Senior Acquisition Specialist

Key Responsibilities:
• Provide acquisition management and technical support to the full life-cycle (acquisition through deployment) development of hosted payloads for the Innovation & Prototyping Directorate and related engineering and development sub-organizations
• Provide expertise and advice to Program Managers, Project Managers, Engineers, and other senior Space Force and Air Force leadership on acquisition strategies, project execution, contracting, budgeting, and scheduling
• Develop/coordinate acquisition planning actions, briefings, and compliance documents
• Develop/coordinate solicitation planning and overarching execution documents (e.g., RFPs, SOWs, CDRLs, Incentive Plans, etc.) as prescribed by/tailored from DoDI 5000.02, Other Transaction Agreements (OTAs), and relevant DoD, USSF, and SSC policies pertaining to rapid prototyping
• Apply DoD systems engineering, acquisition and management policies, principles, and instructions
• Provide technical and programmatic assessments of contractor designs and milestone reviews to assess progress, evaluate risks, issues, and opportunities, and to fulfill mission requirements
• Attend and contribute to program and project management meetings and collaboration sessions
• Prepare and review draft briefings, reports, trip reports, concept papers, and weekly activity reports as assigned to support decisions, milestones, evaluation results, technical discussions, and associated activities
• Facilitate communication on technical subjects and prepare/update “plans of action and milestones” (PoAMs) to achieve and document problem solving
• Provide status reports on all support efforts including updates on contract and program performance, major activities, challenges, deliverables, and subcontractor performance
• Develop and maintain program schedules using MS Project and related reporting tools

Required Skills and Experience: 
• Master’s Degree or Bachelor’s and equivalent applicable years of experience in lieu of a Master’s
• 10 or more years of relevant DoD program management and systems acquisition experience
• Experience developing and briefing analyses and data packages which provide clear results, recommendations, and courses of action to Government decision-makers
• Proficiency in MS Office products, MS Teams, and other collaborative tools
• Experienced writing and delivering technical documents and briefings to peers, management, and the customer at all levels
• Able to identify risks, issues, and interdependencies between stakeholders, system elements, contracts, and agreements
• Able to interact and coordinate daily with stakeholders including Program Managers, Project Managers, Contracting Officers, Action Officers, external organizations, and acquisition and/or engineering peers
• Able to skillfully interface with all levels of functional and division acquisition organizations
• Able to effectively coordinate and accomplish support tasks for Government Program Management Offices (PMOs) and project management teams
• Excellent communication skills, customer relationship skills, organizational skills, and technical skills
• TS/SCI Security Clearance is required to be considered for this position

Compensation: The salary for this position ranges from approximately $135,000 to $145,000 depending on relevant experience and qualifications.

Why LinQuest?

LinQuest Corporation has a stellar 40-year track record of providing end-to-end system-of-systems (SoS) architecture definition, engineering design, integration and test, and operations expertise to enable full lifecycle development and deployment of pre-eminent Space, Air, Land, Sea, Ground, and Cyberspace game-changing capabilities across US DOD and IC Customers’ portfolios.   Unique combination of in-depth domain knowledge, lessons learned-honed best practices, and mission-specific applications of principles, tools, and techniques of Digital Engineering (DE), DE Ecosystem (DEE), and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) set LinQuest apart from the competition to consistently deliver stellar high-value results for our customers.  LinQuest’s corporate vision and values place the employee at the center of utmost customer satisfaction, strategic business growth, and tactical execution excellence.  Our employees’ creative and inspirational drive, sense of fulfillment of personal and professional growth, and tightknit camaraderie within and across lines of business are essential in gaining and maintaining exceptional LinQuest corporate-wide results of new business awards and renewed contracts.

Benefits:

LinQuest offers comprehensive and competitive benefit offerings to our team members to include med