Subcontracts Administrator with Security Clearance

Altamira Technologies Corporation; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Altamira Technologies Corporation, headquartered in McLean, VA, is seeking a skilled Subcontracts Administrator to manage multiple active subcontracts and support the proposal process in the U.S. Government contracting arena.

You will conduct market research, evaluate proposals, negotiate terms, and ensure compliance with FAR/DFARS and DCMA requirements, while collaborating with engineering, operations, finance, and management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain, economics, or related field; four years of experience may substitute for degree.
• Minimum 5 years in procurement.
• Minimum 3 years with government contractor or subcontractor.

Responsibilities

• Conduct market research to identify sources of supply for systems, components, and/or services.
• Review competitive proposals and prepare analyses of cost, delivery, quality and past performance.
• Negotiate subcontract requirements, prices, and terms and conditions.
• Issue subcontracts to partner businesses ranging in size from startups to large defense contractors.
• Maintain procurement history records and interact with engineering, operations, quality, finance and management to achieve procurement objectives.
• Manage suppliers and expedite supplier deliverables; resolve supplier problems as they arise.
• Ensure that procurement actions and file documents support a Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) approved Purchasing System.
• Ensure compliance with FAR, DFARS, and contract terms and conditions; may provide guidance to procurement personnel.

Skills

Negotiation skills

Analytical thinking

Procurement experience

DCMA CPSR experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business administration, supply chain, economics, or related field

Tools

Deltek CostPoint

Job description

Altamira Technologies Corporation has a long and successful history providing innovative solutions throughout the U.S. National Security community. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Altamira serves the defense, intelligence, and homeland security communities by focusing on creating innovative solutions leveraging common standards in architecture, data and security. Altamira believes that our people and the culture of our company differentiate us from other companies. We focus on recruiting talented, self-motivated employees that strive to find a way to get things done. Join our team of experts as we support national security! Altamira is recruiting for a challenging and rewarding position for a highly qualified and talented Subcontracts Administrator, with proven record and performance in the U.S. Government contracting industry, at our McLean, VA or Warrenton, VA offices. This position will support multiple active subcontracts, conduct price evaluation, and participate in the proposal process.

Responsibilities

Conduct market research to identify sources of supply for systems, components, and/or services.

• Review competitive proposals for systems and services offered by suppliers and prepare comparative analyses of factors such as cost, delivery schedule, quality, and past performance.
• Negotiate subcontract requirements, prices, and terms and conditions.
• Issue subcontracts to partner businesses ranging in size from startups to large defense contractors.
• Maintain procurement history records on all transactions.
• Extensively interact with multiple functions including engineering, operations, quality, finance, accounting, and management to achieve procurement objectives.
• Manage suppliers and expedite supplier deliverables. Resolve supplier problems as they arise.
• Ensure that procurement actions and file documents support maintaining a Defense Contract.
• Management Agency (DCMA) approved Purchasing System.
• Ensure compliance with all contractual, regulatory and audit requirements, including Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations (DFARS), and contract terms and conditions.
• May provide guidance to and supervise procurement personnel.

Required skills and qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, supply chain, economics, or a related field. Four additional years of experience may be substituted for a degree.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in procurement.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience at a government contractor or subcontractor.

Other Desired Skills

• Experience successfully passing a DCMA Contractor Purchasing System Review (CPSR)
• Experience with Deltek CostPoint
• Experience on complex development programs.
• Self-motivated and results-oriented individual with strong work ethic
• Experience with subcontracting on NRO and/or NSA programs.
• Ability to adapt to a rapidly changing environment.
• Strong analytic and negotiation skills
• Experience creating and implementing new processes.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

Altamira is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.