Senior Acquisition Specialist

Mobius is an award winning, Small Business Administration (SBA) certified Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) company and certified Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB) providing engineering, analytical, and programmatic expertise to the Federal Government and commercial customers. Our mission is to provide innovative advanced technology solutions to customers facing issues of national and global significance. We strive to be admired for excellent people, fair and honest partnership, innovative problem solving, and exceptional performance.

Come join our team! Mobius is seeking a Senior Acquisition Specialist. In this role you will support the Joint Warfare Analysis Center (JWAC), which provides the Combatant Commands (COCOMs), U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), and the Joint Staff with effects-based, precision targeting options for selected networks and nodes in order to carry out the national security and military strategy of the United States during peace, crisis, and war. This position supports acquisition management for JWAC, which is located at the Naval Support Activity located in Dahlgren, Virginia (VA). The successful candidate will provide seasoned Acquisition Support to conduct acquisition planning activities for current and future programs in accordance with Federal, DoD, Air Force and JWAC laws regulations, policies, directives and instructions.

This full-time salaried position serves onsite with the client in Dahlgren, VA and could require some travel within the continental United States.

Duties of a Senior Analyst Specialist may include: 

• Independently perform all acquisition support functions from cradle to grave for a given mission critical program.


• Provide strategic advice, technical guidance and expertise to program and project staff.


• Provide detailed analysis, evaluation and recommendations for improvements, optimization development, and/or maintenance efforts for client specific or mission critical challenges/issues.


• Execution of existing programs and the development of new acquisition initiatives.


• Assist the government acquisition by ensuring that projects are in conformance with current DoD directives (i.e. 5000 and 8000 series) and the Milestone Decision Authority approved baseline as shown in the project’s Acquisition Program Baseline document.


• Provide acquisition management support to the planning, organizing, managing critical aspects of the engineering, development, production and/or deployment of systems and equipment.


• Support project actions and activities to include meetings, vendor performance tracking, milestone planning, briefing preparation, staff coordination, risk management and decision document preparation.


• Support to the development of ongoing and crucial core protection competencies that advance specific projects/activities (including cyber) to deliver comprehensive, economical and actionable solutions for both programmatic and operational domains.


• Assist the government acquisition manager in the identification of solutions to balancing near-term results with long-term acquisition, architecture and strategic objectives.


• Assist the government acquisition manager by drafting reports on research and findings for the Integrated Project Teams (IPTs), Functional Managers (FM), and senior JWAC decision-makers. For program reviews and joint program reviews, assist with drafting procedures and formats for the IPTs to use.


• Assist in the preparation of Program Management Directives (PMD), Initial Capabilities Document (ICD), Capability Development Documents (CDD), Capability Production Documents (CPD), Combat Capability Documents (CCD) and Program Management Documents.

Qualifications:

• Greater than ten (10) years relevant experience with DoD acquisition processes, procedures and functions


• Proficiency using Microsoft Office Products, to include Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel


• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal

Education 

• Bachelor’s Degree

Clearance 

• Active Top Secret, SCI clearance required (SSBI/Tier 5 within the last six years)

Mobius Benefits: Mobius offers a stable work environment, a competitive salary, and a comprehensive benefits package, which includes medical, dental and vision plans, 401k Plan, Flexible Work Schedules, Tuition Reimbursement, Paid Leave and much more.

Mobius is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.