> Markdown version of [/jobs/ext/581848-principal-system-engineer-program-portfolio](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/jobs/ext/581848-principal-system-engineer-program-portfolio). Every page supports `.md` or `Accept: text/markdown`. Links point to the HTML versions so they work for humans too. Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Principal System Engineer/Program Portfolio... - **Company:** KBR Inc - **Location:** Bethesda, MD, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $148,900.0 - $223,400.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Computer Programming, Data Processing - **Published:** June 21, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/00000000ga08ay ## About the Role + Active TS/SCI with polygraph + Bachelor degree + 8 years of applicable experience is required, or a Master's degree + 6 years of applicable experience. Additional experience can be substituted for degree requirement . + Experience manipulating data to pull out pertinent information for intelligence products. + Experience coordinating with multiple community partners. + Experience with managing multiple time sensitive deliverables. + Strong communication skills are required in order to work with multiple organizations. ## Description KBR is looking for an experienced, results-oriented System Engineer/Program Portfolio Manager to join the team in Bethesda, Maryland. Position supports the customers' mission to manage and oversee prioritized IT investments established by the government. Work requires ensuring that portfolio activities are integrated with other activities across the IC IT and IE enterprises. It also will require contributing information to OMB and congressional inquiries and other reports and briefs., + Translate users' needs and capabilities into requirements and detailed technical options for government consideration. + Develop program assessment processes and methodologies. + Track, reporting key progress on, and analyzing cost, schedule, risk, and performance. + Monitor investment compliance. + Provide recommendations to improve integration and interoperability. + Develop program assessment processes ant methodologies to measure and report on portfolios' effectiveness. + Develop business cases, concepts of operations, and memoranda agreements. + Monitor, forecast, evaluate, and assess programmatic trends and relationships. + Develop and maintaining project plans and schedule, as well as integration and transition plans. + Conduct quality reviews of products and deliverables prior to release. + Develop data collection needs and collecting data to facilitate the Customer's decision on investments. + Develop performance goals and key milestones. + Develop schedules, monthly progress updates, changes to the schedule, resources applied, and work breakdown structures. + Provide input to integrated master schedules. + Monitor alignment with IC goals and objectives and key performance indicators. + Account for technology asset lifecycle costs and risks. + Predict and analyze time and cost outcomes. + Facilitate program management reviews and other interagency reviews, which may include organizing and managing logistical requirements for large meetings and forums. + Make recommendations to the Customer on improving business and enterprise oversight processes. + Assess and provide recommendations for aligning requirements to broader investment initiatives and ODNI and IC processes and timelines, to include the Intelligence Planning, Programing, Budget, and Evaluation (IPPBE) cycle. + Collect, monitor, and report on key performance indicators. + Conduct trend analysis. + Develop dashboards and reports to support government oversight and measures of performance of IC investments. + Develop maturity models, as well as plans of action and milestones. + Assist with the developing analysis of alternatives. + Identify and assess IC LE IT capability gaps. + Analyze costs, schedules, outputs, outcomes, performance, and risk. ## Related Videos - [Photonic Computing: Programming a New Class of AI Accelerators (incl. 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