Acquisitions Specialist with Security Clearance

Description Knight Federal Solutions is a trusted provider to industry leading prime contractors, the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community. We have established a company culture that supports our employees, their families and the communities in which they live and work. When you join our team you belong to a group of people that work hard, strive for greatness and care about people. Our hard work is evident in everything we do. Whether it be supporting large government programs in the areas of Simulation and Training, Information Technology, Intelligence or Engineering we always strive to be the best. It is for this reason that we have been recognized as a World Class Team Supplier by Northrop Grumman and were also named one of Florida's fastest growing companies by Inc. Magazine. As Knight Federal Solutions continues to grow, we look forward to hiring the best and the brightest to join us in our success. Overview Knight Federal Solutions has opportunities for you to become part of our high-quality team that delivers innovative solutions to key federal clients. We are currently seeking a Mid-Level Acquisition Professional with previous or current Contracts and Program Management experience to assist our customer's Program Execution Office (PEO). This non-traditional PEO has the charter to institute a rigorous and holistically focused acquisition process to provide Program Support to the Chief Information Officer (CIO) enterprise-level IT requirements. Job Duties Define and analyze processes and develop plans and requirements to support acquisition lifecycle management.
Support the mission of the PEO, which includes educating and guiding stakeholders and program managers through the full acquisition lifecycle process and ensuring alignment with CIO PPBES.
Support acquisition governance boards, Program Management Reviews (PMRs), Quarterly Process Reviews (QPRs), In-Process Reviews (IPRs), working groups, and TEMS and ensure they align with CIO strategic plan, business processes, and policies.
Support program governance and oversight of multiple programs and projects with multiple contracts and task order efforts.
Improve the quality of IT acquisition requirement packages to prepare CIO Requirements Owners for Acquisition Review Board (ARB) approval. Reduce the risk of protest by generating well-defined requirements, clear and concise evaluation criteria, and ensure solicitations that close on time.
Reduce the time necessary for technical evaluations by closely tying the requirement to meaningful evaluation criteria allowing for swift and decisive source selection decisions
Utilize critical thinking skills and past experiences to provide acquisition support to CIO IT Requirements owners by providing feedback to all artifacts of acquisition packages.
Advise CIO/PEO management in the creation of future acquisition/contract strategies to improve the agency's approach for purchasing IT products and services.
Provide a tactical level, hands-on support drafting various acquisition-related documents, including but not limited to Performance Work Statements (PWS), Statements of Work (SOW's), Independent Government Cost Estimates (IGCEs), evaluation criteria, acquisition plans, and Justification and Approvals (J&As).
Provide end-to-end acquisition support services for all CIO customers/stakeholders.
Log all activity in the customer-provided tracking system for management visibility and performance measurement against the Procurement Acquisition Lead Time (PALT).
Support acquisition governance boards, working groups, and TEMS.
Coordinate with technical experts and the contracting office to ensure project milestones are reflected in contractual documents.
Determine appropriate Government-Furnished Equipment/Information (GFE/GFI) for acquisitions based upon the scope and requirement.
Consult and recommend business transformation tools and processes to manage pre-award activities using agile methodologies to enable ruthless resource management.
Drive process improvement to the Intelligence Community acquisition processes and support initiatives that help shape and develop acquisition strategies for the CIO.
Support the development of agile business transformation tools and processes to manage activities using agile methodologies.
Work directly with stakeholders to align business and acquisition processes to industry and Intelligence Community best practices.
Support Stakeholder Engagement in identifying and developing business needs, requirements, capability, architectures, software design, agile task prioritization, and other requirements as needed.
Educate and guide stakeholders and pilot programs through the full acquisition lifecycle.
Other tasks as required. Requirements Must have an active/current TS/SCI and be able to pass a CI Poly.
Must have 10 years of experience providing on-site acquisition and governance support requirements.
A bachelor's degree or equivalent training and experience. Excellent oral and written communication skills with customers, team, and leadership.
Understanding of the IC, IC ITE, and DoD acquisition frameworks and architectures.
Experience with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), DoD FAR Supplements (DFARs), and/or DoD Acquisition 5000 Series and ICD 801.
Preferred Qualifications DAWIA Level I, II, and/or III certification in Contracts or Program Management.
Previous experience as a Contracting Officer/Contract Specialist (1102 series).
Previous experience as a Government Program Manager.
Master's degree with advanced training in DoD/IC Acquisition.
Travel Requirements Travel may be required within the Washington National Capital Region (NCR) on an as-needed basis for customer or corporate requirements. Knight Federal Solutions provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, genetic information or any other protected classification.