Senior Acquisition Analyst Job Listing at SPA in Alexandria, VA (Job ID 2024-18286)

Description

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
• 7 or more years of qualifying experience

Desired Qualifications: 

• Master of Science degree in a recognized engineering, scientific, mathematics, or technical discipline from an accredited college or university
• 12 or more years of qualifying experience
• Experience managing progressively complex programs and systems of a technical nature with at least half of the years of experience in program management of government contracts involving supervision of technical, program, and administrative personnel to complete tasks relating to the acquisition and in-service support of complex systems for program areas such as Counter Radio Electronic Warfare (CREW), Joint Explosive Ordnance Disposal (JEOD), Underwater Explosive Ordnance Disposal (UWEOD), Expeditionary Medical (ExMed), and Anti-Terrorism Afloat (ATA). Candidate shall possess DoD acquisition background with respect to executing acquisition category (ACAT) II-IV levels and Abbreviated Acquisition Programs (AAPs) and have familiarity with Department of the Navy (DON) program office business practices.

Collect, review, and analyze information in order to make recommendations to the Government. Define the nature and extent of problems. Analyze relevant data, which may include annual revenues, employment, cost performance, schedule or expenditures. Interview managers and employees while observing their operations. Develop solutions to problems. In the course of preparing recommendations, understand the nature of the organization, the relationship it has with others in the Government, and its internal organization and culture. Prepare and solve mathematical models. Report findings and recommendations to the Government. Reports are usually submitted in writing, but oral presentations regarding findings also are common. For some projects, management analysts are retained to help implement the suggestions they have made.