Operational Contract Support / Acquisition Analyst

The Logistics Company; Sumter (SC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Logistics Company in Sumter, SC seeks an Operational Contract Support / Acquisition Analyst to support USARCENT G4 mission with contract-portfolio management and analysis.

Five+ years of DoD acquisition or related experience is preferred; strong analytical writing and FAR/DFARS knowledge are required. The role involves developing requirement packages, tracking actions, and enabling decision-ready visibility for government leaders.

Qualifications

• Five+ years of DoD acquisition, contracting support, or requirements development.
• Experience preparing or reviewing acquisition requirement packages, PWS, market research, or trackers.
• Strong written communication, document quality review, and stakeholder coordination.
• Knowledge of FAR/DFARS and Army processes for contractor support.

Responsibilities

• Receive, analyze, and document operational or sustainment requirements; clarify mission need, outcomes, and constraints.
• Support development and quality review of acquisition planning documents and market research inputs.
• Verify that requirement packages are complete, traceable, and ready for government review.
• Integrate contracted support into planning by identifying dependencies and access requirements.
• Maintain command contract-portfolio visibility: status, milestones, funding, and deliverables.
• Analyze portfolio data to identify gaps, conflicts, and risks; propose options.
• Coordinate with requiring activities, planners, logisticians, legal, CORs, and contracting personnel.
• Prepare decision papers, staff summaries, briefings, and data-call responses.
• Track government decisions through closure and maintain audit-ready records.

Skills

DoD acquisition

Acquisition analysis

Requirements development

Contract management

Analytical writing

Portfolio visibility

Job description

Equal Opportunity Employer(minorities/females/veterans/individuals with disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity)

The Logistics Company

Operational Contract Support / Acquisition Analyst

Requisition Code: 26-SHAWAF-008

Open Date: 8/19/2026

Status: Prospect Project

Work Location: HQ USARCENT, Shaw AFB, SC

Job Description:

Position Summary

Support the USARCENT G4 mission in operational contract support, acquisition analysis, contract integration, and command contract-portfolio management. The specialist turns operational and sustainment needs into traceable requirement packages and gives Government leaders decision-ready visibility into contract actions, dependencies, cost, schedule, performance, and mission risk.

Requirement-Specific Scope of Work

Receive, analyze, and document operational or sustainment requirements; clarify the mission need, required outcome, customer, delivery location, period of performance, constraints, dependencies, and acceptance approach.

Support development and quality review of acquisition-planning and requirement documents, including scopes or performance work statements, market-research inputs, cost-estimate support, funding and approval artifacts, evaluation-support material, and action trackers as assigned.

Verify that requirement packages are complete, internally consistent, traceable to the supported mission, and ready for Government review before submission to contracting or resource-management personnel.

Integrate contracted support into operational and sustainment planning by identifying Government-furnished support, access, security, deployment, logistics, schedule, and transition dependencies.

Maintain command contract-portfolio visibility for assigned actions, including status, milestones, period of performance, funding, deliverables, performance concerns, decisions, responsible parties, and follow-on or bridge-action risks.

Analyze portfolio data to identify duplicative effort, coverage gaps, expiring support, schedule conflicts, cost or funding pressure, and performance risks; develop options for Government consideration.

Coordinate with requiring activities, planners, logisticians, resource managers, legal counsel, CORs, contracting personnel, and other stakeholders to resolve packa

Prepare decision papers, staff summaries, briefings, data-call responses, review materials, meeting records, and executive-level contract-status products.

Track Government decisions and assigned actions through closure and preserve the documentation needed for continuity, audit support, and portfolio reviews.

Provide analysis and recommendations without obligating funds, changing contract terms, directing contractor personnel, representing contracting authority, or performing other inherently governmental functions.

Government-Stated Conditions

Must possess and maintain a Secret clearance. The Government recommends an active clearance at hire.

Must be able to obtain and maintain a Common Access Card, installation access, and required Government system/network access; performance cannot begin while required access is pending.

Must read, write, speak, and understand English and maintain professional conduct and appearance.

Must use Government-furnished equipment and authorized systems for performance; unauthorized personal devices or removable media are prohibited on Government networks.

Must complete required security, cyber/IA, OPSEC, antiterrorism, iWATCH, and local training. Possible CONUS or OCONUS travel may be designated after award.

Requirements:

Five or more years of DoD acquisition, contracting support, requirements development, operational contract support, or contract-management experience.

Experience preparing or reviewing acquisition requirement packages, performance work statements, independent estimates, market research, or contract-action trackers.

Working knowledge of the FAR/DFARS and Army acquisition processes appropriate to a contractor support role.

Strong analytical writing, document-quality review, schedule control, and stakeholder-coordination skills.

DAWIA, FAC-C, CFCM, CPCM, or related acquisition training/certification is preferred but is not stated as a Government requirement.

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