Major duties include but are not limited to: Serves as a technical advisor to provide project management for the documentation of technology systems and equipment over which the VA is the lead acquisition agency; Provides knowledge for the preparation of the technical portion of the information system acquisition packages; Formulates technical requirements and procurement data and ensures requirements are documented correctly; Assesses contractors development efforts to modify, realign, or redirect technical evaluations of contractor proposals; Performs risk assessments to identify and mitigate technical risks to an acceptable level for meeting mission requirements; Collaborates closely with a highly diversified customer base including senior level engineers, project leaders and program managers from VA and other agencies; Participates in regular acquisition planning sessions to identify technical barriers in system concepts; and. Specified academic courses -- Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A. Related curriculum -- Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelors degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a bachelors degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance.