What are the responsibilities and job description for the Acquisition Analyst position at Allegient Defense?
Allegient Defense (DBA BCS Allegient) is a leader in advanced technology research and solutions development, and we are growing quickly. We are looking for an Acquisition Analyst to support the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense (JPEO-CBRND) Headquarters (HQ) in Edgewood, MD. This position is a fully onsite role.
Essential Job Functions
- Work within managerial systems, funding processes, and other activities to promote program progression and success.
- Maintain awareness of organizational program execution and milestones, as well as their strategic impacts.
- Work at a senior level to stimulate customer alliances for portfolio, program, and project support.
- Monitor cost, schedule, and performance.
- Review and analyze program status (i.e., acquisition strategies and documentation, acquisition phases and decision levels, and timing and scope of decision reviews) and make recommendations for tailoring an acquisition approach which best fits program conditions. Recommendations Shall minimize the time it takes to satisfy the validated need, consistent with common sense, sound business management practice, applicable laws and regulations, and the time-sensitive nature of the users’ requirement.
- Monitor project schedules to ensure proper resources and risks are recognized and mitigated.
- Draft, review, staff, file, and update a variety of documents (e.g., memorandums, information papers, presentations, issue papers, meeting minutes, etc.). on a myriad of topics to include but not limited to, acquisition and strategy operations.
- Coordinate (i.e., prepare the meeting announcement, agenda, and presentation materials), participate in (i.e., provide verbal comment and recommendation concerning technical and management matters), and follow-up (i.e., develop meeting minutes and after-action correspondence for Government review and approval) for all meetings.
- Monitor and protect acquisition-sensitive materiel they are working on.
- Support the management and tracking of requirements, sustainment, and resources for key rapid acquisition projects.
- Provide analysis for the acquisition, planning, and life cycle management of multiple programs supporting geographical Combatant Commander (COCOMs)
- Foster workforce development by providing guidance or sharing expertise to encourage employee development and cross-functional growth
Job Requirements
- Shall possess a minimum of five (5) years of experience providing analysis for the acquisition, planning, and life cycle management of one or more programs.
- A minimum of two (2) or more years of experience working with the Assistant Secretary of the Army Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology (ASA(ALT)), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological (OASD NCB), Joint Requirements Office (JRO), and Deputy Under Secretary of the Army Test and Evaluation (DUSA T&E) or similar Department of Defense organizational structures
- Five (5) years of experience working with of the Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition process.
