Transition to Operations Specialist

Acuity Innovations LLC is a small, woman-owned defense contracting company that provides enterprise architecture, solution design, digital engineering, defensive cyberspace operations, system integration, and test and evaluation products and services that improve performance and decrease decision timelines. Our fundamental, repeatable service offering is bound in architecting, designing, securing, integrating, and verifying the operational readiness of data ecosystems.   

Do you want to be part of a unique, small business that differentiates itself by:

• delivering the best products, integrated systems, and mission capabilities for the warfighter
• building long-term relationships and treating its employees as family
• deploying small but powerful High-Performance Teams, like elite Special Forces teams to each task
• collaborating within and across the Acuity Innovations teams as well as with the customer
• providing a growth path to partnership/ownership opportunities

If you have this type of passion and desire to be part of a collaborative team environment with the innovation, initiative, and confidence to make things better, then Acuity Innovations may be the right place to realize your personal and professional goals. 

Package includes:

• Competitive salary
• 3 weeks paid time off
• 11 Federal Holidays
• Flexible Hours
• Benefits 
• Career Development/Mentorship Opportunities
• Company Sponsored Social Events

You will join a systems engineering team defining the next generation of space communication systems supporting US Space Force (USSF) satellite communications for the USSF Space Systems Center (SSC). You will support Systems Engineering & Integration (SE&I) activities in a multidisciplinary and collaborative environment. You will interface and collaborate with SE&I team members, contractors, government civilians and members of the USSF. You will lead and support several working groups responsible for leading technical discussion, resolve and identify risk, requirement gaps, developing briefings, writing, and tracking action items, and authoring meeting minutes.

We support the Space Force’s satellite communications systems, providing global secure, survivable, and protected communications for our nation’s warfighters. We seek technical individuals who will succeed in a highly collaborative work environment.

https://acuityinnovationsllc.com

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 Responsibilities:

• Provide expertise in system acquisition and transition planning, scheduling, analysis, requirements verification, evaluating technical documentation, and integration for SATCOM programs in the acquisition lifecycle
• Develop and/or review various life cycle documentation to include, but not limited to: project reports, briefings, System Transition Plans, Operational Acceptance (OA) and Initial Operational Capability (IOC) Plans, Materiel Fielding Plans (MFP), Depot Maintenance Activation Plans (DMAP), Life Cycle Sustainment Plan (LCSP), OA/IOC criteria, Integrated Schedules, Agreements, Request for Proposal (RFP) documentation, Development Contractor Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) documents, etc.
• Lead and manage system transition to operations process and activities, facilitate timely OA/IOC criteria closure and collect artifacts, assess system modifications/upgrades/changes, evaluate transition readiness against requirements and schedules, monitor progress, identify/assess deficiencies and potential risks, document transition lessons learned for process improvement, and report status with recommendations to the Program Office
• Participate in and/or facilitate transition planning forums and working groups to include, but not limited to: Transition Management Working Group (TMWG), Integration meetings, Training Planning Team, technical design reviews, etc.
• Lead site activation planning and execution for beddown and transition to operations
• Create and manage electronic databases
• Travel: approximately 5%

Required Skills and Experience:

• BA or BS degree in any field
• 7+ years’ experience in DoD systems acquisition life cycle management and/or operations (5+ years, if hold a technical BS degree)
• Operation of the Adaptive Acquisition Framework (DoDI 5000 series) – proficient
• Integrated Life Cycle Management (AFI 63-101/20-101) – proficient
• System transition to operations and support – proficient
• Project planning – proficient
• 12 Integrated Product Support Elements – proficient
• Requirements management – proficient
• Writing acquisition technical documentation – proficient
• Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) – proficient
• Strong interpersonal skills, communication (oral and written), and presentation skills

• Demonstrated ability to clearly articulate ideas, recommendations and options to customers, senior leaders, and stakeholders
• Program Office and/or HQ Space Operations Command (previous HQ AFSPC) process knowledge
• Experience in weapon system transition to operations and support (Operational Acceptance, Initial Operational Capability, site activation)
• Working autonomously with gov’t customer, leading teams and projects, establishing/executing milestone and critical path schedules
• Experience developing/reviewing life cycle management documentation (Transition Plans, Materiel Fielding Plans, etc.)
• Understanding of DoD and joint service acquisition instructions and policy
• US Citizenship and DoD Secret clearance are required for the position

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• BS in technical field
• 10+ years’ experience in DoD systems acquisition life cycle management and/or operations
• MILSATCOM space operations
• System Program Office
• HQ Space Operations Command (previous HQ AFSPC) staff
• Space system acquisition life cycle management and space system transition
• Satellite Operations – knowledgeable
• Systems Engineering – knowledgeable
• Agile software development – knowledgeable
• Technical Orders – knowledgeable
• Training – knowledgeable
• Contracting – knowledgeable
• Financial Management – knowledgeable
• Professional certifications such as INCOSE
• DAWIA Certifications, such as Program Management Level 1
• DoD Top Secret clearance

Clearance: 

• • All applicants selected will be subject to a background check and a security investigation and will need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.