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Posted: Nov. 19, 2021

Clearance Requirements: Must be a U.S. Citizen; must possess a minimum of an ACTIVE government SECRET clearance.

Responsibilities:

iPower is looking for an independent, hands-on, customer-focused team member with system engineering and DoD experience, who will be able to develop solutions, analyze technical requirements, and provide guidance to our government client on a variety of technical and process improvement points. Our senior analyst will:

• Analyze the current requirements management process and provide recommended process improvements to the Government
• Develop, implement, and manage a process to track a Project/Product’s Capability and Performance requirements
• Use IBM DOORS to track and trace requirements to Capability Development Documents
• Analyze and document Government requirements, develop Functional Specifications, develop use cases, and show traceability from the original Government requirements to the Functional Specifications
• Interact with other stakeholders throughout the acquisition life cycle
• Decompose operational requirements into performance-based requirements
• Analyze the System Integrator’s requirements management process
• Ensure requirements traceability is maintained throughout all technical and requirements documentation
• Develop appropriate support documentation, reports, and presentations in support of the requirements process
• Perform other requirements management and system engineering activities, as directed by the Government
• Analyze technical and operational data from the SI and provide feedback or recommendations
• Risk Manager for Government product owners

Qualifications:

• Minimum 4 to 5 years of understanding the system engineering process within the DoD
• IBM DOORS experience
• Commitment to customer service
• Knowledge of Defense Acquisition Programs
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment

Preferred Qualification:

• Gov Cloud experience preferred
• Bachelors Degree in Engineering (preferably Systems), Computer Science, or information Technology

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Posted: Aug. 5, 2019

Clearance Requirements: Must be a U.S. Citizen and have an ACTIVE government SECRET clearance.

Responsibilities:

The Senior System Architect will provide engineering support for the enterprise and biometric solution architecture of the client’s system. The Senior Architect shall be responsible for ensuring compliance with statutory, regulatory, and policy requirements and shall lead and manage all client biometric architecture activities.

• Perform architectural technical reviews to ensure compliance with Army policies

• Review and provide comments regarding performance and interface standards, interface control documents, and interface security agreements

• Perform analysis of biometric requirements across the DoD Biometric Enterprise, with a goal of creating biometric architectures where requirements are articulated successfully, and gaps identified

• Analyze and assess performance and data architectures across the PM DoD Biometrics systems to make recommendations and develop a plan for improving PM DoD Biometrics capabilities

• Develop strategies that can be implemented in stages to enable a seamless transition into a more efficient and effective systems architectures and data structures

• Evaluate “As Is” architectures, to include existing capabilities and technical implementations

• Produce and maintain architecture training curriculum, as needed, to include “As Is” architectures; conceptual, logical, and physical “To Be” architectures; DoD enterprise guidance for biometric systems; hardware and software; DoD EBTS specification, and interoperability partners

• Analyze architectural artifacts, Technical Authority memorandums, technical requests for information, and compliance inputs

• Produce and maintain “To Be” architectures, to include producing biometric architecture products with project/product goals and objectives

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in a technical or scientific field such as software or computer engineering, physics, mathematics, or computer science

• Minimum 10 years of direct experience in the architecting and maintaining of large-scale, enterprise-level, information systems

• An additional 5 years of experience may be substituted for a degree

• Experience with Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF)

• Understanding of MagicDraw

• Experience with biometrics systems is desired

• Successful performance requires previous biometric architecture experience relating to the development of System, Operational, Capability, Conceptual, and Technical views

• Familiarity with Engineering standards, IEEE/ISO and/or CMMI that apply to Biometrics and Networking

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, self-organization and self-management skills, with emphasis on self-initiation and follow through

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Posted: Jul. 2, 2021

Sign-on bonus and relocation support available!

Consultant or Employee Positions!

Clearance Required:

TOP SECRET security clearance required. All Personnel in order to begin work will be required to complete the requirements for Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) access and complete a Counter-Intelligence polygraph (current Full Scope polygraph will also be accepted).

Please do not apply for this job if you do not currently hold a TS security clearance.

Place of Performance: Northern Albemarle County, VA

Consistently ranked as one of the best places to live in the U.S., Charlottesville and Albemarle County offer a unique living experience in a picturesque setting! Along the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, adventure awaits in the forms of hiking, biking, paddling and camping in the gorgeous great outdoors. Delight in the finest restaurants, attend area events, stroll the brick-lined Downtown Mall or taste fruits and vino at over 30 local orchards and vineyards.

Responsibilities:

The contract specialist (CS) shall assist the contracting officer (CO) in planning, soliciting, awarding, administering, and closing contract actions. The CS shall interact with internal and external government and contract personnel, as required, to ensure all contract actions comply with relevant regulations, local policies, and directives. Specific tasking, includes, but is not limited to the following:

• Assist the CO and requirements owners with acquisition and source selection planning and documentation
• Assist requirements owners in the development of requirements documents such as the statement of work (SOW), statement of objectives (SOO), performance work statement (PWS), independent government cost estimate (IGCE), to name a few
• Prepare requests for proposal (RFPs) and requests for information (RFIs)
• Select appropriate solicitation provisions and contract terms/conditions
• Review complex solicitations and prepare specialized and/or non-routine response for proposals, bids, and contract modifications
• Analyzes significant, and/or unique contract requirements, special provisions, terms and conditions to ensure compliance with appropriate laws, regulations, and federal policies and business unit procedure and communicates results
• Responsible for initiating, tracking and monitoring contract changes, deliverables, invoicing and payment, correspondence, risks and maintaining associated documentation
• Prepare and disseminate information including, but not limited to, contract status, compliance and modifications
• Performant cost and price analysis and prepare negotiation memorandum
• Cradle to Grave Contract Management Support

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, or similar, with 24 semester hours in any combination of accounting, business, finance or contract law, contracts, purchasing, economics, industrial management, marketing, and quantitative methods
• Master’s degree is highly preferred
• Minimum 6 years of experience
• Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) Certification in Contracting Level 2 and/or Federal Acquisition Certification in Contracting (FAC-C) Level 2
• Broad knowledge of and exposure to all phases of contracts management and negotiation experience
• Experience with Government and/or Commercial type contracts or order
• Must be proficient in FAR/DFARs requirements
• Strong negotiation experience
• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills
• Must be able to work in a team and as in individual contributor
• Strong Microsoft Office skills
• Working to expert knowledge of contracting concepts
• Ability to work under tight deadlines and handle multiple/detail-oriented tasks
• Strong self-organization and self-management skills, with emphasis on self-initiation and follow through
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

Company Information:

Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Reston, Virginia, iPower LLC is an SBA certified 8(a), woman-owned small business (WOSB) that provides first-class professional consulting services in a wide variety of disciplines. Since its founding, iPower has sustained stable growth by successfully supporting government and commercial clients in areas such as strategic planning, business process improvement, performance management, quality assurance, earned value management, enterprise support, project management and training services. iPower’s business consulting services are grounded upon government, industry and academia best practices and are offered within frameworks that include the CMMI Institute, Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI), International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001 and 20000, Six Sigma, the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) and standards of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and IT Governance best practices.

iPower LLC offers a flexible work environment and competitive compensation packages including medical and dental insurance, paid time off and holidays, tuition reimbursement, 401K, short and long term disability and more!

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