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Acquisition Specialist

2 months ago

Dahlgren, Virginia, United States Missile Defense Agency Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Program Analyst to join our team at the Missile Defense Agency. As a key member of our organization, you will be responsible for providing expert direction, assistance, and support for all operations and activities under the authority of the Director, DAV.

Key Responsibilities
  • Review, analyze, and present cost and schedule analytical results and data to senior executives, program managers, and integrated product team leads to assess program performance against an established baseline.
  • Facilitate discussions between government teams and prime contractor teams to review issues and concerns as a result of the analysis.
  • Investigate the causes of variances and determine their impacts to future performance in terms of cost, schedule, and risks.
  • Lead integrated baseline reviews and schedule deep dive processes to ensure contractor IMS deliverables capture the entire scope of work, are executable within the period of performance, and identify schedule risk areas, schedule health metric issues, critical path drivers, and/or impacts to program or BMDS milestones.
  • Serve as a subject matter expert on integrated program management reports and integrated master schedules, including policies, processes, products, contractual documents, terminologies, and guidance documents.
  • Develop and present cost and integrated master schedule analytical results to senior executives, program managers, and integrated product team leads to apprise decision makers of potential impacts to program execution.
  • Facilitate discussions between government teams and prime contractor teams to review issues and concerns as a result of monthly IMS analysis.
  • Lead integrated baseline reviews and schedule deep dive processes to ensure contractor IMS deliverables capture the entire scope of work, are executable within the period of performance, and identify schedule risk areas, schedule health metric issues, critical path drivers, and/or impacts to program or BMDS milestones.
  • Develop solutions or improvements to various cross-organization internal procedures and methods as required by various acquisition laws, policies, regulations, and precedents applicable to the administration of one or more programs executing in parallel.
  • Provide on-the-spot analysis of alternatives and actions for a wide range of EVM-related cost and schedule activities, including support for integrated baseline reviews, program reviews at contractor facilities.
  • Collaborate with cost and schedule data analysis with all levels of agency personnel to resolve non-routine operational problems on a wide variety of information, topics, and issues.
  • Review requests for proposals and contract documentation to ensure thorough and correct EVM contractual requirements are tailored for and implemented on programs.
Requirements
  • Must be a U.S. citizen.
  • Occasional travel.
  • Work schedule: full-time.
  • Males born after must be registered for selective service.
  • Suitable for federal employment, determined by a background investigation.
  • May be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
  • Overtime: occasionally.
  • Tour of duty: maxiflex.
  • Recruitment incentives: not authorized.
  • Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): exempt.
  • Financial disclosure: required.
  • Telework eligibility: this position is telework eligible.
  • This is a drug testing designated position.
  • Incumbent must obtain/maintain non-critical sensitive/secret security clearance.
Qualifications

You may qualify at the NH-04 broadband level if you fulfill the following qualifications:

  • One year of specialized experience equivalent to the NH-03/GS-13 grade level in the federal service, including experience in cost and schedule analysis, estimate at completion analysis, or developing assessments and recommendations for program management decision making.
  • Experience with using various schedule development and analysis software tools to support program office efforts.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through national service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Education

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.

Additional Information

This announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.

This position requires acquisition workforce level advanced certification prior to hiring, which is not essential but must be accomplished within 24 months after entry into this position.

This position is part of the Missile Defense Agency, Missile Defense Agency.