Project Integrator: Acquisition and Contracts Support Analyst

Arcfield was purpose-built to protect the nation and its allies through innovations in digital transformation, space mission engineering and launch assurance, miniaturized sensors and satellites, advanced modeling and simulation, cybersecurity, and conventional and hypersonic missile support. Headquartered in Chantilly, VA with 16 global offices, Arcfield employs more than 1,500 engineers, analysts, IT specialists, and other professionals with more than 60 years of collective proven experience supporting missions in cyber and space defense, space exploration, hypersonic and nuclear deterrence and warfighter readiness. Visit arcfield.com for more details.

The sponsor requires a Contracts Portfolio Analyst with experience in sponsor acquisition planning and execution and knowledge of contract types used by the Federal Government to support the duties of a Government Contracting Officer Technical Representative (COTR). The analyst will help assess the health of contracts in execution, develop acquisition approaches, and assist in drafting artifacts to enable successful acquisitions. Key duties include but are not limited to:

• Assessing and recommending appropriate contract types to achieve acquisition objectives
• Assisting in crafting acquisition approaches and artifacts, including eliciting and capturing requirements, prioritizing them, and flowing them into documents (e.g. SOWs, SSJs, etc.)
• Assisting in program planning, resource allocation, and tracking top-level project execution against the plan
• Assist COTRs in monitoring progress against contract milestones and deliverables
• Support COTR in reviewing technical specifications and ensuring that they are aligned with the Government's needs
• Assist COTRs in participating in technical interchange meetings and providing input on technical issues
• Support COTRs in reviewing performance metrics
• Assist the COTRs in reviewing contractor invoices, ensuring that they are accurate and that the contractor in only paid for work performed in accordance with the contract
• Support the COTRs in processing and documenting contract modifications, including reviewing modification requests and ensuring that they are properly authorized
• Assist the COTRs in maintaining accurate and complete records of contract administration and performance, including tracking contract milestones and deliverables

• Must possess and maintain a TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph
• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience) in a closely related field
• BS 8-10, MS 6-8, PhD 3-5
• Ability to fully coordinate project schedules
• Ability to coordinate program management process activities such as Program Reviews and Control Gate Review, including schedule of meetings and preparation of briefing/presentations
• Ability to assist in the preparation of management plans and reports
• Ability to maintain correspondence, suspense files, records, files for reports, operating procedures, internal memoranda, and compose correspondence
• Ability to compose technical documents including user manuals, training materials, installation guides, proposals, and reports
• Ability to fully perform tasks requiring the collecting, compiling, evaluating, and publishing of information and statistical data

Desired Qualifications

• Masters (or equivalent experience) in a field related to the position
• 10 years' experience
• 1 year of experience in the Intelligence Community
• Ability to coordinate with engineers, systems analysts, programmers, technicians, scientist and top-level managers in the coordination and planning of programs
• Ability to apply critical thinking to identify strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems
• Ability to work in a dynamic and challenging environment

EEO

Arcfield proactively fulfills its role as an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, marital status, physical or mental disability, status as a Disabled Veteran, Recently Separated Veteran, Active-Duty Wartime or Campaign Badge Veteran, Armed Forces Services Medal, or any other characteristic protected by law.