Acquisition Specialist (Lifecycle Acquisition- Senior)

RTI Consulting, LLC; Springfield (VA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A consulting firm in Virginia is seeking a qualified advisor for a government program. The role requires expertise in acquisition documentation, active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph, and strong program management skills. Key duties include supporting contract reviews, coordinating updates, and assisting with budget management. This position offers a chance to work closely with government stakeholders and shape project success.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph required.
• Understanding of the CUSTOMER Configuration Management (CM) process.
• Demonstrated specialized experience with the contracting process including FAR.

Responsibilities

• Advise Government Technical Point of Contact and the Program Office.
• Provide contractual and financial knowledge to CUSTOMER program offices.
• Review contractor engineering change proposals.

Skills

Acquisition documentation

Budgeting and funding basics

Understanding of IC or DoD systems

Program management

Source Selection process

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business or related field

Master’s degree in a business-related field

Tools

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Clearance Required: Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.

Skills and Experience:

Required:

• 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.
• Demonstrated specialized experience with 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.
• Master’s degree in a business-related field.
• Demonstrated understanding with IC or DoD systems architecture and engineering.
• Demonstrated specialized program management experience in terms of cost, schedule, performance, and risk.
• Demonstrated understanding of CUSTOMER Mission and acquisition process.
• Demonstrated understanding of CUSTOMER Configuration Management (CM) process.
• Demonstrated specialized experience with the Source Selection process.

Job Description:

• Functions as the advisor for the Government Technical Point of Contact (POC) and the Program Office.
• Provides contractual and financial knowledge and assistance to the CUSTOMER 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 CUSTOMER program offices, CUSTOMER 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 CUSTOMER business office artifacts using MS Excel and PowerPoint.
• Identify technical issues and communicate impacts.

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