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The selected candidate will operate within a collaborative government-contractor team environment supporting innovative and mission-critical acquisition efforts across the full acquisition lifecycle.\nThis role supports government program offices responsible for delivering advanced space and intelligence capabilities. The successful candidate will help develop and execute forward-leaning acquisition strategies designed to enable rapid decision-making, resilient operations, and timely delivery of mission capabilities. The position requires familiarity with both traditional FAR-based acquisitions and flexible acquisition mechanisms such as Other Transaction Agreements (OTAs) and modern software acquisition approaches.\nIf you are passionate about enabling cutting-edge mission capabilities through innovative acquisition strategies, we encourage you to apply.\nAbout Stratos Solutions\nStratos Solutions delivers mission-focused engineering, acquisition, and operations support to the Intelligence Community and national security space enterprise. As an employee-owned company, Stratos combines technical excellence, operational agility, and a deep commitment to customer mission success. Our teams work at the forefront of space and intelligence innovation supporting programs critical to national security.\nResponsibilities\nThe Acquisition Support Specialist will support government procurement and program offices in planning, executing, and improving acquisition activities across Major System Acquisitions (MSA) and Special Interest Acquisition efforts.\nResponsibilities include, but are not limited to:\nAcquisition Strategy & Planning\nAssist government customers in developing acquisition strategies, acquisition plans, and supporting documentation.\nSupport development of Statements of Work (SOW), Performance Work Statements (PWS), and evaluation plans.\nContribute to vendor qualification and market research activities.\nSupport strategic planning activities and production of strategic acquisition products for complex space and intelligence system programs.\nPre-Award Acquisition Support\nAssist in preparation of solicitations including Requests for Proposals (RFPs), 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