Contract Administrator

Duties

• Serves as a Senior Administrative Contracting Officer (ACO) for one or more multidivisional, defense-oriented corporations.
• Negotiates and accomplish complex contractual actions, including insurance pension policies, advance agreements, and divisional and/or corporate office expenses.
• Coordinates with the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) to negotiate contract forward pricing rates and resolve or disposition open indirect cost rates.
• Disseminates information and advise varying levels of leadership regarding major problems related to corporate policies and procedures.
• Performs corporate Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) administration and ensure corporate-wide implementation.
• Acts as a team leader, coach, and facilitator, providing training, guidance, and peer reviews to integrate strategic plans into team goals.
• Keeps abreast of strategic industry communications, market conditions, and corporate financial data to represent the government effectively in high-level negotiations.
• Prepares comprehensive negotiation packages, Memorandums of Agreement, and required Administrative Contract Officer agreements.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Security Requirements: Non-Critical Sensitive with Secret access
• Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudicated background checks will be grounds for removal.
• Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.

Qualifications

To qualify for a Contract Administrator, your resume and supporting documentation must support A, B, AND C below:

A. Basic Contracting Requirement:

A baccalaureate degree from an accredited educational institution authorized to grant baccalaureate degrees OR

A current civilian employee in DoD or member of the Armed Forces, who occupied an 1102 position, contracting officer position, or comparable military contracting position with authority to award or administer contracts above the simplified acquisition threshold on or before September 30, 2000 are excluded from the requirements of "1" above.

B. Contracting Officer Requirement: Four (4) years of experience in a contracting or related position.

C. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in or related to this position. To qualify at the GS-14 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military or private sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-in-grade (General Schedule (GS) positions only), time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement. Creditable specialized experience includes:

• Negotiating and administering complex, multidivisional contract actions for a mid/large sized company, such as forward pricing rates, advance agreements, final indirect costs, and Cost Accounting Standards (CAS).
• Serving as a technical expert or team leader, providing mentorship, guidance, and strategic direction to contract administration personnel.
• Enacting strong analytical and negotiation skills required to resolve complex audit findings, settle highly controversial corporate issues, and evaluate financial/business management indicators.
• Demonstrating advanced communication and business report writing sufficient to build consensus among corporate executives and government officials, and to independently develop well-documented negotiation positions.

Education

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.

If the position has a minimum education requirement you MUST provide transcripts (unofficial are acceptable at the time of application) to support your educational claims. Or, if you are using education to qualify in lieu of specialized experience you MUST provide transcripts (unofficial are acceptable at the time of application) to support your educational claims. The transcripts must include your name, the name of the college or university, class/course list, completed number of credits/hours, and the date degree conferred (if applicable). Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Licenses must be current at time of application.

GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours that your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.

Additional information

• This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants. The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found at: .
• Tour of Duty: Flexible
• FLSA: Exempt
• Bargaining Unit: No
• Selectee may be required to serve a trial/probationary period.
• Financial Disclosure Required
• Acquisition, Technology & Logistics(AT&L) CAP: Position is a DoD Critical Acquisition Position & requires DoD Acquisition Contracting, Foundational certification within required timeframes. Selectee must also achieve 80 hours of Continuous Learning Points (CLPs) every 2-years and sign a written agreement to remain in Federal service in the position for at least three years. Click for more details and ..
• Supervisory Probation Required
• Military spouses working remotely are exempt from in-person work under the conditions explained by OPM's February 12, 2025 and the March 20, 2025 .