Description

LinQuest has an opportunity for an Acquisition Analyst to join our team in El Segundo, CA. This position requires a Secret clearance and offers a hybrid schedule.

This is an opportunity to make a direct impact on our country’s defense acquisition and contracts process. As an Acquisition Analyst, you’ll help determine documentation requirements for milestone and decision events, contributing to strategic planning with key clients and more. You’ll work on acquisition pathway analyses and be responsible for contributing to key strategy decisions. You’ll grow your acquisition expertise regarding all statutory, regulatory, and policy updates impacting each project’s success. From working with your team to building and maintaining relationships with external stakeholders, to obtaining concurrence, you’ll help deliver meaningful acquisition support!

Required Skills and Experience:

• 3+ years of experience researching, interpreting, and applying Defense Acquisition System or Adaptive Acquisition Framework 5000 series policies, principles, techniques, methods, and practices

• Must have experience on ACAT-level programs.

• Experience providing recommendations for acquisition program teams on acquisition pathways, including documentation tailoring and baselining

• Experience planning, tracking, and meeting due dates for multiple tasks across multiple programs

• Experience collaborating successfully with individuals at all levels to accomplish tasks within stated deadlines

• Ability to adapt to changing environments while maintaining performance and quality of work products

• Ability to effectively and concisely communicate using a variety of styles appropriate to target audience

• Secret clearance

• Bachelor's degree

Desired Skills and Experience:

• Experience with Space Systems Command

• Experience producing Integrated Master Schedules within Microsoft Project

• Experience with providing independent assessments for programs approaching decision milestones

• Acquisition Professional Development Program (APDP) Certification at the Program Management Level I or higher

Compensation:

• The salary for this position ranges from approximately $67,700.00 to $154,000.00 depending on relevant experience and qualifications.

Benefits:

LinQuest offers comprehensive and competitive benefit offerings to our team members to include medical, dental, vision, retirement, paid time off, tuition reimbursement, company paid life insurance, and more! For additional information please visit: https://www.linquest.com/careers/our-benefits

Why LinQuest?

20 years of excellence from concept to capability.

LinQuest is a national security space leader that enables defense and intelligence missions through advanced digital solutions and the development, integration, and operation of mission control systems. As a recognized thought leader in Digital Engineering and Digital Transformation, LinQuest delivers the technical capability, innovation, agility, and operational expertise to accelerate our Nation’s competitive advantage in space. From concept to capability, LinQuest architects integrate end-to-end solutions, enabling Digital Dominance for a Digital Space Force.

Qualifications

Licenses & Certifications

Required

• Secret

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)