Program Management/Purchase Request Specialist

Socket.dev; Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 81,000 - 99,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay and benefits

Education stipends

Referral bonuses

Strong emphasis on volunteer and civic

Opportunity to shape the future

Supportive management

Job summary

Ignite Digital enables national security agencies to accelerate decisions and elevate operational outcomes. This role provides business operations support to NIWC Atlantic's EIS Division FITE IPT as a specialist integrator.

The focus is on improving processes, supporting procurement tracking, and ensuring data integrity. Minimum qualifications include a Bachelor's degree and four years in government acquisition or business operations. Perks include competitive pay and education stipends.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, acquisition, contracting, public administration, or related field.
• Four or more years supporting government acquisition, contracts, procurement, program management, or business operations.
• Experience developing, coordinating, or reviewing procurement request packages or related contracting documentation.
• Familiarity with FAR, DFARS, DoD acquisition processes, Navy procurement processes, or federal service contracting requirements.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, SharePoint.
• Active Secret clearance or higher.

Responsibilities

• Provide business operations support across IPT functional areas.
• Lead process improvement initiatives.
• Work across finance, contracts, procurement, and program management.
• Maintain end-to-end data integrity within Microsoft Power Apps.
• Develop and maintain a common data architecture.
• Track procurement package status and milestones.
• Support development, coordination, review, and reporting of procurement requests.
• Provide professional communication across government and contractor teams.

Skills

Business operations support

Process improvement

Microsoft Power Apps

Data integrity

Procurement management

Cross-functional collaboration

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, acquisition

Tools

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Power Platform

Job description

Ignite Digital enables national security agencies to accelerate decisions, elevate operational outcomes and achieve the outsized performance only an inside partner can deliver.

We combine mission experience, domain knowledge and technology expertise with the things partners can only know by being there every day. When agencies need a combination of tech and touch, Ignite Digital creates outcome-driving partnerships and stands with agencies to accomplish mission objectives.

Ignite Digital accelerates capability to the speed of every mission, deploying intelligent solutions and AI integration for faster, better transformation. Ignite delivers partnership beyond presentations to inspire the confidence to lead in a digital-forward world.

Ignite Digital. The Edge from Within.

Perks of Working at Ignite Digital:

• Competitive pay and benefits, including PTO
• Education stipends and referral bonuses
• Compelling work with the U.S. federal government
• Strong emphasis on volunteer and community engagement
• Opportunity to shape the future of our industry
• Supportive colleagues and management who invest in your growth

This role provides comprehensive business operations support to NIWC Atlantic’s EIS Division FITE IPT. The specialist serves as a cross‑functional business operations integrator, collaborating across IPT leadership, Program Managers, Contracts, Finance, procurement personnel, and project leads. The focus is on improving organizational processes, strengthening data integrity, and supporting procurement‑related tracking to ensure clarity on actions, priorities, constraints, and performance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide business operations support across IPT functional areas and help identify operational gaps and improvement opportunities.
• Lead process improvement initiatives including problem identification, root cause analysis, solution development, deployment, and monitoring.
• Work across finance, contracts, procurement, and program management to maintain transparency of all IPT actions.
• Maintain end‑to‑end data integrity within Microsoft Power Apps; ensure accuracy and consistency of inputs from Contracts, Finance, and project teams.
• Develop and maintain a common data architecture to support rapid and accurate responses to data calls.
• Track procurement package status, action items, routing, comments, and milestone dates.
• Support development, coordination, review, and reporting of procurement requests, contract documentation, funding actions, and acquisition tasks.
• Provide professional communication across government and contractor teams to keep actions moving through the acquisition lifecycle.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to collect inputs and resolve procurement or funding deficiencies.
• Work closely with program managers, project leads, BFM personnel, contracting teams, and other stakeholders to ensure compliance and completeness of procurement packages.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, acquisition, contracting, public administration, or related field.
• Four or more years supporting government acquisition, contracts, procurement, program management, or business operations.
• Experience developing, coordinating, or reviewing procurement request packages or related contracting documentation.
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• Four or more years supporting government acquisition, contracts, procurement, program management, or business operations.
• Experience developing, coordinating, or reviewing procurement request packages or related contracting documentation.
• Familiarity with FAR, DFARS, DoD acquisition processes, Navy procurement processes, or federal service contracting requirements.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, SharePoint).
• Active Secret clearance or higher.
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Ignite Digital enables national security agencies to accelerate decisions, elevate operational outcomes and achieve the outsized performance only an inside partner can deliver.

