Contract Specialist

Contract Specialist Department of Defense Missile Defense Agency Contracting Directore Summary This position is part of the Department of War (DoW), Missile Defense Agency (MDA). The incumbent responsible for coordining and supporting a spectrum of acquisitions for both cost-reimbursement, fixed-price contracting, and other transaction authorities. Salary Ranges are the following unless stutory/regulory res prevail. For the

Redstone Arsenal, AL Locion:

$93,216 to $144,102 For the

Dahlgren Locion:

$102,415 to $158,322 Learn more about this agency Summary This position is part of the Department of War (DoW), Missile Defense Agency (MDA). The incumbent responsible for coordining and supporting a spectrum of acquisitions for both cost-reimbursement, fixed-price contracting, and other transaction authorities. Salary Ranges are the following unless stutory/regulory res prevail. For the

Redstone Arsenal, AL Locion:

$93,216 to $144,102 For the

Dahlgren Locion:

$102,415 to $158,322 Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/20/2026 to 06/01/2026 Salary $93,216 - $158,322 per year Pay scale & grade NH 3 Locions 1 vacancy in the following locions: Redstone Arsenal, AL Dahlgren, VA Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) 1102 Contracting Supervisory stus No Security clearance Secret Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Noncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Modere Risk Trust determinion process Nional security Financial disclosure Yes Bargaining unit stus No Announcement number

MDA-26-12961443-DH

Control number 870007000 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Clarificion from the agency All U.S. Citizens Duties Help This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicition utilizing the DHA for Acq Demo Business and Technical Management to recruit and appoint qualified candides to positions in the competitive service. As a Contract Specialist the

NH-1102-3

broadband level, some of your typical work assignments may include: Serves as a contract specialist and member of a negotiing team responsible for planning, coordining, and negotiing a variety of procurements pertaining to research, development, test and evaluion requirements essential to the Missile Defense Agency's mission. Coordines, analyzes, and negoties acquisitions of both cost reimbursement and fixed-price contracting in such areas as prototype development of sophisticed research and test equipment; weapons systems; software systems development; and development of new and unique merials. Conducts acquisition planning and, in coordinion with the technical program office, determines the contractual stregy to be used in the acquisition of a specific program element. Prepares required determinions and findings. Prepares and assembles solicition documents. Processes, analyzes, evalues, performs cost analysis, provides input for the competitive range determinions or makes the competitive range determinion if serving as a contracting officer, and develops a pre-negotiion position for proposals. Negoties individual contracts to obtain services for the Government a fair and reasonable cost within acceptable time frames. Serves as a point of contact for advising and assisting the MDA Deputies and Directors in areas not requiring contracting officer authorizion, such as, coordinion of future procurement requirements; preparion of required procurement Requirements Help Conditions of employment Must be a U.S.

Citizen Occasional Travel Work Schedule:

Full-time Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigion May be required to successfully complete a probionary period

Overtime:

Occasionally Tour of Duty:

Maxi Flex Recruitment Incentives:

Certain incentives (such as Recruitment, Relocion or Student Loan Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees based on agency policy and availability. Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA):

Exempt Financial Disclosure:

Required Telework Eligibility:

This position is situional telework eligible. This position is subject to an initial drug screening, and random testing thereafter. You may be required to sign a "Drug Test Stement of Understanding" if you are selected for this position. Employee must obtain/maintain Non-critical Sensitive/Secret security clearance This is an acquisition position coded Foundional (Contracting Professional) in Contracting. Incumbent must obtain mandory Back-to-Basics (BtB) certificion within 36 months of entry into position. Incumbent must acquire 80 Continuous Learning Points every 24 months. Qualificions You may qualify the NH-03 Broadband Level, if you fulfill the following qualificions: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the

NH-02/GS-11

grade level in the Federal service as listed below and must meet 3 of the 5 specialized experience listed below to be qualified: Reviews requisition package for adequacy, consistency, and compliance with administrive, regulory, and procedural requirements. Develops solicitions, evalues responses, and makes award recommendions. Analyzes price trends and cost factors applicable to the review and evaluion of contractor proposals. Applies Federal Acquisition Regulions (FAR) guidelines or other policy guidelines to support various types of contracting requirements. Works in a team environment, including cross-collaborion among peers and across multiple stakeholders. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. In addition to meeting qualificions, your applicion package must reflect the applicable experience to meet the Individual Occupional Requirements for the 1102, series as listed below: https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/dodi/500066p.

