Acquisition Management Support II/Acquisition Specialist

Location: Remote

• Perform as the point-of-contact for obtaining IT Approvals for the procurement of IT hardware, software, and/or services via the Crane Chief Information Officer (CIO) Office and the Navy Information Dominance Approval System (NAV-IDAS) tool.
• Perform Acquisition Management Specialists (AMS) and Acquisition Quality Managers (AQM) type functions by generating acquisition packages to support customer IT procurement requests.
• Prepare NAVSEA/NAVSUP statistical acquisition reports.
• Establish and maintains electronic and/or hardcopy data library of documents and work order files for documents received for processing.
• Coordinate with various AMS and AQM personnel to support customer IT Approval procurement needs, and coordinate documentation as required.
• Interface with customers/users across the departments to obtain requirements related to IT procurements; perform analysis to determine the best approval approach; gather information necessary to process requests; review current compliance areas and guidance to validate that the proposed procurement meets applicable policies and statutes; and input Information Technology Procurement Requests (ITPR)s into the NAV-IDAS system.
• Perform requirements identification, solution determination assistance, strategies, justification write-ups, compliance element adherence/validation and documentation, and response to inquiries including defense of need or approach.
• Support and/or perform actions required to assist customers in obtaining compliance in the various compliance areas.
• Track all in-progress requests; maintain constant communication with customers; respond to rejections and questions on ITPRs; interface with the Crane CIO Office; work with the Crane Functional Area Manager group on Navy registration requirements and efforts; and work with customers and managers.
• Perform requirements development/analysis and assist with generating documentation to obtain Navy level approval in order to procure servers and server software for use in RDT&E environments.
• Review, follow-up and resolve errors during acquisition cycle.
• Provide tracking and analysis of procurement data to provide recommendations to improve quality, schedule and efficiencies.
• Participate in the development and maintenance of acquisition documents, and assists with the validation/verification, discrepancies/deficiencies resolution and accuracy/adequacy assessment of acquisition document requirements.
• Ensure organizational adherence to FAR/DFARS/NMCARS to include NSWC Crane Acquisition Quality Assurance Guide.
• Develop Procurement Data Packages (PDP) from line departments ensuring all pre-solicitation requirements are adequately addressed to prepare for solicitation.

• A Bachelor’s degree in a technical field from an accredited university. (Advanced degree preferred but not required) a minimum of three (3) years’ experience is required if the candidate does not possess a Bachelor’s degree.
• DAWIA certification preferred Clearance
• An active Secret clearance required.
• Must be able to sit and stand for prolonged periods of time, as well as lead and participate in meetings and working groups
• Strong communication, organizational, creative, analytical and problem solving, interpersonal and presentation skills
• Working knowledge of FAR and DFARS
• Familiarity with IT for NAVSEA (compliance)