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SAIC provides specialized engineering, analysis and operations support to a variety of Intelligence Community (IC) and Department of Defense (DoD) customers. Our program supports the research and development of the generation after next of national security-related systems based in space, in the air and on the ground.\nSAIC has an opening for an Acquisition Support Specialist to work closely with a diverse team of engineers and scientists developing and implementing the future space- ground architecture. This position supports the research and development of revolutionary space-ground systems. The selected candidate will leverage their acquisition expertise and experience to develop high-quality acquisition documents to enable junior COTRs and SETA staff to rapidly develop acquisition packages to support the acquisition of cutting-edge capabilities and prototypes. 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The target salary range is $120,00 - $160,000\nSpecific Responsibilities:\nPre-Acquisition, acquisition and governance artifact generation with the ability to guide program acquisitions through agency governance process\nDraft acquisition documents that can be rapidly tailored to support program acquisition specific requirements\nSupport the review, editing, and finalization of acquisition documents such as sole source justification, CDRLs, ECPs, In Scope Determinations, and Statement of Work (SOW)\nDraft contractual documents for government contracts officer review and signature \nMentor SETA staff on acquisition best practices to enhance overall acquisition skill level across XSPO\nProvide acquisition guidelines and methodologies to be used by government/SETA team during technical and cost evaluations of proposals \nRequired Education:\nBachelors and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience ; PhD or JD and four (4) years or more 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