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Apogee Engineering

Provides engineering solutions with client-focused service

Lifecycle Acquisition Analyst - Subject Matter Expert

Program ManagementUpdated on Nov 5
Full-timeFort Belvoir, VA, USANo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • U.S. citizenship is required.
  • An active TS-SCI clearance and a Counter-Intelligence Polygraph completed within the last five years or within 90 days of hire are required.
  • A Program/Project Management Professional certification, DAWIA certification in PM (Advanced) or E&TM (Practitioner), or Scaled Agile Framework Agilist certification is required.
  • A bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting, computer science, or an engineering-related field is required.
  • Expert-level expertise relevant to the field, compliant with GSA standards, is required.
  • At least 18 years of experience with NGA, DoD, or other IC Agencies acquisition processes and procedures, especially creating RFP documentation such as SOW, SOO, PWS, and IGCEs and performing technical evaluations of proposals, is required.
  • At least 18 years of experience in IT program/project management is required.
  • At least 18 years of experience applying systems engineering processes, requirements analysis, interface definition, and detailed implementation planning of large complex systems or enterprises and enterprise-wide interoperability is required.
  • At least 12 years of experience and practical application with NGA, IC, or DoD budgeting and financial tools and processes is required.

Responsibilities

  • Provide advice to assist the government in planning, managing, and executing programs and projects.
  • Evaluate performance and execution risks, and make comprehensive recommendations to the government.
  • Support successful government execution throughout the entire lifecycle of designated efforts, from concept through deactivation and disposal.
  • Create program documents, plans, and related artifacts, and review, evaluate, and assess existing requirements, documents, plans, and artifacts for accuracy, consistency, and compliance.
  • Facilitate meetings and perform secretariat duties.
  • Support program management, business management, and budget execution reviews, and provide feedback to the government.
  • Support NGA/PM programs on program finance issues, including assessing, coordinating, scheduling, and executing management briefings.
  • Analyze and coordinate program- and division-level financial management plans, including POM inputs, and reports, including fiscal-year spend plans, variance analysis, and corrective-action plans.
  • Assist NGA/PM government representatives in generating the annual NGA/PM spend plan and POM, articulating short-, mid-, and long-term goals and deliverables.
  • Assess the realism of contractor cost estimates submitted in response to Government Requests for Change or impact-assessment requests.
  • Support Source and NGA/PM in coordinated acquisition, budget, and operational planning to enable Mapping, Charting, and Geodesy capabilities.
  • Generate independent program-office cost estimates for future requirements, program activities, and acquisition processes.
  • Generate program-level cost models and documentation, and improve estimating methods and techniques through collection, normalization, and analysis of cost and technical data.
  • Assist in producing documentation for new acquisitions and follow-on contracts.
  • Collaborate and integrate within the PEO and with partner organizations and customers, including other program offices, the sensor office, the infrastructure team, the SAM office, financial management offices, contracting officers, and Source.
  • Prepare and submit detailed minutes and notes regarding TEMs, reviews, and milestone events.
  • Conduct briefings, Technical Exchange Meetings, and events.
  • Assist the program office with preparing and coordinating delivery orders, task orders, requirements documents, briefings, and performance statements, as applicable.
  • Participate in major program milestones and use expertise to identify and raise programmatic issues and solutions.
  • Evaluate programmatic impacts of architectural direction and guidance, and recommend paths forward.
  • Provide program-management-level awareness and tracking of NGA/PM SPIDs and security processes.
  • Assist with drafting and presenting PEO and project presentations to external organizations and customers.
  • Monitor designated Mapping, Charting, and Geodesy operational systems; support resolution of operational issues; and track test events and related software deliveries.
  • Recommend improvements to program-management processes led or participated in by NGA/PM, and assist the government with implementing process improvements.
  • Assist the government in responding to senior-leadership requests.
  • Provide program-management advice and recommendations on alternative courses of action and strategies for delivering Mapping, Charting, and Geodesy capabilities.
  • Maintain the PEO roadmap according to NGA-prescribed policies.
  • Provide expertise and techniques for incorporating best-practice Agile program-management methods into acquisition programs.
  • Assist government PMs with answers and input on funding from NGA, OUSD(I), DNI, and Congress.
  • Assist in writing and defending Overseas Contingency Operations Funds and PEO unfunded requirements.
  • Provide support across the PEO for high-priority work and surge-support needs.
  • Maintain awareness of activities across the Mapping, Charting, and Geodesy PEO.
  • Assist with improving PEO strategy.
  • Support PEO leadership in responding to senior-leadership requests.
  • Support the NGA/PM tasker process.
  • Create and manage Major System Acquisition documentation and reports.
  • Brief Major System Acquisition information to internal and external NGA leadership.
  • Coordinate Major System Acquisition efforts with all stakeholders.

Desired Qualifications

  • A master's degree or higher is preferred.
  • A Program/Project Management Professional certification, DAWIA certification in PM or E&TM, or Scaled Agile Framework Agilist certification is preferred.
  • At least 18 years of experience with NGA processes and tools, including systems engineering, acquisition, configuration management, readiness, and security, is preferred.
  • At least 18 years of experience and practical application with NGA budgeting and financial processes and tools is preferred.
  • At least 18 years of experience providing long-term, direct acquisition and program-management support services to NGA at the NSG Segment level is preferred.
  • At least 18 years of experience generating Military Intelligence Program and National Intelligence Program base and Overseas Contingency Operations Program Objective Memorandum submissions, funding requests, and justifications at the budget-program level or above to Congress and DoD or ODNI oversight authorities is preferred.

About the Company

Apogee Engineering

Provides engineering solutions with client-focused service

Apogee Engineering provides engineering consulting services, focusing on delivering practical, tailored engineering solutions for clients across various venues and projects. They work by collaborating with clients to understand needs, then designing, developing, and deploying the right engineering approach at the right time, with emphasis on integrity and excellence. The company differentiates itself through a client-first mindset, a small-business, family-like culture, and a commitment to mentoring and professional client support, ensuring reliability and long-term success for clients. The goal is to help clients succeed by providing dependable, effective engineering solutions and trusted partnerships.

Company size
501-1,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Colorado, United States
Founded
2004

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