Acquisition Program Analyst - SeniorClearance: SecretSchedule - 5 days onsite at the Pentagon, with telework on a situational basisSAF/AQC - Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for ContractingSAF/AQC is the Air Force's lead contracting representative on the Air Staff responsible for developing and executing innovative business strategies and cost-effective contracting solutions to enable the global Air Force mission.The Contractor support shall be primarily for Contracting Business Systems (AQCI) office's e-Business support as well as other AQC non-e-business initiatives.The tasks for this position include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Supporting HAF budget preparation and defense, SAE oversight, decision-making activities.
- Supporting the HAF review process: Air Force Requirements Oversight Council (AFROCs), Joint Warfighting Capabilities Assessment (JWCAs), Defense Acquisition Boards (DABs), Congressional cycle, Acquisition Strategy Panels (ASPs), Air Force Review Board (AFRBs), Configuration Steering Board (CSB), Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports, etc.
- Use knowledge of CON-IT, ConWrite, and ACPS systemsand their linkages to other business systems to help identify upcoming requirements and make recommendations in support of ongoing projects and initiatives.
- Providing short notice, quick-reaction analyses of critical programmatic issues in the context of Congressional, OSD Staff, Joint Staff, HQ USAF, and MAJCOM.
- Preparing Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution (PPBE) documentation to ensure they accurately articulate the SAF/AQC associated programs.
- Maintaining, analyzing, planning, scheduling, and management of AQC funding data.
- Studying, analyzing, and providing recommendations on requirements, acquisition strategies, program documentation, program phase transition plans, supplemental information, and program execution.
- Providing impartial assessments of approaching milestone decisions and of prime Contractor technical and operational issues on programs within the oversight of SAF/AQC.
- Researching and analyzing program trends, identifying issues, and recommending solutions.
- Making recommendations on the allocation of funding, establishment of program goals, objectives, and schedules, and the formulation of program direction.
- Tracking compliance with stated program direction and identifying issues.
- Identifying and researching programmatic issues and tradeoffs in terms of required capabilities, costs, and schedules.
- Generating PowerPoint slides to ensure understanding of pertinent briefing topics at various levels of leadership and conducting briefing reviews of slides with AQCI.
- Reviewing and evaluating the impact of national, DoD, Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), and civil government policies and activities that affect Air Force acquisition programs and capability areas.
- Maintaining historical Air Force AQC program documentation and developing summary documents/briefings and training material.
- Monitoring on-going studies, analyses, and developmental work relevant to AQC related systems.
- Reviewing and providing data to assist in preparation for legislative hearings, program documentation, briefing packages and read-aheads, Congressional staffer visits, and other events to ensure an integrated and consistent Air Force position in response to Congressional questions, issues, and requests for information on assigned program/portfolio.
- Any other tasks closely associated with the performance of duties list above and as coordinated with the COR.
Qualifications:
- A master's degree in business or related field.
- 10 years of experience and expertise in the Air Force or DoD PPBE process with programs of record.
- Must understand e-Business systems, financial systems (Defense Enterprise Accounting and Management System and Enterprise Resource Planning systems, DEAMS), and Commander's Resource Integration System (CRIS).
- Desired: Understanding of contracting systems (CON-IT, ConWrite, ACPS).
- Desired: Acquisition experience in a System Program Office and/or HAF (or equivalent level DoD Service staff)preferred.
Work Experience Substitutions:12 years of relevant work experience may be substituted for a MA/MS degree.BA/BS degree plus 8 years of relevant work experience may be substituted for a MA/MS degree.About Nationwide IT ServicesNIS is an IT and Management consulting company, is a CVE-verified Service-Disabled Veteran- Owned Small Business. Our mission is to deliver value-added services to our customers, leveraging technology, people, and industry best practices to implement innovative solutions through our trusted employees and team members.Our benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision insurance, life and disability insurance, 401(k) plan with employer match, paid holidays, PTO (sick/vacation), commuter benefits, employee assistance program (EAP) and educational reimbursement along with Pet Insurance.Nationwide IT Services, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetics, disability or protected veteran status.
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Nationwide IT Services
vision insurance, paid holidays, 401(k)
Jul 17, 2025