Acquisition Business Analyst

Various locations including Pentagon (Arlington, VA) and Bridgeport, WV

Spectrum is looking for an Intermediate Business Analyst with Air Force Acquisition Process expertise and documented process improvement experience. The Intermediate Business Analyst will support the Secretary of the Air Force Acquisition Excellence and Change Office (SAF/AQXP) and other Air Force acquisition activities.

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide analytic support on Air Force Acquisition strategy, policy, and other relevant activities.
• Facilitate and document Rapid Improvement Events (RIE) and Continuous Process Improvement (CPI) events. Includes scoping meetings, problem definition and research meetings, face-to-face meetings, follow-up meetings and all associated documentation.
• Track Rapid Improvement Events across time for ROI, best practices and impacts to the acquisition process. Archive of historical efforts. Integrate results into strategic alignment, strategic communications, training and professional development of workforce.
• Conduct process alignment events across AQ/A4/AFMC/AFSPC and other organizations with Acquisition equity/impact. Provide facilitation, documentation, research, and analysis of alignment to strategic objectives, Key Process Indicators and processes.
• Develop and maintain working engagement with academia to identify and recommend emerging trends in CPI and to identify encouraging new techniques.

Requirements

Required Skills and Experience:

• Current and Active DOD Secret clearance
• 6 years (for analyst position) / 10 years (for specialist position) of current relevant experience working at the Pentagon (or, at a minimum, similar DOD headquarters)
• Air Force Acquisition experience
• Process mapping/modeling experience.
• Knowledge of Air Force structure inter-dependencies and organizational inter-relationships
• Bachelor's degree
• U.S. citizenship
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills (specifically PowerPoint, Excel and Word)

Desired Skills and Experience:

• LEAN / SixSigma Black Belt level CPI certification
• Agile certification/experience
• Master's degree

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
• Short Term & Long Term Disability
• Training & Development
• Wellness Resources
• Stock Option Plan