Overview

LMI is seeking an Acquisition Specialist for a U.S. Army client to support activities related to the acquisition, development, and implementation of U.S. Army Defense Business Systems. The Acquisition Specialist serves as the Government's advisor and Subject Matter Expert for acquisition, program management, and contracting activities.

LMI is a consultancy dedicated to improving the business of government, drawing from deep expertise in advanced analytics, digital services, logistics, and management advisory services. Established in 1961, LMI is a trusted third party to federal civilian and defense agencies, free of commercial and political bias. We operate completely free of political and commercial bias, and we are entirely aligned with the goals of our clients. Our clients value our specialized services in logistics, intelligence, homeland security, health care, and energy and environment markets. We believe government can make a difference, and we seek talented, hardworking people who share that conviction. We offer a generous compensation package with excellent benefits that start the first day of employment.

Business casual dress, flexible work schedules, remote opportunities, and tuition reimbursement are a few of our many work-life benefits available to our employees. Come join the organization consistently ranked as a top workplace/employer!! 

Note: Telework/remote is acceptable with a requirement to be at Fort Belvoir, VA client site approximately one day a week.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for developing materials in support of acquisition approach and strategy to include timelines and milestones for FAR based and other rapid acquisition approaches 
• Support acquisition team lead in the development of evaluation criteria and support the source selection for software, system integration, and system engineering and technical assistance (SETA) support contracts 
• Develops, drafts and edits multiple types of program acquisition and contract documents
• Responsible to track changes in DoD and Army acquisition and procurement regulations / instructions / policy and interpret the changes for the organizational tasks
• As required, provides the following types of products and analysis in support of Information Technology (IT) systems: Drafts Acquisition documents to include: Capability Implementation Plan (CIP), Acquisition Approach, Acquisition Strategy, Cost Estimates, Requirements Traceability Matrices, program/project presentations, executive summaries and white papers 
• Drafts requests for proposal (RFP) documents to include solicitation sections A — M and required attachments 
• Drafts Source Selection Evaluation planning, including development of evaluation criteria, instructions to vendors, training for evaluation teams, creating schedules, and editing Government reports and documents 
• Conducts Market Research and assistance with industry interactions 
• Works with Project Scheduler to develop Integrated master schedules (IMS) with discrete milestones at sufficient intervals to measure progress 
• Develops and monitors performance measurement baseline metrics including cost, schedule, and scope baselines 

Qualifications

Required: 

• Bachelor’s degree 
• 5-7 years’ experience in Defense acquisition and contracting. Must be familiar with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation (DFAR), and DoD 5000.02 Adaptive Acquisition Framework. 
• Values and provides excellent customer service 
• Ability to participate effectively and build consensus across a cross-functional team 
• Demonstrated understanding of the agile software development process 
• Experience with contract formation and management to support development of materials for Software, System Integration, and SETA support contracts
• Demonstrated knowledge in Business Capability Acquisition Cycle (BCAC) (DoD 5000.75 or similar) to support the development of key deliverables and work products including but not limited to: Capabilities Implementation Plans, initial integrated master schedules, work breakdown structures, market research, requests for information, solution analysis, and initial intellectual property strategy
• Demonstrated knowledge of Government contract and subcontract management, specifically with Source Selection Evaluations under multiple contract types.
• Previous experience providing acquisition support to an Army or DoD Program Offices
• Excellent computer applications skills, especially with MS Office products (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint Outlook, Project) and SharePoint 
• Must possess and maintain a Secret Security Clearance

Desired: 

• Master's degree
• 7 years’ experience in Defense acquisition and contracting including 2 years of experience with agile software delivery. 
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification 
• Certification in Agile (e.g. may include PMP-ACP, ICP, APMG, ACI, CSM, and PSM SAFe®) and understanding of the software development process.
• Experience in developing acquisition strategy and documentation for Other Transactional Authority (OTA) prototypes that move into production for DOD 5000 series programs 
• Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) Acquisition Level II or higher certification