Acquisition Management Cost Estimator SME with Security Clearance

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Job description

Provide inputs to independent cost estimates (for life cycle costs or other activities).
Prepare estimates at completion (EAC) for work conducted by a government activity.
Provide recommendations on cost realism.
Perform contract earned value management system (EVMS) analyses.
Provide Return on Investment figures.
Perform operational analysis on maintenance projects.
Provide an IGCE Narrative detailing how each IGCE was developed with specific assumptions, calculations, and supporting analyses in sufficient detail for procurement package.
Analyze, evaluate and provide recommendations for Total Estimated Planned Value (TEPV) and Life Cycle Cost Estimate (LCCE). LCCE Documentation must contain:
Appropriate cover sheets for the LCCE denoting the required signatures (Annex 2).
The estimate must reflect the total life cycle but at a minimum the estimate should support the Acquisition Decision Event (ADE) decision to be made.
Estimate results, by Fiscal Year, with and without risk, in both Base-Year dollars (using a base year that will remain constant for future LCCE updates), as well as a Then-Year dollars for budgeting purposes.
Resulting risk or sensitivity analyses allocated among the applicable Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) elements and phased by year.
Approved Future Years Homeland Security Program (FYHSP) funding for the program broken out by appropriation and year; to allow easy comparison to the LCCE results.
Plan for trade-off analysis to account for differences between the LCCE estimate, based on program requirements, and the approved FYHSP funding to ensure an executable program.
Basis of Estimates (BOE) to include the specific assumptions, calculations, and supporting analyses in sufficient detail to allow the Government staff to replicate the cost estimates.
Source data DHS Acquisition Instruction/Guidebook : Appendix I LCCE, ICE, and CEBD October 1, 2011 I-8
Escalation indices and/or inflation rates and their basis. Reconciliation between the program office LCCE and any Component IGCE. During the cost estimate reconciliation process, estimators examine estimates for completeness, analyze similarities and differences, and resolve problems of duplication or omission. Estimate reconciliation may result in a synthesized cost estimate or leave two estimates at different values with a documented set of differences.
Job Requirements Twelve (12) years of experience in acquisition program management and cost estimating. Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite of Programs
Ability to attain and maintain a favorable background investigation for access to government facilities and sensitive information
We are equal opportunity/affirmative action employers, committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under state or local law.

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