Senior Acquisition Support Specialist
Overview
The Senior Acquisition Support Specialist serves as the Lead Acquisition Subject Matter Expert (SME) supporting the NEXUS IT Team and acquisition modernization initiatives and provides support to the BD team as needed. The incumbent provides expert Federal and State acquisition knowledge, operational contracting expertise, and business process guidance to ensure acquisition regulations, stakeholder requirements, procurement workflows, contract writing systems, and compliance controls are accurately represented within technology-enabled solutions.
The successful candidate possesses extensive experience serving as a Contract Specialist (CS), Contracting Officer (CO), Acquisition Lead, Functional Lead, Product Owner, Procurement Analyst, Program Management Advisor, or similar acquisition professional. Leveraging practical acquisition and contracting experience, the incumbent serves as the primary liaison between acquisition stakeholders and technical teams, translating operational requirements into business, functional, technical, testing, implementation, and modernization requirements.
The Senior Acquisition Support Specialist provides expert guidance regarding acquisition lifecycle processes, stakeholder authorities and responsibilities, governance structures, contract writing systems, and acquisition modernization efforts. The position supports software development, system integration, implementation, testing, training, deployment, and sustainment activities while ensuring solutions align with acquisition regulations, business requirements, and mission objectives.
The incumbent serves as the principal acquisition advisor for NEXUS and maintains comprehensive knowledge of acquisition stakeholders, including Contract Specialists, Contracting Officers, Contracting Officer Representatives (CORs), Program Managers, Financial Management Offices, Legal Counsel, Small Business Offices, Procurement Executives, and Executive Leadership throughout all phases of the acquisition lifecycle.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the principal Acquisition Subject Matter Expert supporting NEXUS acquisition modernization initiatives and the BD team as needed on AIR-BD.
- Provide expert guidance regarding Federal and State acquisition regulations, policies, procedures, and contracting operations.
- Advise executive leadership and project stakeholders regarding acquisition modernization, organizational transformation, and business process improvement opportunities.
- Ensure acquisition business requirements and regulatory obligations are accurately represented within NEXUS functionality and workflows.
- Act as the primary acquisition advisor supporting software development, testing, implementation, deployment, and sustainment activities.
- Provide operational acquisition insight that enables technical teams to make informed system design decisions.
- Serve as the acquisition authority for validating business processes, workflow designs, and acquisition-related functionality.
- Serve as the authoritative advisor regarding real-world Federal and State acquisition operations.
- Educate NEXUS technical, development, testing, implementation, and support teams on Government acquisition business processes.
- Explain acquisition decision-making authorities, approval structures, acquisition milestones, stakeholder interactions, and governance requirements.
- Provide subject matter expertise regarding PRISM, Momentum, SPS/PD2, and related Federal contract writing systems.
- Validate that technical designs, workflow configurations, and business process changes accurately reflect acquisition operations and assess impacts on stakeholders, compliance requirements, and mission outcomes.
- Analyze contract writing system functionality, workflow processes, approval chains, interfaces, reporting capabilities, and compliance controls.
- Explain document generation processes, acquisition data structures, routing requirements, procurement controls,