FMS Management Analyst, Journeyman

StraCon Services Group, LLC.

$74K — $112K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of experience in Foreign Military Sales (FMS) support
  • In-depth knowledge of FMS policies and procedures
  • Familiarity with AMS Tools (CSPT, PMT, CDRL) preferred
  • High proficiency in MS Office applications
  • Bachelor's degree in business, management, or technical field (or equivalent work experience)
  • U.S. Citizenship and ability to obtain Secret security clearance

Responsibilities

  • Apply analytic techniques to evaluate program objectives
  • Analyze project requirements, status, budget, and schedules
  • Perform management and technical case analyses
  • Organize and interpret data related to acquisition and product programs
  • Track project status, schedules, and maintain documentation control
  • Review and sanitize technical documents for compliance
  • Generate and maintain project schedules reflecting critical milestones
  • Support government policies for integrating program requirements into foreign operations
  • Coordinate FMS requirements with domestic production for cost savings
  • Present funding and acquisition strategies for new program requirements
  • Enter data in planning tools like CSPT and WRAPS

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment coverage
  • Short/long-term disability benefits
  • 401(k) retirement plans
  • Paid time off for eligible full-time employees
  • Part-time employees can participate in 401(k) retirement plans
Full Job Description
Job ID# 1791

StraCon Services Group, LLC is seeking a full time FMS Management Analyst in Patuxent River MD. The FMS Management Analyst, Journeyman supports the efforts and actions of the Case Manager/Program Managers/Team Lead for various Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programs, Primarily Australia. With other members of the FMS team, and under direction of the Case Manager/Program Manager/Team Lead, assists the Case Manager in analyzing and managing all aspects of FMS casework in accordance with the Arms Export Control Act, the Security Assistance Management Manual (SAMM) and the International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR) as well as applicable DoD Acquisition policy guidance. The Management Analyst will be responsible for, but not limited to, the following:

Essential Job Duties:
  • Applies analytic techniques in the evaluation of program/project objectives.
  • Analyzes requirements, status, budget and schedules.
  • Performs management, technical, or business case analyses.
  • Collects, completes, organizes and interprets data relating to aircraft/ weapon/project acquisition and product programs.
  • Tracks program/project status and schedules. Applies government-instituted processes for documentation, change control management and data management.
  • Track the release of all controlled unclassified and classified documents to foreign nationals and their governments.
  • Review, update and sanitize all technical documentation including publications for FMS in accordance with all applicable disclosure and classification guidelines prior to submitting for Government review. Review documents, source code, and other electronic and paper media to determine that the media does not contain any non-releasable information or technologies.
  • Generate and maintain FMS schedule and calendar of meetings that reflect critical milestones, establish action due dates, set program milestones and other significant program elements.
  • Support the Government in implementing policies and criteria for integration of program requirements into the foreign country in a manner which shall, as far as possible, take advantage of existing policies, procedures, resources, lines of communication, etc. used by the foreign country in fulfilling their FMS requirements.
  • Track primary case planning documents to identify any action not proceeding according to the Project Directive (PD). Examine FMS cases and the related financial records for each to identify impediments to case closure and necessary corrective action and Identify case closure candidates.
  • Work with domestic personnel to coordinate FMS requirements to allow consolidation with domestic production requirements and realize cost avoidance/savings; coordinate configuration issues to maximize cost savings for training systems, ECP kits, spare improvements, and system upgrades.
  • Support planning activities to include presenting alternative funding or acquisition strategies and cost estimates for new program requirements for Government consideration and appropriate action.
  • Enter planning data in the Common Spend Plan Tool (CSPT) and in the Workload Requirements and Planning System (WRAPS)

Travel Requirements:
  • Approximately 3 Domestic and 2 International travel required.

Experience Requirements:
  • A minimum of 3 years of professional experience supporting Foreign Military Sales (FMS)
  • Knowledge of FMS policies and procedures and demonstrated ability to apply that knowledge to help inform case execution.
  • Experience with AMS Tools (CSPT, PMT, CDRL) desired
  • High level of proficiency with MS Office applications.

Education Requirements:
  • Bachelor's Degree in a business, management, or technical discipline.
  • Allowable Substitution: Associate's Degree plus 4 years' additional work experience may be substituted for a Bachelor's Degree; 6 years' additional work experience may be substituted for a Bachelor's Degree.

Security Requirements:
  • U.S. Citizenship required.
  • Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.


The estimated salary range for this position is $74,000.00 - $112,000.00. The offered rate will be based on the selected candidates level of knowledge, education, experience and skill sets. StraCon offers competitive benefits package including: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment, short/long-term disability, and 401(k) retirement plans, as well as a paid time off programs for eligible full-time employees. Eligible part-time employees are able to participate in the 401(k) retirement plans and may be eligible for state or contract required paid time off programs.

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