Acquisition Operations Lead — Rapid Defense Solutions (TS/SCI)

LMI Government Consulting; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 163,000 - 181,000; Full time

Job summary

LMI Government Consulting seeks an Acquisition Operations Specialist to synchronize procurement, contracting, fielding, and sustainment actions for autonomous systems and related emerging technologies in a DoD mission partner context. This on-site Tampa role requires an active TS/SCI clearance and periodic travel to supported commands.

You will translate operational demand into executable acquisition packages, coordinate multiple stakeholders, and maintain audit-ready documentation from

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in acquisition, contracting, business administration, supply chain, engineering, operations, or related field.
• Four+ years of DoD acquisition, procurement, contracting support, or related experience.
• Active TS/SCI clearance required.
• Working knowledge of FAR/DFARS, acquisition planning, market research, and contract execution.
• Experience preparing acquisition packages and related documents.
• Experience coordinating actions across government and industry stakeholders.
• Strong research, writing, documentation, briefing, and stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Translate requirements into acquisition objectives, procurement packages, and performance requirements.
• Conduct market research, vendor discovery, capability comparisons, and planning.
• Coordinate actions across government and industry stakeholders.
• Maintain integrated acquisition schedules, trackers, and logs.
• Support use of rapid acquisition pathways and approved mechanisms.
• Align procurement with sustainment plans including training and warranties.
• Prepare acquisition strategies, briefing materials, and responses to leadership questions.
• Coordinate vendor engagements while upholding procurement integrity.
• Evaluate proposed solutions for mission relevance, maturity, and risk.
• Track actions from validation through award, delivery, and fielding.
• Identify barriers and recommend compliant, faster paths to delivery.
• Maintain accurate, review-ready acquisition records.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Research & writing

Briefing

Documentation

Multitask management

Education

Bachelor's degree in acquisition/related field

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Teams

SharePoint

Acquisition tracking tools

Job description

LMI Government Consulting seeks an Acquisition Operations Specialist to synchronize procurement, contracting, fielding, and sustainment actions for autonomous systems and related emerging technologies in a DoD mission partner context. This on-site Tampa role requires an active TS/SCI clearance and periodic travel to supported commands.

You will translate operational demand into executable acquisition packages, coordinate multiple stakeholders, and maintain audit-ready documentation from