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Contract Specialist

Missile Defense Agency · Posted 46 days ago

Hybrid Redstone Arsenal, AL $90K – $158K Apply by Aug 10, 2026 Contracting ENTJESTJINTJISTJ
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About the Role

This position is part of the Department of Defense (DoD), Missile Defense Agency (MDA). The incumbent will be responsible for serving as a contract specialist and member of a negotiating team responsible for planning, coordinating, and negotiating a variety of procurements pertaining to research, development, test and evaluation requirements essential to the Missile Defense Agency's mission

What You'll Do

  • Salary Ranges are the following unless statutory/regulatory rates prevail.
  • As a Contract Specialist at the NH-1102-3 broadband level, some of your typical work assignments may include: Serving as a contract specialist and member of a negotiating team responsible for planning, coordinating, and negotiating a variety of procurements pertaining to research, development, test and evaluation requirements essential to the Missile Defense Agency's mission.
  • Coordinating, analyzing, and negotiating acquisitions of both cost reimbursement and fixed-price contracting in such areas as prototype development of sophisticated research and test equipment; weapons systems; software systems development; and development of new and unique materials.
  • Conducting acquisition planning and, in coordination with the technical program office, determining the contractual strategy to be used in the acquisition of a specific program element.
  • Preparing required determinations and findings.
  • Preparing and assembling solicitation documents.
  • Processing; analyzing; evaluating; performing cost analysis; providing input for the competitive range determinations or making the competitive range determination if serving as a contracting officer, and developing a pre-negotiation position for proposals.
  • Negotiating individual contracts to obtain services for the Government at a fair and reasonable cost within acceptable time frames.
  • Serving as a point of contact for advising and assisting the MDA Deputies and Directors in areas not requiring contracting officer authorization, such as, coordination of future procurement requirements; preparation of required procurement supporting documentation; and the resolution of specific procurement problems.

Requirements

  • All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.
  • For further information, visit: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Personality Fit

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Job ID: 22c187db-b20b-4fe7-bc90-6af372a2ac90

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