Program Management/Purchase Request Specialist

Ignite Digital Federal Services; Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 77,000 - 104,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay and benefits

Education stipends

Referral bonuses

Work with U.S. federal government

Volunteer/community engagement

Growth opportunities

Job summary

Ignite Digital seeks a business operations specialist to support NIWC Atlantic’s EIS Division within our fast‑paced environment. You will coordinate procurement actions, improve processes, and ensure data integrity across contracts, finances, and project teams.

The role emphasizes cross‑functional collaboration and timely decision support in a federal setting. Based in Charleston, SC, you will work with program managers and government leads to maintain compliance and streamline procurement

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Provide business operations support across IPT functional areas and identify gaps and improvement opportunities.
• Lead process improvement initiatives from problem identification to deployment and monitoring.
• Coordinate with finance, contracts, procurement and program management to maintain transparency of IPT actions.
• Maintain end‑to‑end data integrity within Microsoft Power Apps and ensure consistent inputs from Contracts, Finance, and project teams.
• Develop and maintain a common data architecture to support rapid data responses.
• Track procurement package status, action items, routing, comments, and milestone dates.
• Support development, coordination, review, and reporting of procurement requests and acquisition tasks.
• Provide professional communication across government and contractor teams to move actions through the lifecycle.

Skills

4+ years government acquisition

FAR/DFARS familiarity

Microsoft Office proficient

Clearance: Active Secret or higher

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/finance/acquisition/public administration

Tools

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 technologyexpertisewith 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 toaccomplishmissionobjectives.

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 crossfunctional 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 procurementrelated 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 endtoend 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 fastpaced environment with evolving requirements.
• Ability to translate program and technical inputs into clear, complete procurementready 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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