Acquisition Analyst III

The Acquisition Analyst Level III will provide expert, on-site acquisition and life cycle management support at Edgewood, MD, leveraging a Secret clearance. This role involves senior-level analysis, strategic planning, and oversight of DoD programs, ensuring adherence to DoDI 5000 and continuous improvement methodologies. Key responsibilities include monitoring cost, schedule, and performance; leading process improvement initiatives; managing risk; coordinating with diverse stakeholders including HQDA and Prime contractors; and delivering senior-level presentations to facilitate program progression and successful system deployment at military installations.

• The contractor shall provide analysis for the acquisition, planning, and life cycle management of one or more programs, using Department of Defense (DoD) and other governmental policies and regulations. Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 5000 and applying DoD acquisition continuous improvement and production quality methodologies
• The contractor shall work within managerial systems, funding processes, and other activities to promote program progression and success.
• The contractor shall maintain awareness of organizational program execution and milestones, as well as their strategic impacts.
• The contractor shall work at a senior level to stimulate customer alliances for portfolio, program, and project support.
• The contractor shall monitor cost, schedule, and performance.
• The contractor shall support delivering systems to the installation structure, defining equipment implementation efforts (i.e., Enterprise-level deployment of Government Off-the-Shelf (GOTS) and Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) software capabilities with Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) for various technical portions of the program), and reviewing overall Life Cycle Cost Estimates (LCCEs).
• The contractor shall assist in evaluating recommendations to determine which design meets specific contract requirements.
• The contractor shall interact engaging with Headquarters Department of the Army (HQDA) staff, Armament Research, Development, and Engineering Center (ARDEC), installation owning commands, installation commanders, and Prime contractor staff.
• The contractor shall review and analyze program status (i.e., acquisition strategies and documentation, acquisition phases and decision levels, and timing and scope of decision reviews) and make recommendations for tailoring an acquisition approach which best fits program conditions. Recommendations shall minimize the time it takes to satisfy the validated need, consistent with common sense, sound business management practice, applicable laws and regulations, and the time-sensitive nature of the users' requirement.
• The contractor shall assist in developing and executing trade-off analyses to support optimization of capabilities.
• The contractor shall maintain personal and organizational interactions to enhance stakeholder relations and actively promote rapport with customers.
• The contractor shall monitor project schedules to ensure proper resources and risks are recognized and mitigated.
• The contractor shall draft, review, staff, file, and update a variety of documents (e.g., memorandums, information papers, presentations, issue papers, meeting minutes, etc.).
• The contractor shall lead or assist in preparing for, supporting, attending, and participating in Program Management Reviews (PMRs), Integrated Product Teams (IPTs), and other meetings.
• The contractor shall deliver senior-level presentations and briefings.
• The contractor shall coordinate (i.e., prepare the meeting announcement, agenda, and presentation materials), participate in (i.e., provide verbal comment/recommendation concerning technical and management matters), and follow-up (i.e., develop meeting minutes and after-action correspondence for Government review and approval) for all meetings.
• The contractor shall monitor/protect acquisition-sensitive materiel.
• The contractor shall lead the overall process improvement and quality management effort to ensure management engagement through strategic planning, customer relationship management (i.e., leading integrated product team (IPTs)), data analysis, process definition, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• The contractor shall lead the acquisition milestone approval process, to include completion of all acquisition documentation and implementation of future strategies for program of record approval.
• The contractor shall provide engineering project management support.
• The contractor shall deliver senior-level presentations and briefings to the command structure of the bases receiving equipment.
• The contractor shall review the Prime contractor's technical data documentation and product verifications as they pertain to Joint basing.
• The contractor shall coordinate, review/analyze, and critique design packages for integrating equipment at complex Joint military bases throughout the United States (U.S.)
• The contractor shall participate in site verification visits to military installations and lead fielding personnel to determine the specific requirements that a facility needs to achieve a satisfactory emergency management posture.
• The contractor shall lead and document the overall schedule and risk management effort to ensure management engagement through strategic planning, IPTs, and data analysis.
• The contractor shall establish a risk analysis process to identify risks that could positively or negatively impact program execution.
• The contractor shall identify and mitigate programmatic risks at the different stages of design and fielding.

• Shall have four (4) years of acquisition experience (e.g acquisition lifecycle/project management) and at least a 2-year degree in business, science, technical, or related discipline.
• Shall be able to use the Microsoft Suite of software applications (e.g Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Point) to create and maintain documents and communications.
• Secret Clearance Required

Equal Opportunity Employer