The Proposal Writer will be responsible for developing and writing compelling proposals in response to government solicitations. This includes understanding the requirements, designing the proposal structure, and creating persuasive and compliant content to convince the prospective client. Our ideal candidate has a strong understanding of proposal development, excellent research skills, and the ability to turn complex information into clear and compelling narratives.- Understand and analyze request for proposals (RFPs), request for quotations (RFQs), and requests for information (RFIs).- Coordinate with subject matter experts and/or conduct thorough research to gather all relevant information about the proposal subject.- Develop and organize compelling proposals in accordance with...

The Program Analyst will serve as strategic advisor and trusted agent for a high-profile client organization, focusing on rigorous efforts to strengthen the submarine manufacturing industrial base surrounding developing AUKUS efforts. The Program Analyst will apply a strong familiarity with defense manufacturing and undersea warfare systems to help identify, develop, and execute new strategies and initiatives to support submarine industrial base and supply chain development. In this role, you will navigate complex stakeholder relationships across government and private industry, manage standup and execution of new initiatives, perform detailed analysis of industrial base and supply chain for undersea warfare systems, and regularly communicate progress and challenges through briefs,...

Afloat Training Group Pacific (ATGPAC) is tasked with the training and certification of all Pacific Fleet ships, ensuring their readiness for dynamic naval and joint operations across the combat spectrum. With evolving training standards and requirements, ATGPAC supports the U.S. Pacific Fleet by delivering high-quality, adaptable afloat training to Navy and Coast Guard Sailors. The mission emphasizes the development of ships’ training teams, special evolution teams, and watch teams to build sustainable, onboard capabilities for continuous combat readiness throughout deployment cycles.  This positions support ATGPAC in its mission to provide Surface Warfare training in the areas of Air Defense and Air Defense Warfare Commander. Salaries are commensurate with experience and...

The specialist will provide management and oversight of logistics and sustainment requirements for all CBP acquisition programs. Develop and implement life-cycle sustainment requirements for new technology programs; provide management and oversight of systems in the support phase of the system lifecycle; and develop tools and business processes focused on enhancing system performance and reducing system lifecycle costs. This includes managing collaboration with the DHS customer and its internal/external stakeholders to facilitate L&S activity coordination throughout the enterprise. The candidate will contribute to activities related to: lifecycle logistics policy development; logistics and sustainment planning and implementation support to include cost-wise readiness implementation and...

Employ a multi-discipline approach to requirements engineering, solutions engineering, reliability, resiliency, services development, research and development (R&D), integration, test and evaluation, maintainability and analysis across Controlled Access Program/Special Access Program (CAP/SAP) architectures to ensure timely and accurate Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT).  Candidates will be required to sign additional Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) and provide proof of no Other Conflicts of Interest (OCI) for performance in a (classified) Program Management Office, henceforth to be referenced as “PMO.” Duties include:- Define and lead studies to evaluate innovative concepts and revolutionary technologies for application to PMO High Performance Computing (HPC) requirements.-...

As the Senior Proposal Manager, you will work directly with the CG leadership team to generate creative, high-quality proposals for existing and new clients. Drawing on your knowledge of industry best practices and strong leadership and collaboration skills, you engage on multiple proposals in various stages simultaneously while ensuring adherence to SPA’s ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System. This is a high-visibility position with the opportunity to collaborate extensively with senior management. This position can be supported in proximity to one of SPA’s offices in the DC Metro, Los Angeles, CA or Colorado Springs, CO areas. - Leads proposal development process for single award, IDIQ, and task order proposals- Manages all aspects of proposal development, including: pre-proposal...

You will be part of a dynamic team of Space Operations experts to support all training activiites including:- Support the Lead Instructor as directed.- Deliver industry/academica-developed or other government-developed training to educate the workforce on orbital mechanics in ways easily understood by the workforce. - Provide feedback to the Instructional System Designers on training materials effectiveness and relevancy to the workforce. - Create, deliver, and maintain a performance measurement system focused on training effectiveness. - Present statistics on training effectiveness to senior government leadership as required.

You will be part of a dynamic team of Space Operations experts to support all training activiites including:- Support the Lead Instructor as directed.- Deliver industry/academica-developed or other government-developed training to educate the workforce on orbital mechanics in ways easily understood by the workforce. - Provide feedback to the Instructional System Designers on training materials effectiveness and relevancy to the workforce. - Create, deliver, and maintain a performance measurement system focused on training effectiveness. - Present statistics on training effectiveness to senior government leadership as required.

The Assistant Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Coordinator will support the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Tactical Technology Office (TTO). DARPA uses BAAs to contract for basic and applied research and certain development efforts. Will work closely with the BAA Coordinator and TTO Program Managers to ensure that acquisition solicitations and associated processes are properly completed in a timely manner for classified and unclassified government programs throughout their project lifecycles. Support other types of acquisitions, including Program Solicitations for Other Transactions, seedlings (small efforts), Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR), and Young Faculty Awards. Oversee and support these solicitation processes...

As the Senior Proposal Manager, you will work directly with the CG leadership team to generate creative, high-quality proposals for existing and new clients. Drawing on your knowledge of industry best practices and strong leadership and collaboration skills, you engage on multiple proposals in various stages simultaneously while ensuring adherence to SPA’s ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System. This is a high-visibility position with the opportunity to collaborate extensively with senior management. This position can be supported in proximity to one of SPA’s offices in the DC Metro, Los Angeles, CA or Colorado Springs, CO areas. - Leads proposal development process for single award, IDIQ, and task order proposals- Manages all aspects of proposal development, including: pre-proposal...

