Acquisition Engineer

Description

SAIC is seeking an experienced, self-starting acquisition engineer to fill a critical position on the Landmark AOS program.  This position provides Program Management support, as well as Acquisition support to help manage end-to-end development and delivery of a new Low to High Pipeline effort.  Ability to perform in this position is directly associated with high-priority U.S. intelligence success.

The work location is in Chantilly, Virginia.

Key duties/responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Work with technical teams to define scope and acquisition approach for a constant stream of evolving program requirements and external investments
• Daily communication and coordination with several external agency financial and n technical points of contact
• Development coordination of Interagency Agreements
• Ensure timely and successful funds transfers through various external agency conduits/processes to meet mission critical requirements and fiscal constraints
• Preparation and coordination of management approval briefings
• Development of work statement and Request for Proposal (RFP)
• Preparation of technical evaluations for Government COTR/CO
• Participate in weekly/monthly contract and programmatic status reviews and planning meetings
• Monitor contractor programmatic performance and complete custom analysis tasks as requested
• Assist with contractual and budget planning to include future competitive acquisitions

Qualifications

Required Skills:

• Bachelors and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience ; PhD or JD and four (4) years or more experience.

• Active TS/SCI with polygraph
• 5 years’ experience with NRO-specific contracts and finance processes to include Interagency Agreements, funds from others (FFO) acceptance and processing, request for proposals (RFPs), technical evaluations, contract negotiations, contract modifications, and financial accounting/tracking
• Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic, quick reaction work environment
• Broad understanding of space and/or ground systems, hardware, software, operations, and their interdependence
• Critical thinking, problem-solving, and analytical skills
• Interpersonal and communication skills for written reports, group discussion, and oral presentations
• Ability to efficiently multi-task to ensure continuous health of program funding pipeline
• Excellent communication skills, ability to clearly and concisely communicate with investors/customers.
• Strong Government programmatic experience helping the customer drive success in all their activities by providing sound advice
• Proficient skills using Microsoft Office applications (i.e., Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Sharepoint)

 

Desired Skills:

• Familiarity and experience with government budget planning processes
• Experience in DevSecOps delivery of software services and capabilities in multiple cloud servive provider environments
• Understanding of monitoring developer progress via agile metrics, identifying risks, discrepancies, and performance issues.
• Certification in agile software development methods.
• Experience with orchestrating/conducting competitive NRO source selections

Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.

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