Contract Management Specialist

Contract Management Specialist - CISA

Garud Technology Services, Inc. (GTS) is in search of a motivated, self-driven Contract Management Specialist to join our team supporting a critical Department of Homeland Defense client! The ideal candidate must have a passion for their work, be innovative, and possess strong verbal and written communication skills.

About Garud Technology Services

Garud Technology Services, Inc. (GTS), is a Maryland-based, SBA-Certified Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB), and a highly-specialized provider of Technical and Professional services to organizations with demanding requirements. Our portfolio of customers includes the Department of Defense (DOD), Department of Education (DoED), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Department of Transportation (DOT) and Federal, State and Local Authorities tasked with developing and fielding cutting-edge technologies. Our team includes Engineers, Scientists and Subject Matter Experts with hard-to-find experience and qualifications, and we apply industry accepted quality processes that include CMMI-DEV (Level II Appraised), CMMI-SVC (Level III Appraised) and various ISO certifications (ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO/IEC 20000-1:2011, ISO/IEC 27001:2013). To learn more about GTS go to https: www.garudtechnology.com

Responsibilities & Duties

• Support contracts/ and related business processes throughout all stages of the contract management life cycle.
• Create procedures to identify, prevent, and ensure the non-recurrence of defective services.
• Provide Support for pre-award functions associated with awarding new contracts, task orders, agreements, re-competes and financial transfers, including procurement planning and assisting with contract or task order issues involving scope and compliance.
• Provide support and assist with preparing procurement documentation, such as market research, SOWs, Performance Work Statements (PWSs), Procurement Requests (PRs), required justifications, Determinations and Findings, best procurement approach, Justification & Approvals.
• Provide support and assist in preparing IT acquisition review (ITAR) Checklists and briefings and adjudicating program and DHS CIO review comments and tracking approval.
• Analyze acquisition policies, plans and procedures. Provide procurement forecasting, acquisition planning, status updates, and memos for record.
• Assist with drafting schedules using tools such as Microsoft Project for procurements in the pre-award phase and after contracts have been awarded.
• Provide support with contract execution activities such as reviewing, organizing, and tracking contract invoices and deliverables to identify reclassifications, funds redistribution and funds certification requests, monitoring burn rates and analysis of advance liquidations.
  Provide support to the Government CORs for contract closeout tasks including researching and analysis of UDOs, final invoicing and IPAC status.

Required Educations, Experience, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Masters degree required
• A minimum of ten (10) years’ recent and relevant experience in contract cradle to grave support.
• Microsoft Office product proficiency (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (Desired)

• Experience supporting cyber security related organizations.
• Prior government series 1102 experience.
• Prior Warranted Contracting Officer

• FAC-C or DAWIA certification
• TS/SCI eligibility is desired.

Location: Hybrid schedule with expectation to report into one of the offices located in the National Capital Region.

Citizenship and Security Clearance Requirements:

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Ability to pass DHS Background Investigation.
• Minimum of a Secret Security Clearance at time of hire.

GTS provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.