Contract Specialist

US Office of the Secretary of Defense; Washington (District of Columbia); Presencial; USD 100.000 - 140.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

The United States Office of the Secretary of Defense invites applications for a leadership role in contracting related to IT/AI initiatives in the defense sector. This position requires applying advanced IT/AI principles and a strong grasp of IP, cybersecurity, and supply-chain risk management within defense programs.

Qualified applicants will have a bachelor's degree with the specified 24 semester hours; exemptions apply for certain DoD employees or military members.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree with 24 semester hours in accounting, business, finance, law contracts, purchasing, economics, or related fields.
• Exemption available for certain DoD employees or armed forces members with qualifying service.
• All qualifications must be met by the closing date; resume limited to two pages.
• Active duty/service member certification requirements if applicable.

Responsabilidades

• Apply advanced IT/AI principles to review IT systems acquisition strategies.
• Understand IP laws, AI/software acquisition, cybersecurity standards, and SCRM in defense.
• Develop and execute portfolio contracting strategies aligned with funding, schedules and sustainment.
• Perform contracting officer and agreements officer functions from planning to termination.

Conocimientos

Advanced IT/AI principles

Intellectual property laws

Cybersecurity standards

Supply-chain risk management

Contracting strategy development

Contracting Officer functions

Educación

Bachelor's degree with 24 semester hours in business-related fields

Descripción del empleo

This position is in the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research & Engineering (OUSW(R&E), specifically in the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO).

In order to qualify for this position

you must meet the requirements described below.

Applicants must meet the BASIC EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS as follows:

A bachelor's degree from an accredited educational institution authorized to grant baccalaureate degrees AND have at least 24 semester hours in any combination of the following fields: accounting, business, finance, law contracts, purchasing, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, or organization and management (This requirement can be obtained within the degree or in addition to the degree.)

Exemption

You are exempt from the education requirements above if (A) you are a current DoD employee, in any occupational series, who has served on or before September 30, 2000, as follows: (1) Served as a GS/equivalent-1102 position or contracting officer position with authority to award or administer contracts above the Simplified Acquisition Threshold in any Federal agency, OR (2) served as a military member in a comparable military occupational specialty; OR (B) you are a current member of the armed forces who occupied a position within an occupational specialty similar to the GS-1102 series on or before September 30, 2000.

https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1100/contracting-series-1102/

You may qualify at the NH-3 (GS-12/13) level, if you fulfill the following qualification requirement:

• Applying advanced IT/AI principles, concepts, methods, standards, and practices sufficient to review and evaluate assigned IT systems program's acquisition strategies.


• Applying and understanding of intellectual property (IP) laws, software and artificial intelligence (AI) acquisition, cybersecurity standards, and supply-chain risk management (SCRM) within defense systems.


• Developing and executing comprehensive portfolio contracting strategies that align business structures with program urgency, funding profiles, schedules, and sustainment plans.


• Performing Contracting Officer and Agreements Officer functions, spanning planning, market research, solicitation, evaluation, complex negotiations, award, administration, dispute resolution, and termination.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

All qualifications and education requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement and clearly documented in your resume. Your resume may not exceed two (2) pages.

For qualifications determinations, it is recommended that applicants include their months and hours worked per week for each employment listed on their resume. If a determination is not able to be made about the duration of your creditable experience for qualification requirements, you will be removed from consideration.

Read more about what should I include in my federal resume at https://help.usajobs.gov/faq/application/documents/resume/what-to-include

ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE MEMBERS

Federal agencies treat active duty service member as veterans, disabled veterans, and preference eligible, when they submit, as part of their application package, a \"certification\" of active service in lieu of a DD-214, indicating the service member is otherwise eligible and will be discharged or released within 120 days from the date of submission.. A \"certification\" letter should be on letterhead of the appropriate military branch of the service and contain (1) the military service dates including the expected discharge or release date; and (2) the character of service. This \"certification\" must include your rank, dates of active duty service, type of discharge and character of service (i.e. honorable), and date any terminal leave will begin. It must be signed by, or by direction of, the adjutant, personnel officer, or commander of your unit or higher headquarters. Active duty members that fail to provide a valid \"certification\" of service with their initial application will be found \"not eligible\". Members may be appointed before the effective date of their military retirement/separation if they are on terminal leave.