Acquisition Specialist (Lifecycle Acquisition-Senior) Job #692

Position Title: Acquisition Specialist (Lifecycle Acquisition-Senior)
Location: Springfield, VA
Clearance Required: Top Secret/SCI

Overall Assignment Description:

• Functions as the advisor for the Government Technical Point of Contact (POC) and the Program Office.
• Provide contractual and financial knowledge and assistance to the program offices.

Duties include:

• Review contractor engineering change proposals and provide reviews to the program office.
• Coordinate cost estimates and performance work statement updates for the program offices, Agency finance, the appropriate project teams, and the Office of Contracting Services.
• Attending monthly Program Management Review Boards and Budget Management review Boards.
• Support development of acquisition documents, to include Source Selection Plans, Acquisition Plans, and budget documents.
• Assist in tracking and managing contract deliverables, to include the contract funding status reports (CFSRs), and invoices.
• Assisting in managing the program funds. Tracking spending, earned value, and routing funding documents.
• Maintain the business office artifacts using MS Excel and PowerPoint.
• Identify technical issues and communicate impacts.

Skills and Experience:

Required:

• 12 years' overall experience
• 8 years' experience for each requirement that uses the word "specialized"
• Demonstrated specialized experience with:
• Acquisition documentation and principals: contracting, contracting documents, the FAR, the contracting process, Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs), Performance Work Statements (PWSs), the acquisition process and lifecycle management.
• Budgeting and funding basics, such as, fiscal years, appropriations, and IC or DoD budgeting process.
• Bachelor's degree in Business or Business related field, or equivalent work experience.

Desired:

• Master's degree in a business related field.
• Demonstrated understanding with/of:
  • IC or DoD systems architecture and engineering.
  • Program management experience in terms of cost, schedule, performance, and risk.
  • Agency Mission and acquisition process.
  • Agency Configuration Management (CM) process.
  • Source Selection process.