PDF?ver=8uLQi55jR6NBmspg1dirzg%3d%3d Bachelor's degree from an accredited educional institution authorized to grant baccalauree degrees. OR Served as a contracting officer with authority to award or administer contracts in excess of the Simplified Acquisition Threshold on or before September 30, 2000. This exception does not apply to new hires into an 1102 position. OR Served in an 1102 position or as a Service member in a similar occupional specialty on or before September 30, 2000. This exception does not apply to new hires into an 1102 position. OR Is an enlisted member of the Contingency Contracting Force (CCF). This exemption only applies to CCF members in their current or future CCF positions. The baccalauree degree exemption does not apply to current CCF members seeking employment within DoD as an 1102. This exception does not apply to new hires into an 1102 position.

NOTE:

Failure to provide transcripts will result in you being red ineligible for this position. All merials must be submitted by the closing de of the announcement. Educion Substitution of educion may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.

FOREIGN EDUCATION

If you are using educion completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualificion requirements, you must show th the educion credentials have been evalued by a prive organizion th specializes in interpretion of foreign educion programs and such educion has been deemed equivalent to th gained in an accredited U.S. educion program; or full credit has been given for the courses a U.S. accredited college or university. For further informion, : https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/internional/usnei/us/edlite-us-forrecog.html Additional informion

Other Notes:

DAWIA (Back to Basics)

Certificion:

NON-CAP:

Position requires DoD Acquisition Contracting, Foundional (Contracting Professional) certificion. Certificion prior to hiring is not essential but must be accomplished within 36 months after entry into this position. Selectee must also achieve 80 hours of Continuous Learning Points (CLPs) every 2-years. Click here for more details and Resources .

RE-EMPLOYED ANNUITANT

This position

DOES NOT

meet criteria for re-employed annuitant. The DoD criteria for hiring Re-employed Annuitants can be found : https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/1400.25-V300.pdf . All applicants must meet qualificions and eligibility criteria by the closing de of the announcement. Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see Who Needs to Register |

Selective Service System :

Selective Service System (sss.gov) ) This position is subject to an initial drug screening, and random testing thereafter. A negive drug test result must be received by HR within 30 calendar days after the EOD (i.e., start de). The selectee's inability successfully pass; or refusal to conduct the test may result in: 1) the tentive or FJO being withdrawn during the recruitment process; or 2) subsequently being removed from Federal service for failure to meet a condition of employment. You may be required to sign a "Drug Test Stement of Understanding" if you are selected for this position. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. We will review your resume and supporting documents, to ensure you meet the basic qualificion requirements. We will evalue each applicant who meets the basic qualificions on the informion provided and evalue your relevant work experiences as it reles to fundamental competencies, identified below, required for this position. Your qualificions evalued on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics): Traditional ring and ranking of applicions does not apply to this vacancy. Your applicion (resume and supporting documention) evalued to determine if you meet the minimum qualificions required as listed on the announcement under qualificion requirements.

