The Finance and Acquisition SME will provide advisory and assistance support regarding planning, developing, implementing, and coordinating various analyses and evaluations of the DOMEX's current and future architecture requirements. The Contractor shall assist the Government in organizing and tracking technical investment plans to ensure the execution of the current-year spending plan to meet functional goals and fiscal timelines. Location – Bethesda ONLY - NO TELEWORK. Must have an active TS/SCI and be willing to sit for a CI Poly.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Assist the Government in organizing and tracking technical investment plans to ensure the execution of the current year's spending plan to meet functional goals and fiscal timelines.

• Develop and deliver the DOMEX Acquisition Strategy Plan per DIA/NMEC regulations/procedures/processes.

• Provide contract advisory and assistance support in generating technical details, including market analysis, purchase justifications, material lifecycle plans, bills of material, cost estimates, and product and service-oriented draft statements of work.

• Provide contract advisory and assistance support in performing cost-benefit and market analysis to determine if requirements details meet DOD requisition policy for use of Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) or acquiring COTS software and recommend the most efficient acquisition approach.

• Provide services to coordinate and support the development of customer needs statements, Requests for Information (RFIs), and Requests for Quotes (RFQs).

• Provide contract advisory and assistance in coordinating activities within the Government procurement process to create purchase orders and support receipt of goods/services used to support IT-related services.

• Identify opportunities for lower pricing and provide cost-benefit analysis for procurement requests to meet Government requirements.

• Coordinate with the subject matter expert assigned to the organization to ensure that all supporting documentation that must be prepared for an acquisition is completed and accurate before a purchase request is initiated; generate the associated purchase request; assemble the required and coordinate supporting documentation for inclusion with the purchase request.

• Provide advisory and assistance services for software licensing by maintaining an inventory of software titles in use with relevant details to ensure proper provisioning of licenses that meet Internal Use Software requirements for auditability. The inventory shall include software license cost and lifecycle information.

• Provide advisory information related to cost implications, penalties, and charges for changes to leases and licenses.

• Track and report lease and license renewal and end-of-life dates and timely notify appropriate personnel, along with recommendations based on research and analysis.

• Support the Government in identifying service issues and compliance with contracted services.

Required Qualifications:

• Experience in Government contracting/acquisitions, including analyzing and reviewing contract proposals and preparing technical reports; enterprise IT software, hardware, and services procurements; documenting IT requirements; developing purchase justifications and material life cycle plans.

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s Degree and 8+years of relevant experience or a Master’s and seven+ years of relevant experience