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The Technical SETA (Engineer/Scientist/Mathematician) will support DARPA I2O with high assurance, high confidence, or zero-defect software and systems research and development for true mission critical solutions. The candidate will connect modern DevSecOps development processes and traditional mathematical modeling oriented “Formal Methods,” applied to the specification, development, and verification of hardened cloud and cyber physical systems. Duties will include supporting management of cutting-edge research efforts related to DevSecOps or Formal Methods approaches. This includes technology management of programs related to embedded systems, complex high assurance systems, and cybersecurity. This position provides the opportunity to make significant contributions across a range of...

The successful candidate will provide Assessment and Root Cause (ARC) Analyses of DoD programs identified for assessment by leadership. They will support decision making by senior leaders, conduct analyses and evaluations of programs within the Adaptive Acquisition Framework from cost, schedule, contracts, execution, and performance bases. Their subject matter expertise will support leadership insight and forums, such as Defense Acquisition Executive Summary Reviews, Deputy’s Management Action Group, Capability Portfolio Reviews, and Integrated Acquisition Portfolio Reviews. They will leverage acquisition data analytics products to provide program summary assessments (PSAs), contract performance assessments (CPAs), and funding assessments (FAs) of acquisition programs. Identify and...

The successful candidate will provide expert technical analyses, assessments, recommendations, guidance, project plans, and implementation strategies to improve software development within all DoD acquisition pathways.  In this role, they will recommend software acquisition policy improvements and guidance. Develop and support the collection of metrics to assess the efficiency, effectiveness, and implementation of agile and DevSecOps techniques throughout the Department. Day-to-day, they will manage policy and guidance correspondence between the software pathway team, program teams, acquisition leaders and stakeholders who request assistance. The candidate will provide expert analysis and visualizations to convey software acquisition pathway health to external and internal stakeholders,...

Duties associated with these positions include but are not limited to the following:- 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 candidate will be responsible for providing expert support of Earned Value Management (EVM) policy and guidance, Agile policy, and guidance as it relates to EVM, EVM competency, and outreach. This includes making recommendations of EVM best practices to support development of EVM-related dashboards, visualizations, and analysis of EVM policy and guidance for DoD. Will draw on insight regarding EVM practices, industrial engineering, and general business practice to support development of data analytics and to support program offices in the implementation of EVM policy and guidance.The successful candidate will also develop and maintain DoD EVM policy and guidance consistent with Government and Industry standards, to include the Earned Value Management System Interpretation Guide...

The Procurement Team Lead shall assist the Program Manager with ensuring the delivery of qualified and experienced personnel. Supervise contractor team efforts in support of DHS CBP acquisition programs in the formulation, assessment, and execution oversight of contracts awarded to industry partners to develop, field and maintain technical capabilities required to perform the national border security missions in land, air, and maritime domains. Provide contract management strategy development and contract execution strategy consulting support services to support the award of innovative combined CBP systems operational deployment and/or maintenance support services contracts. 

Responsible for leading the creation of a technology framework and providing technical leadership to support cloud computing and automation efforts, with a focus on the design of systems and services that run on cloud platforms designed to support processing highly classified data. The contractor personnel shall provide architectural leadership and best practices to cloud-based DevOps application development teams. Additionally, the contractor personnel will be responsible for ensuring that critical applications are designed and optimized for high availability and disaster recovery.  

Responsibilities include supporting the Model-based Mission Engineering (MBME) initiative, which is a proposed approach to the massive, comprehensive digital engineering transformation, as envisioned by the DoD Digital Engineering Strategy. MBME utilizes digital Mission Thread (MT) and Mission Engineering Thread (MET) models to provide a mission context to concept exploration, capability development, and throughout the systems engineering and acquisitions life cycles. Analysis includes reviewing each component of the interface(s) and getting feedback through engagement with users.

Responsibilities will include supporting Air Force Futures Decision Support Function in its ability to assess, manage, and modify future concepts, and to evaluate the risk associated with those concepts as they integrate with existing and/or other conceptual platforms and systems.

The Team Lead will oversee all logistics and sustainment (L&S) support activities on the program. The contractor team provides management and oversight of logistics and sustainment requirements for all CBP acquisition programs. The team develops and implements life-cycle sustainment requirements for new technology programs; provides for the management and oversight of systems in the support phase of the system lifecycle; and develops tools and business processes focused on enhancing system performance and reducing system life-cycle 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 provide oversight of activities related to: lifecycle logistics policy...

The candidate will provide Intellectual Property (IP) and cross-functional acquisition expertise, advice, and assistance in developing, promulgating, and implementing IP policy, guidance, and training in the areas of law, contracting, program management, product support, engineering, finance, and workforce training. Will support Congressional, GAO, and IG engagements, directives, and reporting requirements. Apply expertise in the Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) and systems engineering to coordinate and collaborate with the client and other engineering bodies to ensure IP objectives are implemented in engineering policy and guidance. In this capacity, will conduct IP evaluation and valuation related to tailored IP licenses, rights, and agreements, including specially negotiated...

