Acquisition Program Analyst, Journeyman (Weapons and other AQP - Global Power Program Directorate) - Secret

Responsibilities

The STAQSS contract supports the Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition (SAF/AQ).  The objective is to provide specialized expertise to complement the organization’s inherent resources for effective and efficient mission accomplishment and continuity, introduction of innovation, and enhancement of technical competence. The contractor shall support the entire spectrum of acquisition and sustainment efforts as necessary to support the respective Government organizations.

 

**This position is currently telework eligible due to COVID, with on-site work happening 4 days per week. When the Pentagon re-opens fully, this position may be on-site more frequently.

 

AQP, Global Power Programs Directorate, directs, plans, and programs for development, procurement, and product support of $10B portfolio of global power programs. The portfolio includes legacy fighters such as the F-15, F-16 and A-10 as well as fifth-generation aircraft like the F-22 and F-35. It encompasses the entirety of the AF munitions procurements to include weapons currently used in OIR operations such as Joint Directed Attack Munition, Small Diameter Bomb, and Hellfire missiles. Finally, the Global Power portfolio captures the AF investments in nuclear triad to include the legacy and modernized ICBM and Cruise Missile programs.

 

The Acquisition Program Analyst will be initially be responsible for the following programs: SDB I, SDB II, MOP/A5K/500lb UON, APKWS/JDAM under the Global Power portfolio, developing documentation to support Air Force budget requests, and generating decision-quality information for Air Force senior leaders.  The programs supported by this position may change based on current mission needs in AQP.

 

Tasks for this position include:

• Supporting Headquarters Air Force (HAF) budget preparation and defense, SAE oversight and decision-making activities, PEO program execution and oversight efforts of aircraft
• Maintaining and analyzing planning, scheduling, and management
• Studying, analyzing, and providing recommendations on requirements, acquisition strategies, program documentation, program phase transition plans, supplemental information, and program
• Providing honest broker assessments of programs approaching milestone decisions and of prime contractor technical and operational
• Researching and analyzing program trends, identifying issues, and recommending
• Making recommendations on the allocation of funding, establishment of program goals, objectives, and schedules, and the formulation of program
• Tracking compliance with stated program direction and identifying
• Identifying and researching programmatic issues and tradeoffs in terms of required capabilities, costs, and
• Reviewing and providing recommendations on existing and proposed Air Force acquisition and capability area policies and
• Reviewing and evaluating the impact of national, DoD, JCS, and civil government policies and activities that affect Air Force acquisition programs and capability
• Maintaining historical Air Force weapon program documentation and developing summary documents/briefings and training
• Providing short notice, quick-reaction analyses of critical programmatic issues in the context of Congressional, OSD Staff, Joint Staff, HQ USAF, Major Air Command (MAJCOM), North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), coalition, or bi-lateral
• Preparing Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution (PPBE) documentation to ensure they accurately articulate the current
• Supporting the HAF review process - Air Force Requirements Oversight Council (AFROCs), Joint Warfighting Capabilities Assessment (JWCAs), Defense Acquisition Boards (DABs), Congressional cycle, Acquisition Strategy Panels (ASPs), Air Force Review Board (AFRBs), Configuration Steering Board (CSB), Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports,
• Reviewing and documenting Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.
• Monitoring on-going studies, analyses, and developmental work relevant to weapon
• Supporting program-specific efforts like Concept of Operations (CONOPS) development, Capability Development Documents (CDD), Capability Production Documents (CPD), Information Exchange Requirements (IER), and requirements working
• Reviewing and providing data to assist in preparation for legislative hearings, program documentation, briefing packages and read-aheads, Congressional staffer visits, and other events to ensure an integrated and consistent Air Force position in response to Congressional questions, issues, and requests for information on assigned program/portfolio.
• Any other tasks closely associated with the performance of duties list above and as