Acquisition Analyst, SME Level II (Senior IT Acquisition Management Analyst)

Founded in 2001, YRCI is a leading professional services firm providing Human Capital, Acquisition Support and Financial Management Services to Government and Commercial customers nationwide. At YRCI, collaborative people and innovative thinking are the driving force behind our growing success. We provide our employees a professional environment in which to find challenging, rewarding work and learning opportunities to allow them to flourish.

Job Title

Acquisition Analyst, SME Level II (Senior IT Acquisition Management Analyst)

Location

Arlington, VA US (Primary)

Job Type

Full-time

Position Benefits

As an employee of YRCI working full-time, you are eligible for an attractive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life, short-term and long-term disability insurance, 401(k) retirement plan with a defined company match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, tuition and professional development reimbursement programs, 11 paid holidays, paid time off that accrues beginning your first day of work, and a number of supplemental plans. Eligibility begins on YOUR VERY FIRST DAY OF EMPLOYMENT.

Exemption Type

Exempt

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job Description

• Provide Information Technology (IT) acquisition management support, which includes acting as advisors on the acquisition development package and activities, including acquisition plans, request for proposals, proposal evaluations, Service Level Agreements (SLAs), Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Operating Performance Indicators (OPIs) and Operating Level Agreements (OLAs) development and implementation, price evaluation memoranda, selection recommendation reports, agreements, task orders, contracts, and modifications.
• Synthesize and refine business and IT needs into an actionable draft requirements documents and provide recommendations regarding IT acquisition best practices in the areas of cloud, data, and security.
• Assist the Technical Manager (TM), Program Manager (PM), and Oversight Manager (OM) in drafting various artifacts required in the procurement request package while ensuring appropriate enterprise strategy, architecture, and governance requirements are incorporated.
• Participate in the development of milestone schedules; perform market research to assist with requirements definition and strategic sourcing.
• Assist with responses to vendor questions and facilitate vendor discussions; analyze cost or price proposals and provide recommendations to Agency personnel.
• Support and facilitate meetings as needed; provide acquisition governance program management support and maintain acquisition governance procedures.
• Perform coaching and mentoring in acquisition activities as needed; prepare and process multiple and varied documents required for all phases of technical evaluation of proposals received in response to solicitation.
• Develop comprehensive, well-documented, accurate, and credible cost estimates for new procurement requirements; account for all possible costs associated with the contract, document influencing assumptions and data sources, assess and benchmark costs most likely to be incurred, and standardize assumptions across contract vehicles when possible.
• Maintain electronic records; assist with Post-award functions including the creation of electronic files, SharePoint sites, financial tracking, and accruals.
• Perform analysis and provide recommendations related to acquisition policies and procedures.
• Review how the proposed SLA structure will be put into operation both in terms of what is to be expected from vendors and of Agency and how the information will be used to manage vendor performance.
• Address what information is to be provided, from where it will be derived, and in what format it will be presented to the Agency.
• Collect and analyze contract data for reporting purposes, support ongoing trends and detailed analyses across the vendor ecosystem with regard to performance, financials, and service delivery.
• Provide analysis and recommendations on single-points of failure and bottlenecks found in the acquisition process that inhibit the workflow.
• Assist in the development of artifacts to support the acquisition processes to include:
  • Draft meeting schedules, agendas, expectations and standard processes.
  • Creation of job aids and training materials.
  • Develop acquisition best practices recommendations.
  • Develop and maintain documents, which include, but are not limited to reporting templates and guidelines and policies for contract governance, creating tools where needed or utilize existing tools to support management of the governance framework.
  • Support analysis of vendor responses and negotiation activities.
  • Develop training materials for the panel members to review the scope and contract solicitation requirements

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required with a minimum of Seven (7) years demonstrated experience in the Federal acquisition process.

• Extensive IT Acquisition experience from the program side. This experience must include successfully gathering and refining requirements for large-scale IT acquisitions.
• Demonstrated expertise applying knowledge of IT Acquisition best practices for cloud technologies, including SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS offerings as well as the complementary professional services for development and O&M.
• A proven highly skilled communicator, both verbally and written.
• An innovative leader who inspires teams to breakthroughs and success regardless of whether or not the team members are direct reports.
• Organize, direct, and coordinate the planning and production of all contract support activities, and is responsible for the supervision of all onsite Contractor Personnel.
• Experience in creating business cases for an executive audience.
• Perform the day-to-day management of Contractor’s overall acquisition support operations.

We employ people who are driven by excellence, committed to integrity, and inspired by opportunities to achieve positive results.We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. YRCI is an E-Verify employer. As a contractor and subcontractor, YRCI shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR §§ 60-300.5(a) and 60-741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals on the basis of protected veteran status or disability, and require affirmative action by covered prime contractors and subcontractors to employ and advance in employment qualified protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. No sponsorship is available for this position.