Contracts Analyst

Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (SSAI) is seeking a highly motivated Contracts Analyst to join our Contracts and Procurement team. This position will interface between the Program Management Organization (PMO), SSAI's infrastructure teams, and the government customers. This is a highly visible role with the following duties:

• Serve as primary point of contact for the customer Contracting Officer including responding to requests for task plans, responding to proposal journal entries
• Interface between the contract PMO and SSAI infrastructure to help provide direction, set priorities, and check status for staff responsible for finance, export control, facilities, health and safety, purchasing, subcontracting, and general administration and infrastructure functions across the contract.
• Work as team member with the PMO, Group Leads, Task Leads, and technical personnel to ensure compliance with all contractual requirements
• Develop, document, and mature Standard Operating Procedures and Guidelines for Program Management Processes.
• Maintain contract files/contract task plan cost estimates

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree (B.A. or B.S.) or equivalent in Business, Accounting, or other related business discipline; and 2+ years contracts experience in the federal contracting environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Familiarity with MS Office, including Word and Excel
• Working knowledge of multiple contract types
• Knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR/DFARS)
• Solid understanding of cost data and the need for confidentiality of proprietary information is required

Desired Qualifications:

• Knowledge of federal procurement processes desired
• Experience with NASA Form 533, Deltek CostPoint, and the Buy American Act
• Experience supporting NASA programs

EOE, including disability/vets

Physical Requirements: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and use hands to touch, handle or feel objects, tools or controls. The employee frequently is required to talk and hear and occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.