Acquisition Program Analyst, Senior - Secret

Responsibilities

OBXtek is currently staffing an Acquisition Program Analyst in one of the Program Directorates.  This position supports the Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition (SAF/AQ) on the Staffing and Technical Acquisition Services Support II (STAQSS II) contract.

 

A Directorate plans, and programs for development, procurement, and product support of a multi-billion-dollar portfolio of global programs.  The portfolio varies by directorate. 

 

*This position is currently on-site at work 5 days per week.

 

The tasks for this position include:

 

- Supporting HAF budget preparation and defense, SAE oversight and decision-making activities, PEO program execution and oversight efforts of aircraft platforms.- Maintaining and analyzing planning, scheduling, and management data.- Studying, analyzing, and providing recommendations on requirements, acquisition strategies, program documentation, program phase transition plans, supplemental information, and program execution. -Providing impartial assessments of programs approaching milestone decisions and of prime contractor technical and operational issues.- Researching and analyzing program trends, identifying issues, and recommending solutions.- Making recommendations on the allocation of funding, establishment of program goals, objectives, and schedules, and the formulation of program direction.- Tracking documentation for compliance with stated program direction and identifying issues.- Identifying and researching programmatic issues and tradeoffs in terms of required capabilities, costs, and schedules.- Reviewing and providing recommendations on existing and proposed Air Force acquisition and capability area policies and implementation.

- Reviewing and evaluating the impact of national, DoD, JCS, and civil government policies and activities that affect Air Force acquisition programs and capability areas.

- Maintaining historical Air Force weapon program documentation and developing summary documents/briefings and training material.- Providing short-notice, quick-reaction analyses of critical programmatic issues in the context of Congressional, OSD Staff, Joint Staff, HQ USAF, MAJCOM, NATO, coalition, or bi-lateral activities.

- Preparing PPBE documentation to ensure it accurately articulates the current program.- Supporting the HAF review process- AFROC, JWCAs, DABs, Congressional cycle, ASPs, AFRBs, CSBs, GAO reports, etc.- Performing the Secretariat function for ASPs, AFRBs, and CSBs.- Reviewing and documenting MDR and FOIA requests.- Reviewing capability area analysis and compare current and programmed capabilities/scenarios to determine and clarify Air Force weapon system acquisition requirements.- Monitoring on-going studies, analyses, and developmental work relevant to weapon systems.- Supporting program-specific efforts like CONOPS development, CDD, CPD, IER, and requirements working groups.- Handles confidential and classified (Secret/TS-SCI) information, correspondence, and communications.- Any other tasks closely associated with the performance of duties list above and as coordinated with the COR.

Qualifications

Applicants should have an Active Secret or Top Secret clearance; SCI eligibility may be required

• A minimum of 10 years of experience with DoD acquisitions in a System Program Office, Air Force Headquarters, or both.
• Master's degree in any discipline.
• Experience with DoD Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) process, including development of budget documentation and familiarity with analyzing budget execution
• Must be proficient in computer-based communication/office IT tools especially including Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Power Point, Excel), SharePoint, TEAMS; Adobe (both reader and Pro)
• Demonstrated ability to learn new software and IT tools as needed in a timely manner.
• Must be proficient in public speaking; capable of delivering briefs, speaking in meetings in person / online, and giving presentations

Work Substitutions:

• 12 years of relevant work experience may be substituted for a MA/MS degree.
• BA/BS degree plus 8 years of relevant work experience may be substituted for a MA/MS degree.

Physical Requirements: 

• Ability to move or traverse throughout a large, secure facility and between multiple work areas
• Ability to perform repetitive motions with hands, wrists and fingers
• Ability to sit for prolonged periods at a desk and working on a computer

How to Stand Out and get seen faster: 

Resumes showing the following experience Stand Out:

• Acquisition knowledge and experience
• Years of experience as required above
• Clearance and current status
• Where you were an Action Officer or similar leadership support role
• PEO - Program Executive Office experience (or similar)
• Pentagon or DoD HQ support
• PEM - Program Element Monitor(or other program support)
• TMT - Task Management Tool (or other tasker experience)
• Budget experience (ideally PPBE, BES, PB, etc.)
• Education

Security ClearanceTop Secret with SCI eligibility