Compass, Inc.

Acquisition Specialist (Lifecycle Acquisition-Senior) #1686

Compass, Inc. Springfield, VA

Position Title: Acquisition Specialist (Lifecycle Acquisition-Senior)

Location: Springfield, VA

Clearance Required: Top Secret/SCI

Overall Assignment Description:   

  • Functions as the advisor for the Government Technical Point of Contact (POC) and the Program Office.  
  • Provide contractual and financial knowledge and assistance to the TIAM program offices. 

Duties include: 

  • Review contractor engineering change proposals and provide reviews to the program office. 
  • Coordinate cost estimates and performance work statement updates for TIAM program offices, Agency finance, the appropriate project teams, and the Office of Contracting Services. 
  • Attending monthly Program Management Review Boards and Budget Management review Boards.  
  • Support development of acquisition documents, to include Source Selection Plans, Acquisition Plans, and budget documents. 
  • Assist in tracking and managing contract deliverables, to include the contract funding status reports (CFSRs), and invoices.  
  • Assisting in managing the program funds. Tracking spending, earned value, and routing funding documents.  
  • Maintain TIAM business office artifacts using MS Excel and PowerPoint. 
  • Identify technical issues and communicate impacts. 

Skills and Experience:

Required:  

  • 12 years’ overall experience
  • 8 years' experience for each requirement that uses the word “specialized”
  • Demonstrated specialized experience with:
    • Acquisition documentation and principals: contracting, contracting documents, the FAR, the contracting process, Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs), Performance Work Statements (PWSs), the acquisition process and lifecycle management. 
    • Budgeting and funding basics, such as, fiscal years, appropriations, and IC or DoD budgeting process. 
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business or Business related field, or equivalent work experience. 
Desired: 

  • Master’s degree in a business related field. 
  • Demonstrated understanding with/of:
    • IC or DoD systems architecture and engineering. 
    • Program management experience in terms of cost, schedule, performance, and risk. 
    • Agency Mission and acquisition process. 
    • Agency Configuration Management (CM) process.
    • Source Selection process. 
Compass, Inc. (Compass) is a Small Business (SB) headquartered in Winchester, VA as a Defense and Intelligence solutions provider to the United States Government. We provide Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA), Advisory and Assistance Services (A&AS), and Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) to our government and business partner customers. As a premier Defense and Intelligence solution provider, we employee a diverse, agile, highly trained and extremely talented staff.

Equal Opportunity Employer Veterans/Disabled
  • Seniority level

    Mid-Senior level
  • Employment type

    Full-time
  • Job function

    Business Development and Sales
  • Industries

    Defense & Space

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