Acquisition Operations Specialist

LMI Consulting, LLC; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 148,000 - 256,000; Full time

Job summary

LMI Consulting, LLC seeks an Acquisition Operations Specialist to synchronize procurement, contracting, fielding, and sustainment actions for autonomous systems and emerging technologies. The role translates operational demand into executable acquisition packages and coordinates government and industry stakeholders, ensuring audit-ready documentation from requirement identification through delivery.

The ideal candidate has DoD acquisition experience, maintains procedural discipline, and is ready

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in acquisition, contracting, business administration, supply chain management, engineering, operations, or related field; or equivalent education and experience.
• Four or more years of DoD acquisition, procurement, contracting support, program operations, requirements development, or related fields.
• Active TS/SCI clearance.
• Working knowledge of FAR, DFARS, acquisition planning, market research, requirements documentation, and contract execution processes.
• Experience preparing acquisition packages, statements of work, performance work statements, independent government cost estimates, market research, or other procurement documentation.
• Experience coordinating acquisition actions across government program, contracting, operational, technical, logistics, security, and industry stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple procurement actions, deadlines, dependencies, and approval requirements.
• Strong research, writing, documentation, briefing, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, and acquisition tracking tools.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment and protect procurement-sensitive and proprietary information.

Responsibilities

• Translate operational requirements and sustainment demand into acquisition objectives, procurement packages, and supporting documentation.
• Conduct market research, vendor discovery, capability comparisons, and procurement planning.
• Coordinate acquisition actions across government and industry stakeholders.
• Maintain integrated acquisition schedules, action trackers, and risk logs.
• Support use of rapid acquisition pathways and other authorized mechanisms.
• Align procurement quantities, delivery schedules, training, data, warranties, and spares with sustainment plans.
• Prepare acquisition strategies, approval packages, and briefing materials.
• Coordinate vendor engagements and technical exchanges with integrity and IC considerations.
• Support evaluation of solutions for mission relevance, maturity, compliance, delivery risk, and integration.
• Track actions from requirement validation to award, delivery, acceptance, and fielding.
• Identify barriers and recommend compliant actions to reduce cycle times.
• Maintain organized, review-ready acquisition records.

Skills

Research

Writing

Documentation

Briefing

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in acquisition/related field

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Teams

SharePoint

Acquisition tracking tools

Job description

Overview

LMI seeks an Acquisition Operations Specialist to support a Department of War mission partner synchronize procurement, contracting, fielding, and sustainment actions for autonomous systems and related emerging technologies. The specialist translates operational demand into executable acquisition packages, coordinates government and industry stakeholders, and maintains visibility from requirement identification through delivery and fielding. The ideal candidate understands rapid capability acquisition and advances complex actions while maintaining procedural discipline and audit-ready documentation.

LMI is a new breed of digital solutions provider dedicated to accelerating government impact with innovation and speed. Investing in technology and prototypes ahead of need, LMI brings commercial-grade platforms and mission-ready AI to federal agencies at commercial speed.

Leveraging our mission-ready technology and solutions, proven expertise in federal deployment, and strategic relationships, we enhance outcomes for the government efficiently and effectively. With a focus on agility and collaboration, LMI serves the defense, space, healthcare, and energy sectors, helping agencies navigate complexity and outpace change. Headquartered in Tysons, Virginia, LMI is committed to delivering impactful results that strengthen missions and drive lasting value.

This position requires on-site support in Tampa, Florida and an active Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearance. The position requires periodic travel to supported commands, operational units, exercises, test events, and industry locations.

Responsibilities

• Translate operational requirements and sustainment demand into clear acquisition objectives, procurement packages, statements of work, performance requirements, and supporting documentation.
• Conduct and document market research, vendor discovery, capability comparisons, acquisition pathway analysis, and procurement planning.
• Coordinate acquisition actions across operational users, requirements personnel, contracting officers, program managers, logisticians, security personnel, legal advisors, financial stakeholders, and industry partners.
• Maintain integrated acquisition schedules, action trackers, decision logs, procurement status, delivery milestones, risks, and dependencies.
• Support use of appropriate acquisition pathways, including existing contracts, task orders, Other Transaction Authority, Small Business Innovation Research Phase III, Commercial Solutions Openings, and other approved rapid mechanisms.
• Align procurement quantities, delivery schedules, training, technical data, warranties, spares, field support, and property requirements with sustainment plans.
• Prepare acquisition strategies, approval packages, independent research, briefing materials, and responses to leadership or contracting questions.
• Coordinate vendor engagements and technical exchanges in accordance with procurement integrity and organizational conflict-of-interest requirements.
• Support evaluation of proposed solutions for mission relevance, technical maturity, compliance, delivery risk, supportability, and integration requirements.
• Track actions from requirement validation through award, delivery, acceptance, property accountability, and operational fielding.
• Identify acquisition barriers and recommend compliant courses of action that reduce cycle time and improve delivery predictability.
• Maintain accurate, organized, and review-ready acquisition records.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in acquisition, contracting, business administration, supply chain management, engineering, operations, or a related field, or equivalent education and experience.
• Four or more years of experience in Department of Defense acquisition, procurement, contracting support, program operations, requirements development, or a closely related field.
• Active TS/SCI clearance.
• Working knowledge of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement, acquisition planning, market research, requirements documentation, and contract execution processes.
• Experience preparing acquisition packages, statements of work, performance work statements, independent government cost estimates, market research, or other procurement documentation.
• Experience coordinating acquisition actions across government program, contracting, operational, technical, logistics, security, and industry stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple procurement actions, deadlines, dependencies, and approval requirements simultaneously.
• Strong research, writing, documentation, briefing, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, and acquisition tracking tools.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment and protect procurement-sensitive and proprietary information.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience supporting a combatant command acquisition organization, a combatant command, or a Service acquisition organization.
• Experience acquiring uncrewed systems, robotics, software, sensors, communications equipment, or other emerging technology.
• Experience with rapid acquisition pathways, non-traditional defense contractors, prototyping, demonstrations, and transition to production.
• Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act, Federal Acquisition Certification, Project Management Professional, or related certification.

The target salary range for this position is $148,301 - $255,653.

The salary range displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is not a guarantee of compensation. Individual salaries are determined by various factors including, but not limited to location, internal equity, business considerations, client contract requirements, and candidate qualifications, such as education, experience, skills, and security clearances.

Job Locations

US-FL-Tampa

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