Acquisition Program Analyst, Senior - TS/SCI

OBXtek Inc.•Pentagon/WDC, VA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

OBXtek is staffing a Senior Acquisition Program Analyst in a Program Directorate supporting the Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition (SAF/AQ) under the Staffing and Technical Acquisition Services Support II (STAQSS II) contract. The Directorate plans and programs development, procurement, and product support for a multi-billion-dollar portfolio of global programs. This role is on-site five days per week. The analyst supports Headquarters Air Force budget preparation and defense, senior acquisition executive oversight and decision-making, and program executive office execution and oversight for aircraft-platform programs. The work includes analyzing program plans, schedules, budgets, requirements, acquisition strategies, documentation, policies, risks, and execution; developing recommendations and briefings; supporting acquisition reviews and congressional activities; and maintaining historical weapon-program documentation. The position also provides rapid analysis of critical program issues and supports program-specific requirements and capability-development efforts.

Requirements

Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.
Master’s degree in Business, Finance, or an Engineering discipline, or a stated work-experience substitution: 12 years of relevant work experience, or a BA/BS degree plus 8 years of relevant work experience.
At least 10 years of acquisition experience in a System Program Office and/or Air Force Headquarters.
Experience with the DoD PPBE process, including development of budget documentation and familiarity with analyzing budget execution.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools, including Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Excel, and Teams, and with Adobe Reader and Pro.
Ability to learn new software and office IT tools in a timely manner.
Proficiency in public speaking, including delivering briefings and presentations and speaking in in-person and online meetings.
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 work on a computer.

Nice To Haves

Acquisition knowledge and experience.
Experience as an Action Officer or in a similar leadership-support role.
Program Executive Office experience or similar.
Pentagon or DoD headquarters support experience.
Program Element Monitor or other program-support experience.
Task Management Tool or other tasker experience.
Budget experience, ideally PPBE, BES, or PB.

Responsibilities

Support Headquarters Air Force budget preparation and defense, senior acquisition executive oversight and decision-making, and program executive office program execution and oversight for aircraft-platform programs.
Maintain and analyze planning, scheduling, and management data.
Study, analyze, and provide recommendations on requirements, acquisition strategies, program documentation, program phase transition plans, supplemental information, and program execution.
Provide independent assessments of programs approaching milestone decisions and of prime contractor technical and operational issues.
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 and research programmatic tradeoffs involving required capabilities, costs, and schedules.
Review and recommend changes to existing and proposed Air Force acquisition and capability-area policies and implementation.
Evaluate the effects of national, DoD, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and civil government policies and activities on Air Force acquisition programs and capability areas.
Maintain historical Air Force weapon-program documentation and develop summaries, briefings, and training materials.
Provide short-notice analyses of critical programmatic issues related to Congressional, OSD Staff, Joint Staff, HQ USAF, MAJCOM, NATO, coalition, or bilateral activities.
Prepare PPBE documentation that accurately articulates the current program.
Support HAF review processes, including AFROCs, JWCAs, DABs, the Congressional cycle, ASPs, AFRBs, CSBs, and GAO reports.
Review and document Mandatory Declassification Review and Freedom of Information Act requests.
Monitor studies, analyses, and developmental work relevant to weapon systems.
Support program-specific efforts such as CONOPS development, CDDs, CPDs, IERs, and requirements working groups.
Review and provide data for legislative hearings, program documentation, briefing packages and read-aheads, Congressional staffer visits, and other events, helping ensure a consistent Air Force position in response to Congressional questions, issues, and information requests.
Perform other closely related duties as coordinated with the COR.