Senior Principal Acquisition Specialist with Security Clearance
3 weeks ago
An active TS/SCI clearance with a CI/poly is required The Senior Principal Acquisition Specialist focuses on supporting the Horizon program within the Space Command and Control (Space C2) Program Management Office
As part of this role, you will be collaborating closely with the Space Systems Command's (SSC) Battle Management Command, Control & Communications (BMC3) Program Executive Office
Your primary responsibilities will involve contributing to the development, deployment, modernization, and expansion efforts of the Space C2 program
The position requires you having an in-depth experience with DoD program acquisition processes and documentation
You will interact and coordinate daily with numerous stakeholders (Program Managers, Contracting Officers, System Engineers, and external/partner organizations)
The successful candidate will have excellent communication and team skills
Position Summary
• Drive a strategy for migration from a mixed cloud/on-premise environment to a multi-hybrid cloud environment.This will include design, documentation, and briefings to senior leaders and stakeholders to drive stability, resiliency, scalability, and flexibility into the BMC3 ground systems architecture.
* Provide expert advice to the Program Manager and Senior Space Force Leadership regarding acquisition strategies, contracting, budgeting, and execution.
* Support various systems architecting and engineering activities, including system requirements definition, design, interface management, data architecture development, verification and validation, integration, performance analysis, lifecycle cost analysis and estimation, decision analysis, and physical configuration assessments.
* Manage and integrate activities in accordance with contract requirements and ensure technical, schedule, cost, and financial performance.
* Define or contribute tot the program baseline then execute the program to comply with baseline requirements.
* Manage EVMS and support POM input as part of the Programming Phase of the Program, Planning, Budget, and Execution (PPBE) process.
* Sustain the development and refinement of acquisition strategies, as well as identify program execution issues and provide recommendations when possible.
* Generate presentation materials, status briefings, and strategic communication products to assist the government customer in achieving favorable program outcomes.
* Perform analyses of program business cases and risk assessments
Offer actionable recommendations to the program manager.
* Develop/coordinate acquisition planning briefings and documents (AoA, ASP, ASD, J&A, etc.)
* Develop/coordinate solicitation planning and execution documents (RFP (SOW, CDRLs, Incentive Plans, etc.), Source Selection Strategy, etc.)
* Develop/coordinate overarching program planning and execution documents as prescribed by/tailored from various DoDs5000 series, and relevant DoD, AF, and SSC policies
* Draft technical evaluations and function as an advisor in source selections
* Provide technical and programmatic assessments of contractor designs and milestone reviews to assess progress, risks and issues, and the ability to achieve mission requirementsRequired Skills and Experience:
• Bachelor’s Degree and 10 years of experience; Master’s Degree and 11 years of experience; PhD and 8 years of experience with implementing large scale, complex solutions, migrating data across various information systems and applications.
* Ability to interface with all levels of functional/division acquisition offices to accomplish projects for the government program office.
* Must have an in-scope security background investigation (T5 or SSBI), adjudicated for SCI eligibility and enrolled in the Continuous Evaluation program (if applicable)
* Must be willing to be nominated for access to Sensitive Compartment Information and Special Access Programs and willing to consent to a Polygraph examinationPreferred Skills and Experience:
• Understanding of different levels of security controls, principles, and best-practices within commercial cloud offerings (e.g
access management, monitoring, configuration management, etc.)
* Program Management of ACAT I through ACAT III programs.
* Served as an evaluator/advisor on a Source Selection.
* Interpret the validity of results and clearly communicate the meaning of those results.
* Working in an Agile software dev environment
* Experience with Confluence, JIRA and or smart sheets.
* Certifications: DAWIA/APDP Program Management Level III,Project Management Professional (PMP), and or PMP Program Management Professional (PgMP)Compensation: The salary for this position ranges from approximately $175,000 to $200,000 depending on relevant experience and qualifications
Why LinQuest? LinQuest Corporation has a stellar 40-year track record of providing end-to-end system-of-systems (SoS) architecture definition, engineering design, integration and test, and operations expertise to enable full lifecycle development and deployment of pre-eminent Space, Air, Land, Sea, Ground, and Cyberspace game-changing capabilities across US DOD and IC Customers’ portfolios
Unique combination of in-depth domain knowledge, lessons learned-honed best practices, and mission-specific applications of principles, tools, and techniques of Digital Engineering (DE), DE Ecosystem (DEE), and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) set LinQuest apart from the competition to consistently deliver stellar high-value results for our customers
LinQuest’s corporate vision and values place the employee at the center of utmost customer satisfaction, strategic business growth, and tactical execution excellence
Our employees’ creative and inspirational drive, sense of fulfillment of personal and professional growth, and tightknit camaraderie within and across lines of business are essential in gaining and maintaining exceptional LinQuest corporate-wide results of new business awards and renewed contracts
Benefits: LinQuest offers comprehensive and competitive benefit offerings to our team members to include medical, dental, vision, retirement, paid time off, tuition reimbursement, company paid life insurance, and more For additional information please visit: https://www.linquest.com/careers/our-benefits Qualifications Licenses & Certifications Required TS/SCI
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