Senior Contract Specialist

Brillient is seeking an experienced Senior Contract Specialist to provide federal acquisition and contract administration support across the full acquisition lifecycle. This senior-level role will support Contracting Officers, Contracting Officer's Representatives, and program stakeholders with complex procurement actions from acquisition planning through contract closeout.

Responsibilities

- Support acquisition activities from planning and solicitation development through evaluation, award, administration, modification, and closeout

- Prepare and process procurement actions, including simplified acquisitions, contracts, purchase orders, interagency agreements, IDIQs, BPAs, task orders, delivery orders, and call orders

- Support Firm-Fixed-Price, Fixed Price with Economic Price Adjustment, Labor Hour, Time-and-Materials, and cost-type contracts

- Apply applicable Federal Acquisition Regulation requirements to assigned acquisition actions

- Develop and recommend acquisition strategies and procurement approaches

- Review and edit acquisition and contract documentation for accuracy, completeness, consistency, and compliance

- Analyze pre-award and post-award acquisition data, identify gaps or issues, and provide findings and recommendations

- Prepare and enter contract actions into PRISM or other Government acquisition systems

- Review and validate acquisition data used for federal reporting

- Support contract administration activities, including performance and invoice tracking, modifications, and closeout

- Maintain accurate acquisition records, trackers, and supporting documentation

- Coordinate with Contracting Officers, CORs, program offices, contractors, and other acquisition stakeholders

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree and minimum eight (8) years of relevant federal contracting or acquisition experience, or equivalent experience as permitted by contract requirements

- Senior-level federal acquisition experience equivalent to FAC-C Level III, DAWIA Level III, FAC-C Professional, former GS-1102 experience, or equivalent federal acquisition training and experience

- Demonstrated experience supporting the full federal acquisition lifecycle

- Strong working knowledge of the FAR and federal procurement processes

- Experience with Firm-Fixed-Price, Fixed Price with Economic Price Adjustment, Labor Hour, and Time-and-Materials contracts

- Ability to independently analyze complex acquisition issues and provide well-supported recommendations

- Strong written and verbal communication, editing, and proofreading skills

- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, and online research tools

- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail

- Ability to obtain and maintain a favorable Public Trust determination

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience with cost-reimbursement or other cost-type contracts

- PRISM experience

- Previous acquisition support experience with the Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, or another federal civilian agency