Program Analyst (Acquisitions)

The Program Analyst position is in the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, Department of the Chief Information Officer, Policy and Resources Management Division (PRMD), Vendor Management Branch (VMB). PRMD manages and oversees the administrative functions of the judiciary's national information technology program. VMB provides program offices with analytical, consulting, and document review support for IT hardware, software and services acquisitions. The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, Department of the Chief Information Officer, Policy and Resources Management Division (PRMD), Vendor Management Branch (VMB) seeks a Program Analyst (Acquisitions). PRMD manages and oversees the administrative functions of the judiciary's national information technology program. VMB provides program offices with analytical, consulting, and document review support for IT hardware, software and services acquisitions. This Program Analyst (Acquisitions) serves as a Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) and provides consultation on contract management and acquisition strategies to IT program managers and technical and financial specialists. These activities involve market research, development and review of acquisitions documents, and evaluation of cost and pricing strategies. The Program Analyst (Acquisitions) reviews solicitations to ensure requirements, goals, and objectives correctly represent the needs of the program office. The incumbent serves on source selection panels and works with program office stakeholders to resolve acquisition-related problems impeding IT project and program goals and objectives. This position will heavily focus on software license agreements. This position reports to the Chief of the Vendor Management Branch. The duties of the position include, but are not limited to: Serving as a COR in pre-award functions, including developing contract requirements, such as statements of work, market research, independent government cost estimates, and evaluating performance criteria for IT hardware, software, and services acquisitions. Serving as a subject matter expert on contract vehicles and potential methods of procurement. Serving as a COR for IT hardware, software, cloud services, IT Security services and IT services contracts, and as technical liaison between the Contracting Officer and the contractor. Maintaining COR files. Providing expert procurement advice to the IT program office and working groups. Serving on technical evaluation panels. Developing functional and technical requirements for enterprise scale hardware and software acquisitions in coordination with AO offices and technical advisory and working groups. Participating in post-award orientation conferences. Monitoring and recording contractor performance or delivery issues and ensuring contractors properly corrects defects. Advising the Contracting Officer of performance issues and the need to issue change orders or contract modifications. Reviewing and processing contractor Invoices. Conducting contract closeouts. Applicants must have demonstrated experience as listed below. This requirement is according to the AO Classification, Compensation, and Recruitment Systems which include interpretive guidance and reference to the OPM Operating Manual for Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions. Specialized Experience: Applicants must have at least one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience which is in or directly related to the line of work of this position. Specialized experience is demonstrated experience in ALL the following areas: Managing federal IT contracts. Formatting, executing, reviewing, evaluating, and justifying resource requirements for complex programs. Using technical skills in accounting or finance and analytical software tools. CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT All information is subject to verification. Applicants are advised that false answers or omissions of information on application materials or inability to meet the following conditions may be grounds for non-selection, withdrawal of an offer of employment, or dismissal after being employed. Selection for this position is contingent upon completion of OF-306, Declaration of Federal Employment during the pre-employment process and proof of U.S. citizenship for competitive status positions or conversion to a competitive status position with the AO. If non-citizens are considered for hire into a temporary or any other position with non-competitive status or when it is confirmed by the AO Human Resources Office there are no qualified U.S. citizens for a competitive status position (unless prohibited by a law or statue), non-citizens must provide proof of authorization to work in the U.S. and proof of entitlement to receive compensation. Additional information on the employment of non-citizens can be found at USAJOBS Help Center | Employment of non-citizens/. For a list of documents that may be used to provide proof of citizenship or authorization to work in the United States, please refer to Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. All new AO employees will be required to complete an FBI fingerprint-based national criminal database and records check and pass a public trust suitability check. New employees to the AO will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights/responsibilities, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/. All new AO employees are required to identify a financial institution for direct deposit of pay before appointment. You will be required to serve a trial period if selected for a first-time appointment to the Federal government, transferring from another Federal agency, or serving as a first-time supervisor. Failure to successfully complete the trial period may result in termination of employment. If appointed to a temporary position, management may have the discretion of converting the position to permanent depending upon funding and staffing allocation. This position does not require education to qualify.