Veterans Preference :

If you are entitled to veterans preference, you should indice the type of veterans' preference you are claiming on your resume. Your veterans' preference entitlement verified by the employing agency. For informion on entitlement see http://www.fedshirevets.gov/job/vetpref/index.aspx

Military Spouse Preference:

If you are entitled to military spouse preference, in order to receive this preference you must choose the spousal eligibility in your applicion package referencing MSP Military Spouse Preference. Your preference entitlement verified by the employing agency. If you are claiming military spouse preference and qualified for the position, your name placed below preference eligible veteran candides and above non-preference candides on a list sent to the hiring manager for employment considerion. To claim Military Spouse Preference (MSP) please complete the Military Spouse PPP Self-Certificion Checklist , save the document and tach it to your applicion package. Appointment of Military Spouses (5 CFR 315.612) (NonComp Mil Sp): To receive this preference, you must choose to apply using the " Appointment of Military Spouses (5 CFR 315.612) (NonComp Mil Sp)" eligibility. If you are claiming Military Spouse eligibility and are determined to be Well Qualified (score of 85 or above) for the position, you referred to the hiring manager. Informion and required documention for claiming Military Spouse eligibility may be found the General Applicant Informion and Definitions link below. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help The documents you are required to submit vary based on the authority you are using to apply (i.e., applying as a veteran, applying as a current permanent Federal employee, applying as a reinstement, etc.). Your complete applicion includes your

COMPLETE

resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you marked as having an incomplete applicion package and you will not be considered any further. The following documents are

REQUIRED 1.

Your resume: All applicants are required to submit a resume limited to two (2) pages showing all relevant experience. Your resume must address your qualificions for the position, and it may not exceed two (2) pages. Your 2-page (or less) resume must be in PDF form, with no smaller than a 0.5" margin and no smaller than a 10-point font. If you submit a resume th exceeds the two-page limit and/or does not meet the margin or font limitions sted herein, you will immediely be deemed ineligible for this position and removed from further considerion. Must include the work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment, and duties performed. The resume and required supporting documention should provide the minimum qualificions and relevant experience for the announced position. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted reviewed for qualificions and referred for selection considerion, if eligible. The resume must not be more than 5MB and should be saved and uploaded as a PDF to maintain formting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. We recommend using a font like Lo, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Additional guidance on writing a federal resume can be found : USAJOBS Help Center - How do I write a resume for a federal job? The resume builder can help you cree a resume using these recommendions and uses the informion in your USAJOBS profile to help you get started. 2.

Transcripts:

This position has a degree or educion requirement so you are required to submit a copy of your transcript. We accept unofficial transcripts, as long as they contain your name, the name of the school, the de and degree th was awarded, and the list of classes and credits earned. 3 . SF50 It is recommended th all current and former civilian Federal employees submit a copy of your

MOST RECENT SF50

(Notificion of Personnel Action) showing your tenure, grade and step, salary, and type of position occupied (i.e., Excepted or Competitive); or similar Notificion of Personnel Action documention, i.e., Transcript of Service, Form 1150, etc.

PLEASE REVIEW THE BELOW LINK FOR OTHER SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS

needed for proof of eligibility: https://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/Careers/downloads/DODCustomersRequiredSupportingDocumention.pdf ? If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply Online to access an online applicion. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to cree a new account. You taken to an online applicion. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention, and submit the applicion.

NOTE:

Resumes up to a total of two pages accepted. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. You will receive an email notificion when your applicion has been received for the announcement. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, https://www.usajobs.gov , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the More Informion link for this position. The Applicion Stus page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. To preview the questionnaire, please go to https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12961443 Please review the

General Applicion Informion and Definitions :

https://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/Careers/downloads/DoDGenAppInfo%2012-1-2020.pdf?ver=ECNbdsHtGilTd3OENN4A0Q%3d%3d Agency contact informion MDA Servicing Team Phone 614-693-1299 Fax 6146931696 DHRC-DMDAHR@DLA.MIL Address Missile Defense Agency Bldg 5222 Martin Rd Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898 US Next steps A list of qualified applicants creed and sent to the selecting official. All applicants reviewed and/or referred will receive a notificion letter. The selecting official may choose to conduct interviews, and once the selection is made, you will receive a notificion of the decision.