We combine mission experience, domain knowledge and technology expertise with the things partners can only know by being there every day. When agencies need a combination of tech and touch, Ignite Digital creates outcome-driving partnerships and stands with agencies to accomplish mission objectives.

Ignite Digital accelerates capability to the speed of every mission, deploying intelligent solutions and AI integration for faster, better transformation. Ignite delivers partnership beyond presentations to inspire the confidence to lead in a digital-forward world.

Ignite Digital. The Edge from Within.

Perks of Working at Ignite Digital:

• Competitive pay and benefits, including PTO
• Education stipends and referral bonuses
• Compelling work with the U.S. federal government
• Strong emphasis on volunteer and community engagement
• Opportunity to shape the future of our industry
• Supportive colleagues and management who invest in your growth

This role provides comprehensive business operations support to NIWC Atlantic’s EIS Division FITE IPT. The specialist serves as a cross‑functional business operations integrator, collaborating across IPT leadership, Program Managers, Contracts, Finance, procurement personnel, and project leads. The focus is on improving organizational processes, strengthening data integrity, and supporting procurement‑related tracking to ensure clarity on actions, priorities, constraints, and performance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide business operations support across IPT functional areas and help identify operational gaps and improvement opportunities.
• Lead process improvement initiatives including problem identification, root cause analysis, solution development, deployment, and monitoring.
• Work across finance, contracts, procurement, and program management to maintain transparency of all IPT actions.
• Maintain end‑to‑end data integrity within Microsoft Power Apps; ensure accuracy and consistency of inputs from Contracts, Finance, and project teams.
• Develop and maintain a common data architecture to support rapid and accurate responses to data calls.
• Track procurement package status, action items, routing, comments, and milestone dates.
• Support development, coordination, review, and reporting of procurement requests, contract documentation, funding actions, and acquisition tasks.
• Provide professional communication across government and contractor teams to keep actions moving through the acquisition lifecycle.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to collect inputs and resolve procurement or funding deficiencies.
• Work closely with program managers, project leads, BFM personnel, contracting teams, and other stakeholders to ensure compliance and completeness of procurement packages.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, acquisition, contracting, public administration, or related field.
• Four or more years supporting government acquisition, contracts, procurement, program management, or business operations.
• Experience developing, coordinating, or reviewing procurement request packages or related contracting documentation.
• Familiarity with FAR, DFARS, DoD acquisition processes, Navy procurement processes, or federal service contracting requirements.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, SharePoint).
• Active Secret clearance or higher.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience supporting NIWC LANT, Navy acquisition programs, or service contract procurement actions.
• Highly organized and able to manage multiple procurement actions at various stages.
• Comfortable working in a fast‑paced environment with evolving requirements.
• Ability to translate program and technical inputs into clear, complete procurement‑ready documentation.
• Strong collaboration skills with government leads, contracting personnel, financial managers, and project teams.
• Experience with Microsoft Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, SharePoint, Power BI).
• Experience with process improvement methodologies such as Lean, Six Sigma, workflow analysis, or similar.
• Experience developing business process maps, SOPs, workflow documents, dashboards, or performance metrics.
• Experience with data governance, validation, standardization, or enterprise reporting.
• Ability to analyze large or complex datasets and translate findings into actionable recommendations.
• Experience supporting DoD acquisition, Navy acquisition, federal contracting, or government program management environments.

Salary: $90,000+ to align with education and experience.

Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Ignite Digital is a Small Business committed to providing exceptional service to government agencies at competitive prices. The capabilities and experience of our staff and our extensive industry relationships distinguish Ignite Digital Services among government contractors.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

For individuals who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://bit.ly/2XqZoLM (CA) or https://bit.ly/3Eo922f (SC) or contact Human Resources. Ignite Digital Services will not make any posting or employment decision that does not comply with applicable laws relating to labor and employment, equal employment opportunity, employment eligibility requirements or related matters. Nor will Ignite Digital Services require, in a posting or otherwise, U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residency in the U.S. as a condition of employment except as necessary to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or federal, state, or local government contract.

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