Contracting Officer (Non-Supervisory) NH-1102-03, DET 2/PK, Lackland Tx (JBSA)
Due to current hiring limitations, this position is open only to current permanent Department of War (DoW) Federal employees. If you are interested, please submit an updated resume and a copy of your most recent SF-50 verifying your current DoW employment. Failure to provide both documents will result in your application being considered incomplete. Candidates must demonstrate the required credentials and experience in their resume.
LOCATION DESCRIPTION:
Come join the AMIC Det 2 – JBSA team located in beautiful San Antonio, Texas. Home to the dynamic Riverwalk and historic Alamo, World Champion Spurs of the NBA, it also features Sea World, Six Flags Fiesta Texas, the San Antonio Zoo and Downtown museums. San Antonio has numerous military installations making our town Military City USA, and an incredibly diverse population as warm and friendly as the Texas summer sun. San Antonio is a thriving community steeped in culture which fondly remembers its illustrious past while embracing the latest in technology and modern enhancements. Let San Antonio be your host for some of the world’s finest cuisine where you can experience a gastric adventure second to none in Texas’ biggest kitchen, whether it’s sampling the pride of Texas BBQ or the ultimate in tantalizingly authentic flavors from our neighbors to the South, and so much more! If you’re in the mood to celebrate, one of the World’s Biggest Parties, Fiesta, awaits you in the Spring. And for those outdoor enthusiasts, enjoy the wonderful scenery and interesting wildlife on numerous hiking trails found throughout the city, at several lakes inside and just out of the city to appreciate the best in fishing and water activities, and through breathtaking ocean vistas which are just a few hours’ drive away along our Texas coast.
SALARY RANGE: $89,924 - $139,013 (w/locality)
DIVISION DESCRIPTION:
The Acquisition Management and Integration Center (AMIC) exists to provide services acquisition solutions for Air Combat Command (ACC), the largest of the Air Force’s Major Commands. With an acquisition portfolio of more than $20 billion, AMIC’s mission is to provide responsive, cost-effective, and mission-focused acquisition support to our mission partners. AMIC Det 2 is located at the headquarters of 16AF at JBSA-Lackland, Texas, and provides the mission focused business and acquisition support needed to accomplish 16AF's cyber and ISR mission. AMIC Det 2 is also the designated acquisition office supporting the AF Intelligence Community and sponsored partners conversion to the cloud at the classified level.
POSITION DESCRIPTION:
The duties of this position include providing mission-focused business leadership and contract execution/administration support for Intel and cyber-related service and commodity acquisitions to various 16AF mission partners. Selected team member will serve as a contracting officer with delegated contracting authority to solicit contractual proposals - ultimately responsible to negotiate, award, execute, administer and terminate contracts. Key responsibility of this position is developing and defining acquisition strategy via executing the multi-functional team (MFT) concept.
POSITION TASKS:
-Serves as a contracting officer with delegated contracting authority to solicit contractual proposals and ultimately negotiate, award, execute, administer and terminate contracts
-Perform pre and post-award functions including establishment and management of the MFT process inclusive of acquisition planning, price/cost analysis, negotiation, administration, coordinating and controlling the full range of contracting functions from receipt of a requirement through contract close-out
-Work in partnership with small business representative to ensure small business and competition goals are met.
-Utilize innovative business practices to streamline the acquisition process and maximize resources.
-Serves as a business advisor providing advice and guidance to fellow contracting officials and mission partners, program officials, commanders, and other senior personnel on a wide range of acquisition, procurement, and contractual issues
-Collaborates with legal, policy and small business to ensure organizational objectives and contract execution align with AF/DOW doctrine and fulfill program objectives
-Provides acquisition subject matter expertise and support to program managers, functional managers and mission partners throughout all stages of the acquisition and contract performance
-Conducts regular training to improve acquisition process
-Develops and maintains relationships with 16AF FM, mission partners, program managers and stakeholders throughout the organization
-Represents the organization with a variety of installation and functional area organizations.
POSITION KSA’s:
-Bachelor's degree from an accredited education institution to grant baccalaureate degrees
-Minimum active Secret clearance and ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance
-DAF warranted contracting officer with min $5M warrant
-Contracting certification required is Professional/Foundational (or equivalent if certification obtained before Back to Basics contracting certification requirements finalized)
Desired Attributes:
-Highly qualified candidates will possess an unlimited DAF warrant/unlimited transferrable DAF warrant
-Experience administering source selections and fair opportunity processes is preferred
ANNOUNCEMENT CLOSEs: 5 January 2026
Senior Procurement Analyst, NH-1102-IV (GS-14 Equivalent/non-supervisory) PKS, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, VA
Due to current hiring limitations, this position is open only to current permanent Department of War (DoW) Federal employees. If you are interested, please submit an updated resume and a copy of your most recent SF-50 verifying your current DoW employment. Failure to provide both documents will result in your application being considered incomplete. Candidates must demonstrate the required credentials and experience in their resume.
