Contracts - Acquisition Specialist - Arlington, United States - Quadrant
Description
Job ID:
Acquisition Specialist
Arlington, VA
MUST:
Active DoD Top Secret clearance
Experienced Acquisition Specialist
5+ years of relevant experience support Acquisition programs in the DoD
Experience as acquisition analyst/project analyst/coordinator ideally for DoD or OSD client
Strong experience handling and managing the administration process for the acquisitions team
Strong understanding of the technologies around the work to related vernacular
Technologies include Jira, Confluence and Atlassian Suite
Proven ability to provide technical writing support
Excellent documentation skills
Strong communication skills both written and verbal
Highly organized and strong attention to detail
DUTIES:
Ideal candidate will assist requirement owners with refining, assessing, documenting, and maintaining requirements in preparation for review board meetings to convey key program objectives, their relative contributions to the mission, and estimated costs
This candidate must be comfortable with a heavy meeting work load and assisting with documentation portion of the job
Help to coordinate actions and meetings across the PMO to various Client support staff members
Provide support in organizational and strategic planning for a wide variety of technical and functional environments
Provide support in configuration management, strategic planning, knowledge management, business analysis and technical analysis
Collaborate with key stakeholders to understand the mission s vision and help communicate goals throughout the program
Draft correspondence to support the Government Leadership for review/approval
Gather and develop requirements for assigned projects based on stakeholder input
Refine and decompose requirements to a degree specified by the Government
Prioritize, de-conflict, and validate requirements with stakeholders
Assist government leads with conducting annual capability gap and requirements validation/re-validation assessments in response to emerging threats, changing external guidance, and realignment of mission priorities
Analyze potential impact on existing Client infrastructure, services, systems, projects, and processes
Analyze potential strategic linkages to DoD Client s strategic plans and other federal mandates
Analyze potential solutions selected by the Government and assess the ability of each solution to meet the validated requirements
Develop executive-level Business Case Analysis Briefings for assigned projects
Coordinate joint efforts with other groups and offices and maintain accountability of all assigned tasks
Provide data analysis expertise in support of business priorities and objectives
Perform technical writing/editing, editorial consultation, proofreading, or overall documentation review for various documents, including acquisition, other program document, and user support documents
Ensure documents are prepared in the appropriate format and are free from grammatical errors
Create and maintain technical documents including software and systems engineering diagrams, systems operations documents, testing and evaluation (T&E) plans and reports, and user operations guides
Assist the Government in planning and overseeing cloud efforts on a large scale
Assist other team members in other specialties as needed to accomplish the overall mission *Quadrant, Inc. is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Quadrant is committed to administering all employment and personnel actions on the basis of merit and free of discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or status as an individual with a disability. Consistent with this commitment, we are dedicated to the employment and advancement of qualified minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, protected veterans, persons of all ethnic backgrounds and religions according to their abilities.