The lead SE's responsibilities include: assessing enterprise, system, and function-level requirements; Enterprise and System CONOPs; architecture products; system schedules; system and enterprise resiliency; and risks. The candidate will be responsible for understanding and implementing Information Assurance needs. Understanding of supporting test and verification strategy and the system integration of new initiatives in support of expanded mission capabilities is required. In addition to individual technical responsibilities, the Defense Lead is responsible for assigning and reviewing tasks for a team of approximately 8 employees. OCSMP certification and space operations experience is a plus, as is knowledge of adversarial threats and threat timelines.The candidate will interact with...

The successful candidate will be responsible for providing capability-based and technical analyses, assessments, and recommendations for Defense Business Systems (DBS) and IT infrastructure systems in support of program management and acquisition decisions. Will assess the cost, schedule, performance, risk, and supportability for DBS systems and programs, and provide subject matter expertise on DBS and IT infrastructure systems related to acquisition, technology, contracting, and program management. Apply subject matter expertise on DBS and IT infrastructure systems as it relates to acquisition, technology, contracting, and program management to support the DBS acquisition pathway to develop policy and guidance. Will be responsible for integrating DBS pathway policies and equities with...

The successful candidate will be responsible for assisting with the interpretation of statutes, strategic guidance, Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Government Accountability Office (GAO) and Inspectors General (IG) reports, DoD Directives and Memoranda, and DoD Policy guidance to develop and revise acquisition policies, directives, instructions, manuals, guidance, or memoranda. Draft responses to queries from Congress and officials throughout DoD and the Executive Branch. Provide expertise on matters relating to acquisition and the integration and protection of technologies that enable capability for the warfighter. The candidate will monitor commercial and whole of government best practices to identify and apply acquisition innovations to the DoD acquisition enterprise. In this...

Overview of the PositionYou will be supporting Director of Contracting in Space Systems Command’s Military Communication and Position, Navigation, and Timing PEO organization (SSC/CGK). SSC/CGK is responsible for managing and delivering current and next generation space programs. CGK works with Integrated Product Teams to develop and deliver Middle Tier Acquisition and Acquisition Category (ACAT) 1 and 3 programs. Description of dutiesThis position interacts with the NH-IV (GS-15) Division Chief, contracting officers, and their support staff on a daily basis. The individual will provide acquisition and contracting support to Space Force customers in El Segundo, CA. You will be in the premier space acquisition organization responsible for delivering space-based capabilities and...

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:- Provide executive administrative support to the Director, Principal Deputy Director, Deputy Director, Chief of Staff (CoS) and Technical Director of MID to include, but not limited to managing their calendars, schedules and travel.- Independently operate and interact with various Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC) agencies to coordinate a variety of complex executive meetings and conferences including travel to conferences and meetings as required.- Have appropriate background knowledge of administrative processes for DoD, IC and NRO office communications and IT equipment.- Support, manage and monitor incoming and outgoing electronic and physical communications on behalf of the Director, Office Directors...

We are seeking a dedicated Digital Engineering analyst with at least 3 years of experience to provide support to the Future X-Band Radar (FXR) program within the U.S. Navy Program Executive Office, Integrated Warfare Systems, Above Water Sensors and Lasers Directorate (PEO IWS 2.0).  You will join a high performing team and work alongside programmatic and technical experts in the FXR program to support a wide range of digital engineering activities. You will support the development of the FXR government SysML model, support requirements management in Cameo and configuration management of Cameo files and Teamwork Cloud Administration, support model reviews, and actively participate in document drafting and review (e.g., SOW, SEP, other GFI and MS documents) with respect to digital...

DARPA’s Commercial Strategy Team applies an end-to-end approach to commercializing some of DARPA’s most impactful technologies. We accelerate DARPA technologies to drive new products, services, and capabilities for the DoD and commercial markets for both economic and national security through working with DARPA’s top performers and researchers, and bringing in top entrepreneurs, venture and private investors, and other DoD and commercial experts and teams. The Action Officer will work closely with DARPA Commercial Strategy leadership to prioritize, communicate, and execute Commercial Strategy initiatives and special projects. Responsibilities include: engaging with the DARPA Commercial Strategy team, tech offices, DARPA performers, accelerators, commercial entrepreneurs, investors,...

The successful candidate will participate in project teams to:- Assist in the analysis of the performance of DoD programs and systems.- Conduct data collection and specification reviews.- Develop and maintain system-of-systems models using commercial and proprietary MBSE tools. - Assist in the preparation of deliverables to include presentations and written reports of findings and recommendations.- Participate in customer meetings and briefings.At SPA, we strive to deliver a robust total compensation package that will attract and retain the top talent.  Elements of the compensation package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.   SPA provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally...

About the Position:The successful candidate shall be able to:- Oversee and manage data calls, document reviews, acquisition reporting, travel requests, media requests, and other mandatory reporting directed by program oversight organizations.- Interpret program documents for applicability to military, federal, state, local, contractual, commercial, or international statutes, regulations, policies, publications, directives, instructions, executive orders, codes, requirements or standards and shall be able to develop command-level policies and practices therefrom.- Oversee, manage and approve program office operations, e.g., receive, documents, generate, distribute, track and close tasks.- Define and implement program office procedures and processes that inform tasks for the...