Acquisition and Contract Support Specialist (GEOINT Ground)

About the Role

Arcfield provides systems engineering, integration, and digital transformation across space, air, land, sea, and cyber domains. Join our team on a new contract supporting a joint customer Program Office responsible for acquiring the future GEOINT Ground Architecture. This architecture will provide the user community with capabilities in a modular, open architecture that delivers global, persistent, real-time surveillance and activity-based intelligence information.

As an Acquisition and Contract Support Specialist (GEOINT Ground), you will be an integral member of our contractor team, playing a critical role in supporting acquisition, systems engineering, and integration efforts within a dynamic and mission-driven Intelligence Community customer environment. This position involves collaborating with cross-functional technical teams to ensure system performance, adherence to requirements, and alignment with overarching program objectives.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including program managers, engineers, and finance personnel, to align acquisition strategies with mission objectives.
• Act as a liaison between government stakeholders and industry partners to clarify requirements and resolve acquisition-related issues.
• Coordinate with external organizations and vendors to ensure alignment with program objectives.
• Participate in agile solution epic management activities and assist in defining work streams, priorities, and identifying assumptions and dependencies.
• Engage with stakeholders to understand needs, incorporate feedback into systems engineering and acquisition processes, and ensure continuous process improvement.
• Develop, review, and manage acquisition documents, including Statements of Work (SOWs), Independent Government Cost Estimates (IGCEs), and Requests for Proposals (RFPs).
• Advise on acquisition strategies, including IDIQ, OTA, and other contract types as appropriate.
• Ensure compliance with agency-specific acquisition policies and federal regulations, including the FAR and DFARS.
• Coordinate with government Contracting Officers to facilitate source selection processes, industry days, and contract award actions.
• Provide technical and administrative support for acquisition activities, including reviewing and finalizing contract documents.
• Track and monitor contract performance to ensure deliverables meet mission requirements.
• Maintain detailed and accurate records of all acquisition activities to ensure audit readiness.
• Ensure that all processes adhere to agency-specific acquisition guidelines, with a focus on National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) policies.
• Identify and mitigate potential acquisition risks, including organizational conflicts of interest (OCI).
• Provide recommendations to address challenges that arise during the acquisition lifecycle.
• Participate in established systems engineering processes, including the review and analysis of engineering documentation as it relates to acquisitions (e.g., requirements documents, risk management plans, schedules, and system design artifacts).
• Coordinate and integrate across systems engineering, acquisition, and agile activities across multiple threads and components to ensure end-to-end solutions meet mission objectives.

Requirements

• Must possess and be able to maintain a TS/SCI Clearance with Poly.
• BS with 12-15 years of experience, MS with 10-13 years of experience, or Ph.D. with 10+ years of experience.
• Familiarity with IC and/or DoD-specific acquisition policies and procedures, and proven experience working on IDIQ, OTA, and other complex contract structures.
• Strong understanding of FAR, DFARS, and other relevant acquisition regulations.
• Ability to align acquisition strategies with long-term program objectives.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to interact with senior government and industry personnel.
• Ability to organize, prioritize, schedule, and accomplish a wide variety of tasks with exceptional attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Ability to navigate complex acquisition processes and ensure accuracy in contract documentation.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, evolving acquisition environment with shifting priorities.
• Great customer teaming skills: ability to lead and collaborate in cross-functional teams.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.

Qualifications (Desired)

• Former Contracting Officer or similar role with hands-on experience managing government contracts.
• Experience in Intelligence Community (IC) or Department of Defense (DoD) environments.
• Knowledge of NGA acquisition processes in addition to NRO-specific knowledge.
• Experience with acquisition software tools and platforms.
• Familiarity with GEOINT systems.
• Familiarity with ground systems.
• Demonstrated understanding of the end-to-end systems engineering and integration lifecycle and the processes, tools, and artifacts used in the development and management of complex systems.
• Working knowledge of SAFe agile methodology, agile planning and management concepts, and Atlassian tools (Jira and Confluence).

Pay

Projected compensation range for this position: $134,105.03 – $233,182.62.

Benefits

• Health Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Holiday Pay
• Short Term and Long-Term Disability
• Retirement and Savings plans
• Learning and Development opportunities
• Wellness programs
• Other optional benefit elections