SPA is seeking a dedicated mid-level Test & Evaluation (T&E) analyst with an active DoD Secret clearance to provide direct support to the AN/SPY-6 Program within the Navy's Program Executive Office, Integrated Warfare Systems, Above Water Sensors Directorate's (PEO IWS 2.0). The candidate will support the AN/SPY-6 T&E Assistant Program Manager (APM), primarily providing technical and programmatic services focused on shipboard T&E activities. Responsibilities include leading the SPY-6 T&E planning, execution, analysis, and reporting for shipboard T&E events, including Combat System Ship Qualification Testing (CSSQT), Developmental Testing (DT) and Operational Testing (OT), leading and acting on behalf of the program's T&E APM, and ensuring the appropriate T&E processes and discipline is...

The duties and responsibilities of this role include but are not limited to the following:- Assist in the development and analyze the cost and schedule risk-adjusted Life Cycle Cost Estimations (LCCEs), Independent Government Cost Estimates (IGCEs), Business Case Analyses (BCAs), Analysis of Alternatives (AoAs), program office estimates and other standard cost analyses.- Develop presentations and brief executive leadership on program cost positions, impact of budget changes on supported programs and other cost issues.- Use cost estimating outputs to assess the impact that various factors have on the costs to design, research, develop, operate, maintain and dispose of a particular weapon system.- Determine the appropriate phase of the budgetary cycle for initiating new programs,...

This role is onsite in Alexandria, VA. SPA’s Proposal Operations Center is responsible for designing, evolving, managing, and executing proposal best practices across the entire business development lifecycle. The Vice President, Proposal Operations is a key leadership role responsible for overseeing the proposal strategy and development process from start to finish. The position will work collaboratively with executive leadership, business development, and capture and delivery teams to execute the corporate strategy for growth. This includes overseeing all aspects of proposal operations to ensure submission of compelling, compliant proposals for more than $1B in competitive, prime, new business bids submitted annually. This position will be responsible for all activities related to...

SPA is seeking a Program Security Representative (PSR) to support the Government Customer, a DoD rapid prototyping organization, by providing security support to Program Managers and Portfolio Lead in a Systems Engineering Technical Assistance (SETA) Security capacity for major protection system acquisitions. This program supports full lifecycle acquisition across all mission domains of complex national systems architectures. Key duties associated with this role include but are not limited to the following:- Provide security support by implementing sound Operations Security (OPSEC) practices, developing Concepts of Operations (CONOPs) for program protection, and performing program risk analysis for end-to-end closure of the baseline for protection-related activities in the overall...

Develop detailed OT&E strategies; schedules; mission-based test designs; cost estimates; business, performance, and technical architecture; test and accreditation plans, including T&E master plans (TEMP) with POA&Ms, OT&E Concept, detailed method of test, data collection and analysis plans; T&E strategy briefs; operational evaluation frameworks, work breakdown structures, and operational scenarios to evaluate the operational effectiveness, suitability, and resiliency of the system under test. Plan and execute OT&E activities by identifying, coordinating, and collaborating with stakeholders, including outside organizations. Perform modeling and simulation (M&S) requirements development to include identifying and documenting candidate critical measures/response variables. Oversee and be...

Provide expertise and technical assistance across systems engineering and acquisition lifecycles for all acquisition program levels. Support planning, implementation, and execution of systems engineering activities. Perform requirements development and System Engineering Life Cycle (SELC) planning, technical reviews, and technical activities throughout program lifecycles. Develop models of systems processes, simulations, analyses, and reporting supporting program decisions and enterprise-level strategic directives and initiatives. Prepare and present authoritative advice and recommendations to a variety of audiences including scientific professionals, non-technical senior leadership, and equipment end-users. Oversee Test and Evaluation (T&E) lifecycle processes and deliverables (including...

Position Description- Using parametric cost models to develop and document cost estimates, including software estimation, in support of annual military budgets. - Develop and brief cost models and estimate results to senior government leaders. - Perform thorough risk analysis. - Develop statistical relationships through data collection and regression analysis. - Review Contract Data Requirement Lists for compliance.  - Assess contractor proposals for cost realism and reasonableness. - Support Program Office meetings, cost exclusions, analysis, briefings, Integrated Product Team (IPT) sessions, etc.

The Commercial Strategy Operations Manager SETA will work as part of an exciting team to provide expert business, technology advancement, and commercialization support in a demanding, and fast-paced professional services environment. Primary objectives are to deliver operations management support to the Commercial Strategy program and successfully serve DARPA’s mission. The successful candidate will be an experienced pipeline operations manager in dual-use technologies, and exhibit a deep commitment to advancing national and economic security. Work closely with Commercial Strategy's leadership and DARPA's Technical offices, PMs, and other various stakeholder to build a strong commercialization pipeline and support ongoing commercialization efforts. Responsibilities include: Program...

The Master Scheduler will manage Integrated Master Schedules for Reentry Systems programs. They will provide technical and programmatic systems engineering support to the TRIDENT II missile. In addition, they will support headquarters-level planning, development and execution for a variety of activities including systems integration, system accuracy, system reliability, support equipment design, and systems safety. Travel 6-8 times/year will be required.

The System Administrator implements technical controls to support the Cybersecurity Program, which ensures secure operations in network and computing environments at various classification levels. The System Administrator is also responsible for providing mentorship and guidance for junior system administrators troubleshooting and performing end-user support services for classified systems. In this role, you will report to the Operations Manager while designing, building, installing and configuring physical and virtual servers/systems, virus updates, patching, maintenance, and performance tuning. As the System Administrator, you will be expected to collaborate with team members to develop creative, secure, and innovative solutions for complex technical issues. You will also support...