PCS/Retention/Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: May be offered for highly qualified candidates
Salary range (w/ locality): $126,382 - $164,296
Security Clearance Required: Secret
Duty Location Description:
AMIC is in Hampton Roads, part of beautiful Coastal Virginia where there’s much to see and do year-round. The weather is beautiful with a climate that truly experiences the four seasons. Joint-Base Langley-Eustis is located on a peninsula, surrounded by the James & York Rivers, as well as the Chesapeake Bay. Those that like the outdoors will have their fill of fishing and watersports. You can also find hiking in Appalachia and beach getaways nearby in Virginia Beach or the Outer Banks within a two-hour drive. History buffs will enjoy the colonial area of Williamsburg or Yorktown Battlefield (site of the British surrender to conclude the war for Independence), and the Jamestown Settlement (site of the first settlement in the United States). The state’s capital, Richmond, and Norfolk both provide big city amenities like concerts, shows, and international airports within an hour. With many military installations (Navy, Marines, Coast Guard, Army, and Air Force) in a dense geographic area, the economy is resilient and growing. Many retiring military members choose to make Hampton Roads their forever home.
PKS Division Description:
As a division PKS focuses on three primary areas of responsibility: policy, training, and reviews and business advice. PKS provides current, well-researched contracting guidance to the AMIC workforce, while representing AMIC/PK’s interest to Air Combat Command through cross-sharing and enterprise and organizational analyses of AMIC’s complex services acquisition portfolio. The division also focuses on the professional growth of the AMIC contracting workforce and contributes to acquisition training for the rest of the center, targeting enhanced job knowledge and critical thinking skills to support the very diverse AMIC acquisition mission set. PKS ensures thorough policy reviews and works with MFTs across our enterprise to craft sound acquisition solutions, to include all supporting documentation, providing critical capabilities to our mission partners.
Position Description:
This position is an integral part of experienced senior procurement analysts that are geographically located at Langley AFB, Tinker AFB, Joint-Base San Antonio, and Patrick SFB. The individual works closely with AMIC/PK and the MFTs to ensure AMIC's contracting processes and documentation are aligned to best practices, regulation/policy, and sound business decisions. In addition, this position works closely with the AMIC cost/price analyst and contracting system administration areas of responsibility.
Position Tasks:
· Serves as a business advisor providing advice and guidance to contracting officials, program officials, commanders, and other senior personnel on a wide range of acquisition, procurement, and contractual issues.
· Researches, interprets, analyzes and applies procurement guidelines, policies, regulations, impacting a cross-section of programs including acquisition category (ACAT) I, IA, and II designated (DoD and AF-level) programs and/or operational contracting (AF-level) programs.
· Establishes metrics and analysis systems to ensure actions are timely and reviewed at critical points.
· Performs self-inspection and presents detailed quality resolution of discrepancies.
· Participates in the development of strategic policy as a representative to special task groups within the agency or department.
· May be required to serve as a warranted contracting officer.
· Ensures organizational objectives and contract execution align with AF/DoD doctrine and fulfill program objectives.
· Develops guidance material to assist and advise contracting officers and specialists, program managers, functional managers throughout all stages of the acquisition and contract performance.
· Ensures continuously evolving Acquisition Reform initiatives are reflected in requirements packages, requests for proposals, and evaluation methodology and documentation.
· Reviews solicitations and contracts for consistency with key supporting documents, ensures appropriate use of required documentation and inclusion of appropriate clauses/provisions/terms and conditions.
· Represents the organization with a variety of installation and functional area organizations. Provides or ensures that subordinate organizations/teams provide customer guidance and training.
· Determines appropriate recommendations for unresolved or questionable problems and performs follow-up. Researches and determines or recommends appropriate actions, provides interpretation of issues that impact organization, installation, command, or agency and prepares detailed responses.
· Conducts training to improve acquisition.
Position KSA's:
1. Expert level/extensive knowledge of Government and agency specific guidelines and business practices, including statutes, regulations, policies and procedures in areas of contracting and acquisition.
