Acquisition Strategy, Acquisitions Management, Analysis Skills, Aviation Industry, Avionics, Cost Control, DoD Acquisitions, Government, Intelligence Community, Intelligence Gathering, Interpret Regulations, Leading Edge Technology, Logistics, Maintain Compliance, Military, Operational Improvement, Operational Support, Problem Solving Skills, Project/Program Management, Rapid Prototyping, Regulatory Requirements, Reporting Skills, Requirements Management, Telephone Skills, United States Citizen, United States Department of Defense (DoD), Vehicle Fleets, Willing to Travel
Apogee has an exciting new opportunity for a Senior Acquisition Analyst to support Special Operations Forces Acquisition, Technology and Logistics’ (SOF AT&L) Program Executive Office for Rotary Wing (PEO-RW). PEO-RW equips Army Special Operations Aviation Command and the 160th SOAR with advanced rotary-wing aircraft, mission equipment, and training systems to maintain decisive overmatch in contested environments. Focused on readiness, rapid technology integration, and lifecycle sustainment, PEO-RW executes a balanced acquisition approach that recapitalizes airframes, integrates next-generation sensors and survivability/lethality upgrades, and prepares the force for future SOF-modified vertical lift platforms.
Through its product offices, PEO-RW continuously fields hardware and software improvements across the SOF helicopter fleet and associated simulators, ensuring aircrews can train and operate with the most capable and reliable systems available.
This is a full-time opportunity located at MacDill AFB, FL
Responsibilities:
- Maintain detailed understanding of SOF Rotary Wing aircraft, mission equipment, and operating environment;
- Interact with SOF aircrews to assist the PEO in understanding key user requirements and capability issues;
- Develop, coordinate, and execute rapid prototyping of leading edge technologies (avionics, communications, materials, and survivability equipment) to assess ability to imrove SOF mission execution;
- Lead coordination with the Intelligence community to aid the Rotary Wing Enterprise in understanding trends in threat capability and implementation;
- Ensure program compliance with organizational guidance and regulatory requirements;
- Interpret regulations and directives to determine impact on programs;
- Coordinate across the USSOCOM staff to resolve HQ issues relating to program execution
- Routinely brief senior leaders within USSOCOM and the SOF enterprise on program status, issues, and recommended courses of action
- Develop elements of program acquisition strategies to transition leading edge technologies to programs of record;
- Keep program information current and organize data to submit to management for decision making
- Prepare reports and briefings on program status, policies and procedures, in support of acquisition program milestones
- Analyze effectiveness and efficiency of program; develop recommendations to improve program operations.
- Answer data calls and inquiries on program policies and procedures
- Participate in requirements development process in support of Senior Managers and Government counterparts.
- Monitor programs to ensure compliance with policies and procedures
- Manage program cost, schedule, performance, and risks in accordance to policies and procedures; formulate proposed mitigations as necessary.
- Research ways to eliminate program bottlenecks and barriers to production; support government counterparts in development of solutions to program issues.
Qualifications:
Minimum Experience:
Citizenship: Must be a US citizen
Clearance: Must possess and maintain a TS w/SCI eligibility
Certifications: DAWIA Practitioner Equivalency IAW the PWS (DAWIA level II equivalent), or the ability to obtain within 6 months of hire
Education: Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline
Years of Experience: Minimum of 12 years experience in DoD Acquisition Programs to include:
- Five (5) years military helicopter pilot experience;
- Five (5) years DoD acquisition program management experience;
- Five (5) years experience in intelligence gathering, analysis, and reporting;
- Working knowledge of the Defense Acquisition System as directed by DoD Instruction 5000.02;
- Working knowledge of the Defense Acquisition Framework process;
- Working knowledge of the defense industrial base and evolving technologies aplicable to SOF rotary wing aircraft;
Additional Information
Location: MacDill AFB, FL
On-site/Hybrid/Remote: On-Site
Travel: 25%