Acquisition Program Specialist - Senior (EPASS 79 EB)
The Air Force Program Executive Officer for Weapons (AFPEO/WP) oversees the acquisition and sustainment of a wide range of Air Force munitions, missiles, and related systems. To support the Armament Directorate’s ongoing mission, the Air Force seeks contracted Advisory and Assistance Services (A&AS) to supplement its military and civil service workforce. Essential Job Functions: The Contractor shall apply a comprehensive knowledge in the development of Net-Ready Key Performance Parameter (NR-KPP) documentation, Information Support Plans (ISPs), Information Assurance Support Plans (IASP), Program Protection Plans (PPP), and any/all related DoDAF 2.2 (or later) architecture views; provide training on DoDAF policy, processes, procedures, and tools; provide extensive reach-back support across all functional disciplines to enable any AFPEO/EB portfolio program; and develop all required products at an extremely accelerated pace to support short-notice program direction where organic resources are either not yet on-board or are insufficient to handle sudden increases in workload volume. Assist with development of Capability Based Assessments (CBA), Initial Capabilities Documents, Capability Development Documents (CDD), and Capability Production Documents (CPD), along with associated risk assessments, briefings, and coordination/staffing documentation. The Contractor shall maintain requirements traceability and develop required reports and analyses to facilitate updates to existing CDDs and CPDs as required by senior Government decision makers. The Contractor will employ CBA data visualization and editing tools to create JCIDS products and maintain a persistent data model, reducing the need to recreate data across multiple program documents. These tools will support requirements documentation, allocation, and tracking, using platforms like DOORS, SysML, or equivalent suites. These tools will enable near-real-time, integrated response to Major Command (MAJCOM) changes and inputs. The Contractor shall provide FMS case management support. The Contractor shall provide support to the Government with products in the following areas: Digital Modeling, Cameo/SysML functions, Management via Atlassian tools including Confluence/Jira, Acquisition Program Management, Draft Contract Source Selection, Configuration Management, JCIDS, DoD Architecture Framework (DoDAF), Enterprise Integration, Developmental Planning. The Contractor shall provide advice and assistance to the Government with Rapid Response/Rapid Delivery, Source Selection Support, Program Communication and Reporting, Program Schedule Management and Execution, Risk Management, Contract Management Support and Technical Data Management. The Contractor shall apply knowledge and experience in acquisition program support to assist program managers in meeting guidance in FAR, DoD 5000.2, and other applicable documents and regulations, systems, and guides. The Contractor shall assist with the DoD planning, programming and budgeting process; USAF weapons acquisition process; cost estimating and analysis of missiles, munitions, electronic systems, delivery vehicles, targets and range systems; and support Government program managers and financial managers. The Contractor shall assist in the performance of tasks such as, but not limited to, the following: • Develop and manage program plans, risk management processes and program courses of action for streamlined operations and processes. • Maintain conformed copies of contracts within organizational responsibility; including the preparation, maintenance, and posting of each contract, to include contract modifications, schedules, funding profiles, and Contract Line-Item Number (CLIN) indexes; monitor weapon system contractor production status; project status of deliverables; and establish and maintain database(s) to track incoming and outgoing prime contractual letters for either Government or weapon system contractor response. • Support development of draft Requests for Proposal (RFPs) including systems specifications, System Requirements Documents (SRD), Statement of Objectives (SOO), Statement of Work (SOW), Contract Data Requirements Lists (CDRL)s, and other RFP products. • Advise and assist with development and administration of source selection simulations and cost benefit assessments to determine optimal capability and strategy to acquire intended weapon system; advise and assist with mock proposal development, conduct RFP risk assessments, prepare and coordinate responses to requests for information (RFI), and deliver training modules. • Assist with the planning and management of product baseline configurations to include configuration identification, configuration control, configuration status accounting, and configuration verification and auditing, IAW military and industrial guidance (i.e. MIL-HDBK-67 and the American National Standards Institute/Electronic Industries Alliance standard ANSI/EIA-649). • Perform economic, budget, and financial analyses to include obligations and expenditure forecasting; develop funds management, funding status, automated models, and control techniques. • Prepare briefings and decision support information. Required Skills: Due to the sensitivity of customer related requirements, US Citizenship is required. An Associates degree plus 15 years of relevant experience, a Bachelors degree plus 10 years, or a Masters degree plus 7 years of experience is required. Active DoD Secret Security Clearance. Contractor personnel at this level must be capable of solving major problems in a narrow specialty field or over a broad scope of specialties. Recommendations and conclusions provided by Contractor personnel at this level are considered authoritative and are seldom questioned from a technical point of view. Contractor personnel at this level can exercise a high degree of originality and sound judgment in formulating, evaluating, and correlating broad management or engineering/scientific concepts as applicable, guiding the analysis of unique problems and developing new and improved techniques and methods. Contractor personnel at this level typically work on high-visibility or mission critical aspects of a given program and performs all functional duties independently. Contractor personnel at this level may oversee the efforts of less senior staff and/or be responsible for the efforts of all staff assigned to a specific job. Contractor personnel at this level perform work involving exploration of subject area, definition of scope, and selection of system anomalies requiring further investigation. Contractor personnel at this level apply intensive and diverse knowledge to problems and make independent decisions.
