​​Apogee is seeking a Lifecycle Acquisition Program Manager-SME supporting the Architecture and Engineering Group at the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency at Fort Belvoir, Virginia   This work is located on-site and provides rapid acquisition and transition of secure solutions to realize strategic objectives and meet customer needs. The role involves an extraordinary degree of specialized knowledge or expertise performing highly complex and ambiguous assignments that normally require integration and synthesis of a number of unrelated disciplines and disparate concepts.​ 

This is a full-time position located on-site at a government facility in Fort Belvoir, VA.

****Contingent Upon Contract Award****

• Support Architecture and Engineering Group Special Program Office government personnel in the management of cost, schedule, and performance, of OUSD(I&S) Distributed Common Ground/Surface Systems (DCGS)/Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (PED) activities. 
• ​Support government personnel by attending, hosting, and/or facilitating meetings to assess status and issues related to the cost, schedule, and performance of the DOD or NGA-sponsored experimentations, exercises and demonstrations. 
• Support government personnel by managing cost, schedule, performance of , Limited Objective Events (LOEs), and DOD or NGA-sponsored experimentations, exercises, and demonstrations 
• ​Review deliverables (specifically, but not limited to ES Reports), track action items, and provide recommendations to ensure alignment with government direction. 
• Integrate programmatic, technical, policy, and other feedback from internal and external organizations to provide analysis, expertise, options, recommendations, ideas and recommendations to government personnel. 
• Manage NGA internal engagement in support of OUSD(I&S) DCGS/PED activities 
• Manage engagement in support of OUSD(I&S) DCGS/PED activities.​ 

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Minimum Experience:

Citizenship: Must be a US citizen 
Clearance: Must have and be able to maintain a TS/SCI level clearance with Counter-Intelligence Polygraph (within last 5 years or within 90 days of hire)

Education/Years of Experience: BS/BA

• Industry leader with exceptional expertise relevant to field, compliant with GSA standards. 
• ​Demonstrated management of cloud-based IT infrastructure, specifically Amazon Web Services (AWS), 
• Demonstrated specialized experience working with tactical sensors and tactical data integration with DoD, NGA or US/Coalition Mission Partners. 
• ​Demonstrated specialized experience in applying system engineering processes, particularly requirements analysis, interface definition, and detailed implementation planning of large complex systems. 
• ​Demonstrated specialized experience with NGA or DoD organization acquisition processes and procedures. 
• Demonstrated specialized Tactical Collector ISR, with new/emerging collectors, DoD/Coalition ISR military experience, and DCGS experience. 
• ​Solid working knowledge and capability of Microsoft Office tools, specifically PowerPoint, Word, and Project. 

Preferred Qualifications:
Certifications: Project Management Professional (PMP)® and/or DAWIA Level III certification in Program management

Education: Masters+ 
Years of Experience:

• Demonstrated understanding related to the execution of NGA’s role in strategic and tactical efforts to integrate tactical ISR into the NSG architecture including Coalition partners. 
• ​Demonstrated functional knowledge about NGA libraries, data storage, and development and implementation of initiatives. 
• Demonstrated specialized experience with program integration, integrated library data architecture, scheduling, requirements and configuration management, risk management, metrics development and analysis, Earned Value Management, verification and validation test activities and commissioning, turnover and acceptance activities. 
• ​Demonstrated total experience with tactical system/project/program management expertise with specialized experience in rapid execution of tactical data projects with a focus on interoperability, testing/demonstrations, tactical data ingest, processing, exploitation/analysis, storage, retrieval, dissemination and associated infrastructures. 
• ​Ability to work independently and as a team member under tight deadlines with changing priorities. 
• ​Ability to work proactively given goal-oriented guidance and adapt to changing requirements and management directives while working across divisions, offices, directorates, and interagency lines. 
• ​Ability to multi-task and prioritize competing priorities. 
• Demonstrate the ability to think strategically and can deconstruct complex problem into specific components and develop a structured approach within the context of the receiver of the information.​ 

Additional Information
Location: Fort Belvoir, VA (on-site at government facility)
On-site/Hybrid/Remote: On-site
Travel: 10%