REGARDING INTERVIEWS

Interviews may be required for this position. Accommodions may be made to conduct telephonic interviews to preclude travel hardships for applicants.

NOTE:

Declining to be interviewed or failure to report for a scheduled interview considered as a declinion for further considerion for employment against this vacancy. This announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help The documents you are required to submit vary based on the authority you are using to apply (i.e., applying as a veteran, applying as a current permanent Federal employee, applying as a reinstement, etc.). Your complete applicion includes your

COMPLETE

resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you marked as having an incomplete applicion package and you will not be considered any further. The following documents are

REQUIRED 1.

Your resume: All applicants are required to submit a resume limited to two (2) pages showing all relevant experience. Your resume must address your qualificions for the position, and it may not exceed two (2) pages. Your 2-page (or less) resume must be in PDF form, with no smaller than a 0.5" margin and no smaller than a 10-point font. If you submit a resume th exceeds the two-page limit and/or does not meet the margin or font limitions sted herein, you will immediely be deemed ineligible for this position and removed from further considerion. Must include the work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment, and duties performed. The resume and required supporting documention should provide the minimum qualificions and relevant experience for the announced position. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted reviewed for qualificions and referred for selection considerion, if eligible. The resume must not be more than 5MB and should be saved and uploaded as a PDF to maintain formting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. We recommend using a font like Lo, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Additional guidance on writing a federal resume can be found : USAJOBS Help Center - How do I write a resume for a federal job? The resume builder can help you cree a resume using these recommendions and uses the informion in your USAJOBS profile to help you get started. 2.

Transcripts:

This position has a degree or educion requirement so you are required to submit a copy of your transcript. We accept unofficial transcripts, as long as they contain your name, the name of the school, the de and degree th was awarded, and the list of classes and credits earned. 3 . SF50 It is recommended th all current and former civilian Federal employees submit a copy of your

MOST RECENT SF50

(Notificion of Personnel Action) showing your tenure, grade and step, salary, and type of position occupied (i.e., Excepted or Competitive); or similar Notificion of Personnel Action documention, i.e., Transcript of Service, Form 1150, etc.

PLEASE REVIEW THE BELOW LINK FOR OTHER SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS

needed for proof of eligibility: https://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/Careers/downloads/DODCustomersRequiredSupportingDocumention.pdf ? If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply Online to access an online applicion. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to cree a new account. You taken to an online applicion. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention, and submit the applicion.

NOTE:

Resumes up to a total of two pages accepted. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. You will receive an email notificion when your applicion has been received for the announcement. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, https://www.usajobs.gov , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the More Informion link for this position. The Applicion Stus page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. To preview the questionnaire, please go to https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12961443 Please review the

General Applicion Informion and Definitions :

https://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/Careers/downloads/DoDGenAppInfo%2012-1-2020.pdf?ver=ECNbdsHtGilTd3OENN4A0Q%3d%3d Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion MDA Servicing Team Phone 614-693-1299 Fax 6146931696 DHRC-DMDAHR@DLA.MIL Address Missile Defense Agency Bldg 5222 Martin Rd Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898 US Next steps A list of qualified applicants creed and sent to the selecting official. All applicants reviewed and/or referred will receive a notificion letter. The selecting official may choose to conduct interviews, and once the selection is made, you will receive a notificion of the decision.

REGARDING INTERVIEWS

Interviews may be required for this position. Accommodions may be made to conduct telephonic interviews to preclude travel hardships for applicants.

NOTE:

Declining to be interviewed or failure to report for a scheduled interview considered as a declinion for further considerion for employment against this vacancy. This announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/20/2026 to 06/01/2026 Salary $93,216 - $158,322 per year Pay scale & grade NH 3 Locions 1 vacancy in the following locions: Redstone Arsenal, AL Dahlgren, VA Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

MDA-26-12961443-DH

Control number 870007000