Duties include but are not limited to:
- Assist procurement planning activities, including development of Statements of Work (SOW), IGCEs, and acquisition strategies.
- Assist with the preparation and review of procurement documentation to ensure accuracy and compliance with FAR and DHS policies.
- Work with contracting officers and program stakeholders to support timely and effective contract awards.
- Assist with procurement status reports, risk assessments, and recommendations to senior leadership.
- Ensure cost efficiency through market research, vendor competition, and contract optimization.
Required Education, Experience and Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in acquisition, supply chain management, or a closely related
- discipline.
- Master’s preferred
- Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred.
- A minimum of 7 years of experience in the following:
- In-depth understanding of federal procurement regulations and practices.
- Experience with DHS or DoD acquisition environments.
- Excellent organizational and documentation skills.
- Strong leadership, communication, and analytical abilities.
- Ability to manage multiple complex procurement actions under tight timelines.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office software, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and SharePoint.
- Positive adjudication from a CBP Background Investigation.
- Position requires some travel.
- Treat employees with fairness and respect regardless of their position, sexual identity, race, or tenure.
- Communicate the importance of our mission and our employees’ contributions to it, ensuring they understand how their job role contributes to the greater good.
- Openly promote and communicate our ideas for change and adaptability.
- Strive to achieve results as an organization.
- Hold employees accountable to their commitments and provide incentives that encourage positive and productive behaviors.
- Value the talents and contributions of our employees as the key factor for our success.
- Create an environment where people can engage at all levels.
- Encourage people to take risks and allow them to make mistakes.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in acquisition, supply chain management, or closely related discipline
- Master's degree
- Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
- Minimum of 7 years of procurement experience
- In-depth understanding of federal procurement regulations and practices (FAR)
- Experience with DHS or DoD acquisition environments
- Excellent organizational and documentation skills
- Strong leadership, communication, and analytical abilities
- Ability to manage multiple complex procurement actions under tight timelines
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and SharePoint
- Positive adjudication from a CBP Background Investigation
- Willingness to travel as required by the position
What We Do
NextGen is an award-winning IT solutions and services provider. NextGen is a fast-growing company that employs agile and mature processes in areas of innovation, research and development, program management, systems engineering, and technology commercialization. Current customers include the Department of Defense, Federal Government, and commercial companies. NextGen utilizes a mixed model consisting of Services and Solution Development in support of customer goals. Our core areas of expertise include Software Development, Research and Development, Enterprise IT Systems Engineering, and Cyber Security & Data Management. NextGen obtained ISO 9001 certification and achieved CMMI-DEV and CMMI-SVC Level 3 appraisal. Recent and steady growth led to our recognition by INC 5000 as the 211th (2016), 440th (2017), 1096th (2018), 1703rd (2019), and 2437th (2020) fastest-growing company in the US and 19th fastest growing IT Services Company in the US. NextGen has offices near Aberdeen, MD; Ft. Meade, MD; Dayton, OH; O’Fallon, IL, and Morgantown, WV. We understand the paradigm shift of doing more with less; developing, operating, and supporting complex systems and missions while keeping pace with changing technologies; and providing high-quality working solutions to analysts and warfighters supporting the Federal Government. We aggressively manage internal costs to ensure competitive salaries for top talent while ensuring cost-effective delivery to our customers. As the demand for quality increases, NextGen is well-positioned to tackle the most intricate challenges facing the defense and intelligence communities today.
