mathematics, physics, information systems, information technology, or computer science
• A Master's degree in a technical field such as engineering, mathematics, physics, information systems, information technology, or computer science
• Familiarity with Jira and Confluence
• Experience with NSA's Key Management Infrastructure (KMI)
• Experience with HAIPEs and cross-domain solutions (CDS)
• Certifications such as CISSP, SANS, CEH, INCOSE CSEP or ESEP, or OCSMP (MBSE)

What we offer

• Basic compensation of $149,400-$186,700 in El Segundo, CA or $136,400-$170,500 in Colorado Springs, CO, based on knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Life insurance and AD&D
• Flexible spending account and disability benefits
• Paid time off and flexible work schedule options
• Professional training and development to support career advancement
• On-site work in El Segundo, CA or Colorado Springs, CO with approximately monthly travel

About KBR

KBR's National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to customers in the intelligence and national security communities. The company delivers systems engineering, integration, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT, and cybersecurity solutions for defense and national security programs.