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Contract Specialist
CACI International Inc. Support Contracting Officers in reviewing acquisition packages for completeness, accuracy, compliance, and acquisition strategy .
Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in federal acquisition processes, including contract management, compliance, and risk assessment. Proficient in coordinating with diverse stakeholders and supporting continuous improvement initiatives within acquisition environments.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Federal Acquisition ExperienceContract ManagementFAR ComplianceDAWIA Level II CertificationRisk Assessment
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Hard Skills
Acquisition PlanningQuality Assurance ReviewsMilestone TrackingMarket ResearchDocumentation DraftingPerformance Work StatementsSolicitation ReviewPortfolio ManagementStakeholder EngagementContract Kickoff Coordination
Soft Skills
CollaborationMentoringCommunicationProblem-SolvingGuidance
Tools & Technologies
DashboardsManagement BriefingsTemplatesStandard Operating Procedures
Certifications & Qualifications
DAWIA Level II CertificationPublic Trust Eligibility
Industry Keywords
Contract SpecialistContracting OfficerFederal GovernmentMilitary AcquisitionFARNon-FAR AcquisitionAcquisition StrategyComplianceRisk ManagementContinuous Improvement
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Support Contracting Officers in reviewing acquisition packages for completeness, accuracy, compliance, and acquisition strategy
- Coordinate between the acquisition section, DIT team, and other client groups for pre-award and prerequisite support
- Support workload distribution, prioritization, tracking, and portfolio management
- Track acquisition milestones, risks, dependencies, and upcoming portfolio actions
- Engage with Contracting Officers, policy teams, program offices, clients, legal counsel, and stakeholders to resolve issues
- Support the TEP process through planning, coordination, documentation, training, and compliance
- Draft, review, and refine acquisition plans, solicitations, statements of work, performance work statements, evaluation plans, negotiation memoranda, and award documents
- Review requirements and acquisition strategies for risks, gaps, ambiguities, competition, performance, and pricing opportunities
- Perform quality assurance reviews of acquisition documentation
- Coordinate responses to policy, legal, oversight, and management inquiries
- Develop and maintain acquisition schedules, milestone trackers, dashboards, and management briefings
- Identify and elevate acquisition risks, including schedule delays, funding issues, requirements instability, data gaps, and stakeholder dependencies
- Facilitate collaboration among program, technical, budget, finance, legal, policy, and contracting personnel
- Support market research, industry engagement, and acquisition approaches for complex or high-dollar IT requirements
- Assist with post-award transition activities, contract kickoff meetings, transition planning, and acquisition/technical team coordination
- Support continuous improvement initiatives, lessons-learned activities, templates, tools, and standard operating procedures
- Provide mentoring, guidance, and knowledge-sharing to acquisition staff and stakeholders
- Perform other acquisition-related support duties and special projects as assigned
Requirements
What you’ll need- Seven (7) years of experience as a Contract Specialist or Contracting Officer in the Federal Government or military, or equivalent contractor experience performing federal acquisition functions
- Bachelor’s degree in a business-related field
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust (background investigation)
- Experience working with both FAR and non-FAR acquisition environments
- DAWIA Level II certification in Contracting, or the current equivalent certification
Benefits
Comp & perks- Flexible time off benefit
- Robust learning resources
- Competitive compensation
- Healthcare benefits
- Wellness benefits
- Financial benefits
- Retirement benefits
- Family support benefits
- Continuing education benefits
- Time off benefits