Acquisition Program Specialist

Astrion; Robins Air Force Base (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Astrion is seeking a Senior Acquisition Program Specialist to support the AMRAAM program within the Weapons Superiority Division at Robins AFB, GA.

The role requires U.S. citizenship and an active SECRET clearance, with extensive experience in defense acquisition practices, contract management, and program planning to ensure timely, compliant weapon system delivery. The position emphasizes development of program plans, risk management, and adherence to DoD and AF acquisition regulations.

Qualifications

• Associates + 15 yrs RE or Bachelors IRD + 10 yrs RE or Masters IRD +7 yrs RE.
• U.S. Citizenship required
• Active SECRET clearance required prior to start

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage program plans, risk management processes, and actions for streamlined operations.
• Maintain conformed copies of contracts within organizational responsibility, including modifications, schedules, funding profiles, and CLIN indexes.
• Support development of draft RFPs including system specs, SRDs, SOOs, SOWs, CDRLs, and other RFP products.
• Advise and assist with source selection simulations and cost-benefit assessments to determine optimal acquisition strategy.
• Assist with planning and management of product baseline configurations per MIL-HDBK-67 and ANSI/EIA-649.
• Perform economic, budget, and financial analyses including obligations and expenditure forecasting.
• Prepare briefings and decision support information.

Skills

Acquisition experience

Citizenship

Security clearance

Education

IRD certifications (Associates/Bachelors/Masters)

Tools

Excel

Job description

Overview

Acquisition Program Specialist, SeniorLOCATION: Robins AFB, GAJOB STATUS: Full-timeCLEARANCE: SecretCERTIFICATION: Associates, Bachelors or Masters IRDTRAVEL: 5%

Astrion has an exciting opportunity for a Program Specialist, Senior in the AMRAAM program supporting the Weapons Superiority Division at Robins AFB, GA.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS

• Associates + 15 yrs RE or Bachelors IRD + 10 yrs RE or Masters IRD +7 yrs RE.
• U.S. Citizenship required
• Active SECRET clearance required prior to start

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS

• Previous experience with weapons systems, weapons or missiles.
• Apply a full range of acquisition program management philosophy, policies, and procedures, to perform a wide range of acquisition management activities in support of the existing and future Weapons Superiority Division AMRAAM programs.
• Understand current DoD and AF-specific acquisition regulations, guidelines, and processes.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop and manage program plans, risk management processes and program courses of action for streamlined operations and processes.
• Maintain conformed copies of contracts within organizational responsibility; including the preparation, maintenance, and posting of each contract, to include contract modifications, schedules, funding profiles, and Contract Line-Item Number (CLIN) indexes; monitor weapon system contractor production status; project status of deliverables; and establish and maintain database(s) to track incoming and outgoing prime contractual letters for either Government or weapon system contractor response.
• Support development of draft Requests for Proposal (RFPs) including systems specifications, System Requirements Documents (SRD), Statement of Objectives (SOO), Statement of Work (SOW), Contract Data Requirements Lists (CDRL)s, and other RFP products.
• Advise and assist with development and administration of source selection simulations and cost benefit assessments to determine optimal capability and strategy to acquire intended weapon system; advise and assist with mock proposal development, conduct RFP risk assessments, prepare and coordinate responses to requests for information (RFI), and deliver training modules.
• Assist with the planning and management of product baseline configurations to include configuration identification, configuration control, configuration status accounting, and configuration verification and auditing, IAW military and industrial guidance (i.e. MIL-HDBK-67 and the American National Standards Institute/Electronic Industries Alliance standard ANSI/EIA-649).
• Perform economic, budget, and financial analyses to include obligations and expenditure forecasting; develop funds management, funding status, automated models, and control techniques.
• Prepare briefings and decision support information.