Lifecycle Acquisition Analyst-SME

Overview

Apogee is seeking a Lifecycle Acquisition Analyst - Subject Matter Expert to provide support for the Mapping Charting and Geodesy Program Executive Office at the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency in Fort Belvoir VA. This position provides overarching strategic acquisition and program management support for a complex portfolio of programs. The role involves leading long-term acquisition planning interfacing with senior agency executives managing cross-functional dependencies and ensuring that all procurement actions align with the agencys strategic financial and architectural objectives.

This is a full-time position located on-site at a government facility in Fort Belvoir VA.

****Contingent Upon Contract Award****

Responsibilities

• • Provide advice to assist the government in planning managing and executing programs and projects
  • Evaluate performance execution risks and make comprehensive recommendations to the Government
  • Support the government in successful execution throughout the entire lifecycle of designated efforts from concept to deactivation & disposal
  • Create program documents plans and other related artifacts as well as review evaluate and assess existing requirements documents plans and other related artifacts for accuracy consistency and compliance
  • Facilitate meetings and perform secretariat duties
  • Support program management business management and budget execution reviews and provide feedback to the Government
  • Support NGA/PM programs in all program finance related issues to include assessing coordinating scheduling and executing briefings for management
  • Provide analysis (to include what ifs) and coordination of program level and division-level financial management plans (to include POM inputs) and reports to include Fiscal Year spend plans variance analysis and corrective action plans
  • Assist NGA/PM government representatives in generating the annual NGA/PM spend plan and POM that articulates short mid and long-term goals for the NGA/PM as well as deliverables
  • Assist with assessing realism of contractor cost estimates submitted in response to Government Requests for Change (RFC) or impact assessment requests
  • Support Source and NGA/PM in coordinated planning of acquisition budget and operational activities to enable the success of the holistic Mapping Charting & Geodesy capabilities
  • Generate independent program office cost estimates for future requirements in support of program activities new requirements and acquisition processes
  • Generate program level cost models and documentation and improve estimating methods and techniques through the collection normalization and analysis of cost and technical data
  • Assist with the production of documentation to support new acquisitions and follow on contracts
  • Assist with collaboration and integration both within the PEO and between the PEO and its partners/customers including but not limited to other program offices the sensor office the infrastructure team the SAM office financial management offices contracting officers and Source
  • Prepare and submit detailed minutes notes regarding TEMs reviews and milestone events
  • Conduct briefings Technical Exchange Meetings (TEMs) and events
  • Assist the program office with preparation and coordination of delivery orders task orders requirements documents briefings and performance statements as applicable
  • Participate in major program milestones and use expertise to identify and raise programmatic issues as well as solutions for those issues
  • Evaluate programmatic impacts of architectural direction and guidance and recommended paths forward
  • Provide program management level awareness and tracking of NGA/PM SPIDs and security processes
  • Assist with drafting and presenting PEO and project presentations to external organizations and customers
  • Monitor the status of designated Mapping Charting & Geodesy operational systems and support the resolution of operational issues and track test events and related software deliveries
  • Provide recommendations to improve the program management processes that NGA/PM leads and/or participates in and assist the government in implementing process improvements
  • Assist the government in responding to senior leadership requests
  • Provide program management advice and recommendations for alternative courses of action and strategies to effectively deliver Mapping Charting & Geodesy capabilities
  • Maintain the PEO roadmap following NGA prescribed policies
  • Provide expertise and techniques to incorporate best practice Agile program management methods into acquisition programs
  • Assist government PMs providing answers/input on funding from NGA OUSD(I) DNI and Congress
  • Assist in writing and defending Overseas Contingency Operations Funds and PEO unfunded requirements
  • Provide support across the entire PEO to work high priorities and support where surge support is needed
  • Provide awareness of the breadth of activities within the Mapping Charting & Geodesy PEO
  • Assist in PEO strategy improvement
  • Support PEO leadership in responding to senior leadership requests
  • Support the NGA/PM tasker process
  • Create and manage Major System Acquisition (MSA) documentation and reports
  • Brief MSA information to leadership internal and external to NGA
  • Coordinate the MSA with all stakeholders

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

Citizenship: US

Clearance: TS-SCI Counter-Intelligence Polygraph (within last 5 years or within 90 days of hire)

Certifications: Certified as a Program/Project Management Professional or DAWIA certification in PM (Advanced) or E&TM (Practitioner) or certified Scaled Agile Framework Agilist (SA)

Experience/ Education: Bachelors Degree in business finance accounting computer science or engineering-related field

• Industry leader with exceptional expertise relevant to field compliant with GSA standards
• Demonstrated expert level (18 or more years) experience with NGA DoD or other IC Agencies acquisition processes and procedures especially creating RFP documentation such as SOW SOO PWS and IGCEs and performing technical evaluations of proposals
• Demonstrated expert level (18 or more years) experience in IT program/project management
• Demonstrated expert level (18 or more years) experience in applying systems engineering processes requirements analysis interface definition and detailed implementation planning of large complex systems or enterprises and enterprise-wide interoperability
• Demonstrated senior level (12 or more years) experience and practical application with NGA IC or DoD budgeting and financial tools and processes

Preferred Requirements

Certifications: Certified as a Program/Project Management Professional or DAWIA certification in PM or E&TM or certified Scaled Agile Framework Agilist (SA)

Education: Masters Degree or higher

Years of Experience:

• Demonstrated expert level (18 or more years) experience with NGA Process and tools to include System Engineering Acquisition Configuration Management Readiness and Security
• Demonstrated expert level (18 or more years) experience and practical application with NGA budgeting and financial processes and tools
• Demonstrated expert level (18 or more years) experience providing long-term direct acquisition and program management support services to NGA at the NSG Segment level
• Demonstrated expert level (18 or more years) experience generating Military Intelligence Program (MIP) and National Intelligence Program (NIP) base and Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) Program Objective Memorandum (POM) submissions funding requests and justifications at the budget program level or above to Congress and DoD or ODNI oversight authorities

Additional Information
Location: Fort Belvoir VA
On-site/Hybrid/Remote: On-site
Travel: 10%

Required Experience:

IC