Acquisition Program Analyst, Journeyman (AQX, Acquisition Integration Programs)

OBXtek Inc.•Pentagon/WDC, VA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

OBXtek is hiring an Acquisition Program Analyst, Journeyman, in the Acquisition Integration Programs Directorate (AQX). The position supports Secretary of the Air Force Headquarters under the Staffing and Technical Acquisition Services Support II (STAQSS II) contract. It supports oversight of acquisition programs across the Department of the Air Force enterprise, senior-level decisions, and regulatory and statutory milestone reviews. The position is 100% onsite and is not telework eligible. AQX provides acquisition advice and integrated positions to the Service Acquisition Executive, Air Force leadership, Program Executive Officers, and Program Managers. Its work includes acquisition planning and oversight; urgent needs and program integration; Earned Value Management, affordability, policy, and acquisition reform; Defense Industrial Base activities; acquisition tools, training, and policy; business systems and enterprise architecture; life-cycle acquisition policy; and support for audit readiness and self-inspection.

Requirements

Active Secret security clearance.
At least 3 years of experience with DoD acquisitions.
Bachelor’s degree in business, management, or an engineering discipline; additional work experience may substitute for this requirement.
Strong familiarity with the DoD budget cycle and PPBE processes.

Responsibilities

Support Headquarters Air Force Service Acquisition Executive oversight and decision-making, PEO program execution and oversight, and acquisition reform efforts.
Study and analyze requirements, acquisition strategies, program documentation, phase-transition plans, supplemental information, and program execution; provide recommendations.
Provide impartial assessments of programs approaching milestone decisions and of prime contractor technical and operational issues within SAF/AQX oversight.
Research and analyze program trends, identify issues, and recommend solutions.
Recommend funding allocations, program goals, objectives, schedules, and program direction.
Track compliance with program direction and identify issues; identify changes in direction and assess their impacts.
Monitor implementation and effectiveness of acquisition management changes on Air Force acquisition programs.
Monitor Office of the Secretary of Defense, Air Force, and other Service activities and assess their effects on Air Force acquisition programs.
Support Headquarters Air Force reviews, including AFROCs, DABs, the Congressional cycle, ASPs, AFRBs, CSBs, and GAO reports.
Perform the Secretariat function for ASPs, AFRBs, and CSBs.
Support program-specific strategy development, analysis, and planning throughout the program life cycle, including technology development, system development, production, fielding, modification, and sustainment.
Maintain and analyze planning, scheduling, and management data.
Identify and research programmatic issues and tradeoffs involving required capabilities, costs, and schedules.
Advise and support program reporting processes at Headquarters Air Force and Department of Defense levels.
Review and evaluate the effects of national, DoD, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and civil government policies on Air Force acquisition programs and capability areas.
Support Air Force development and implementation of responses to Warfighter Urgent Needs.
Provide leadership with regular advice and status reports.
Perform other tasks closely associated with the listed duties, as coordinated with the Contracting Officer’s Representative.