Contract Specialist

CACI International; United States; Remote; USD 82,000 - 172,000; Full time

Job summary

CACI International seeks a Contract Specialist to support the FDIC acquisition team by reviewing packages, ensuring compliance, and guiding procurement decisions with COs, program offices, and legal counsel. You’ll coordinate across the DIT and client groups to ensure timely pre-award support and effective acquisition management.

The role requires seven years in federal contracting, a business-related bachelor’s degree, and DAWIA Level II certification.

Qualifications

• Seven years of federal contract experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in a business-related field.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust.
• Experience with FAR and non-FAR environments.
• DAWIA Level II contracting certification.

Responsibilities

• Support COs in reviewing acquisition packages for completeness, accuracy, compliance, and overall acquisition strategy.
• Bridge coordination gaps between the acquisition section and the DIT team—as well as other client groups—to ensure timely and adequate pre-award and pre-requisite support.
• Support workload distribution, prioritization, tracking, and overall portfolio management.
• Maintain visibility into acquisition milestones, risks, dependencies, and upcoming actions across the portfolio.
• Conduct proactive engagements with COs, ASB Policy, program offices, clients, legal counsel, and other stakeholders to resolve issues and advance requirements.
• Support the TEP process, including planning, coordination, documentation, training, and compliance with applicable procedures.
• Assist COs with drafting, reviewing, and refining major acquisition documents, including acquisition plans, solicitations, statements of work, performance work statements, evaluation plans, negotiation memoranda, and award documents.
• Review requirements and acquisition strategies to identify potential risks, gaps, ambiguities, and opportunities for improved competition, performance, and pricing.
• Provide quality assurance reviews of acquisition documentation before submission for review or approval.
• Assist in coordinating responses to policy, legal, oversight, and management inquiries.
• Support the development and maintenance of acquisition schedules, milestone trackers, dashboards, and management briefings.
• Help identify and elevate acquisition risks, including schedule delays, funding issues, requirements instability, data gaps, and stakeholder dependencies.
• Facilitate collaboration among program offices, technical teams, budget and finance personnel, legal staff, policy offices, and contracting personnel.
• Support market research, industry engagement, and the development of acquisition approaches for complex or high-dollar IT requirements.
• Assist with post-award transition activities, including contract kick-off meetings, transition planning, and coordination between the acquisition and technical teams.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives, lessons-learned activities, templates, tools, and standard operating procedures.
• Provide mentoring, guidance, and knowledge-sharing to acquisition staff and stakeholders.
• Perform other acquisition-related support duties and special projects as assigned.

Skills

Federal acquisition experience

Contracting knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business-related field

DAWIA Level II Certification in Contracting

Job description

Job Title: Contract Specialist

Job Category: ConsultingTime Type: Full timeMinimum Clearance Required to Start: NoneEmployee Type: RegularPercentage of Travel Required: NoneType of Travel: None

The Opportunity:

Join a mission‑driven acquisition team supporting the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). In this role, you will help strengthen the agency’s ability to procure critical IT and program support services that safeguard the nation’s financial system. You’ll collaborate with Contracting Officers (CO), program stakeholders, and technical teams to enhance acquisition strategy, ensure documentation quality, and support informed, compliant procurement decisions. If you have deep experience in federal acquisition—either as a government contracting professional or as a contractor supporting federal procurement—this is an opportunity to contribute to work that directly supports the stability and resilience of the U.S. banking system.

Responsibilities:

You will:

• Support COs in reviewing acquisition packages for completeness, accuracy, compliance, and overall acquisition strategy.
• Bridge coordination gaps between the acquisition section and the DIT team—as well as other client groups—to ensure timely and adequate pre‑award and pre‑requisite support.
• Support workload distribution, prioritization, tracking, and overall portfolio management.
• Maintain visibility into acquisition milestones, risks, dependencies, and upcoming actions across the portfolio.
• Conduct proactive engagements with COs, ASB Policy, program offices, clients, legal counsel, and other stakeholders to resolve issues and advance requirements.
• Support the TEP process, including planning, coordination, documentation, training, and compliance with applicable procedures.
• Assist COs with drafting, reviewing, and refining major acquisition documents, including acquisition plans, solicitations, statements of work, performance work statements, evaluation plans, negotiation memoranda, and award documents.
• Review requirements and acquisition strategies to identify potential risks, gaps, ambiguities, and opportunities for improved competition, performance, and pricing.
• Provide quality assurance reviews of acquisition documentation before submission for review or approval.
• Assist in coordinating responses to policy, legal, oversight, and management inquiries.
• Support the development and maintenance of acquisition schedules, milestone trackers, dashboards, and management briefings.
• Help identify and elevate acquisition risks, including schedule delays, funding issues, requirements instability, data gaps, and stakeholder dependencies.
• Facilitate collaboration among program offices, technical teams, budget and finance personnel, legal staff, policy offices, and contracting personnel.
• Support market research, industry engagement, and the development of acquisition approaches for complex or high‑dollar IT requirements.
• Assist with post‑award transition activities, including contract kick‑off meetings, transition planning, and coordination between the acquisition and technical teams.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives, lessons‑learned activities, templates, tools, and standard operating procedures.
• Provide mentoring, guidance, and knowledge‑sharing to acquisition staff and stakeholders.
• Perform other acquisition‑related support duties and special projects as assigned.

Qualifications:

Required:

• Seven (7) years of experience as a Contract Specialist or Contracting Officer in the Federal Government or military, or equivalent contractor experience performing federal acquisition functions.
• Bachelor’s degree in a business‑related field.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust (background investigation)
• Experience working with both FAR and non‑FAR acquisition environments.
• DAWIA Level II certification in Contracting, or the current equivalent certification

What You Can Expect:

A culture of integrity.

At CACI, we place character and innovation at the center of everything we do. As a valued team member, you’ll be part of a high-performing group dedicated to our customer’s missions and driven by a higher purpose – to ensure the safety of our nation.

An environment of trust.

CACI values the unique contributions that every employee brings to our company and our customers - every day. You’ll have the autonomy to take the time you need through a unique flexible time off benefit and have access to robust learning resources to make your ambitions a reality.

A focus on continuous growth.

Together, we will advance our nation's most critical missions, build on our lengthy track record of business success, and find opportunities to break new ground — in your career and in our legacy.

Pay Range

There are a host of factors that can influence final salary including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications. Our employees value the flexibility at CACI that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives. We offer competitive compensation, benefits and learning and development opportunities. Our broad and competitive mix of benefits options is designed to support and protect employees and their families. At CACI, you will receive comprehensive benefits such as; healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education, and time off benefits.

Since this position can be worked in more than one location, the range shown is the national average for the position.

The proposed salary range for this position is:

$82,100-$172,400

CACI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected characteristic.