Acquisition Specialist Senior (SME)

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Acquisition Specialist Senior (SME)

Full Time Patuxent River, MD, US

Salary Range: $180,000.00 To $220,000.00 Annually

Citizenship/Clearance requirement : Candidate must be a U.S. citizen, able to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret security clearance and pass a background check and drug screening.

SciTech Services, Inc. (SciTech) is seeking a Senior Acquisition Specialist Subject Matter Expert (SME) to provide program analyses support to the US Navy. The Acquisition Specialist will perform program management, technical or business case analyses. The candidate will demonstrate professional experience in technical efforts supporting science and technology, preferably for the US Navy.

Duties include but are not limited to :

• Provide specialized support for specific Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Small Business Concerns (SBC) to include technical, manufacturing and management risk analysis leading to risk assessments and / or recommendations to inform government officials of business and technology transition risks and mitigations.
• Conduct organizational studies, evaluations, work simplification, and measurement studies.
• Prepare operations and procedure manuals to assist management in operating more efficiently and effectively.
• Draft program milestone related documentation to ensure compliance with all aspects of the DoD and SECNAV 5000 series directives.
• Develop program acquisition documentation such as Acquisition Plans (APs), Acquisition Strategy Reports (ASR), Procurement Initiation Document (PID), Statement of Work (SOW), funding documents, contract awards, agreements, and Acquisition Program Baseline Agreements (APBA).
• Assess program procedures, practices, philosophies, and documentation for compliance with specifications, contracts, and mission requirements.
• Attend, participate, support, analyze, provide input, develop, prepare, and report on briefs, point papers, reports, correspondence, meetings, conferences, and review boards.
• Utilize business and technical methodologies to provide support for hardware, software and service acquisition and life cycle management.
• Participate in meetings and support specified Program Integrated Product Teams (IPTs).

Qualifications :

• Secret clearance required.
• Master’s degree in business or technical discipline.
• Must have science and technology process experience, preferably Navy.
• Ten (10) to Fifteen (15) years of experience performing Senior Acquisition Specialist SME duties described above.
• Demonstrated knowledge in one or more of the following areas: program management, systems engineering, system acquisition, financial management, test and evaluation or integrated logistics support.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the DoD and SECNAV 5000 acquisition series, Federal and DoD acquisition regulations, and PPBE process.
• Experience managing system acquisition, acquisition documentation, configuration management, risk analysis, and Government furnished equipment (GFE) or Government furnished information (GFI).
• At least six (6) years of experience related to manufacturing plans, configuration management, commercialization/transition, and audit preparations.
• Demonstrated knowledge in business planning, business development, or operational security review.
• At least six (6) years’ experience in specialized and focused company management assessment recommendations.
• Must have three (3) years’ experience in the following areas: Assertions (when a firm may be granted them, understand the basis of the assertion and the impact), Intellectual Property, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) technical data rights, SBIR/STTR law/policy, Federal contract law/policy, International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), and export regulations with regard to technology and how they apply to SBIR.

SciTech offers an excellent benefits package for full-time employees that includes health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, a great 401(k) package, vacation, and sick leave.

Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability and Veterans.