2. Expert/comprehensive knowledge of business practices and market conditions used to evaluate responsiveness, contractor responsibility, contractor performance, and other wide-ranging contract actions when these actions are not well-defined.
3. Expert/comprehensive knowledge of and ability to apply procedures, requirements, regulations, and policies related to specialized expertise in the work of the organization, including the ability to maintain credibility with others on technical matters.
4. Knowledge, skill and ability in written communications sufficient to develop and publish acquisition guidance and other material.
5. Skill and ability to advise, brief, and interact with high-level executives in Government and industry.
6. Skill in oral communications to present sensitive recommendations to higher authority, to promote effective acquisition teams, and to appropriately represent the department or agency.
A highly desirable candidate will either have currently or previously held an unlimited USAF Contracting Officer warrant and has at least 12 years of contracting experience with emphasis in a service contract environment. The employee must have a Contracting Professional or APDP Level III certification and meet continuing acquisition education requirements. The employee is required to file an annual OGE Form 450, Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, and must obtain and maintain a minimum-security clearance of Secret.
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ANNOUNCEMENT CLOSEs: 5 January 2026
Supervisory Branch Chief, NH-1102-IV (GS-14 Equivalent/supervisory) PKF, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, VA
Due to current hiring limitations, this position is open only to current permanent Department of War (DoW) Federal employees. If you are interested, please submit an updated resume and a copy of your most recent SF-50 verifying your current DoW employment. Failure to provide both documents will result in your application being considered incomplete. Candidates must demonstrate the required credentials and experience in their resume.
PCS/Retention/Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: May be offered for highly qualified candidates
Salary range (w/ locality): $126,382 - $164,296
Security Clearance Required: Secret
Duty Location Description:
AMIC is in Hampton Roads, part of beautiful Coastal Virginia where there’s much to see and do year-round. The weather is beautiful with a climate that truly experiences the four seasons. Joint-Base Langley-Eustis is located on a peninsula, surrounded by the James & York Rivers, as well as the Chesapeake Bay. Those that like the outdoors will have their fill of fishing and watersports. You can also find hiking in Appalachia and beach getaways nearby in Virginia Beach or the Outer Banks within a two-hour drive. History buffs will enjoy the colonial area of Williamsburg or Yorktown Battlefield (site of the British surrender to conclude the war for Independence), and the Jamestown Settlement (site of the first settlement in the United States). The state’s capital, Richmond, and Norfolk both provide big city amenities like concerts, shows, and international airports within an hour. With many military installations (Navy, Marines, Coast Guard, Army, and Air Force) in a dense geographic area, the economy is resilient and growing. Many retiring military members choose to make Hampton Roads their forever home.
PKF Division Description:
PKF supports a diverse range of programs for United States Air Force Central Command (USAFCENT) and provides cradle to grave contract execution and management. Our mission is to provide dynamic acquisition solutions and advice to enable the USAFCENT mission to deliver decisive air, space, and cyberspace capabilities for the United States Central Command (USCENTCOM), ally nations, and America. PKF is made up of three Branch’s PKFA, PKFB, and PKFC all branches support programs valued in excess of $1B. These branches are led by a Branch Chief and are made up of Lead Contracting Officer position and approx. 6 Contract Managers per branch.
Position Description:
This position serves as the PKFA branch chief. In this capacity the employee will serve as a Contracting Officer and a supervisor of a team of contract specialists and a Contracting Officer. This branch consists of several programs which include AFCENT Communications and Technical Support Services program (CTSSV), Network Operations and Security Center (NOSC), the Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC) and professional service programs throughout the CENTCOM AOR. Will serve as an Unlimited Contracting Officer and is required to obtain an unlimited AF warrant within 12 months.
Position Responsibilities:
Serves as civilian business advisor in the division with unlimited warrant (contracting officer) authority. Directs, reviews, provides oversight and signs contract actions associated with a wide variety of complex acquisitions. Functions as the lead negotiator throughout the process.
Exercises supervisory personnel management responsibilities at least 25% of the time. Plans work to be accomplished by subordinates, sets and adjusts short/long-term priorities, and prepares schedules for completion of work.
Seeks to remove impediments to commercial practices and competition, overcoming barriers to full and open competition whenever possible. Represents the organization with a variety of installation and functional area organizations, with communications at various levels of seniority.
Desired Skills and Expertise:
Required to have an unlimited warrant upon hiring and/or develop positive plan to achieve an Air Force unlimited warrant within 12 months of hire. Failure to achieve an unlimited Air Force warrant will be grounds for reassignment or dismissal.
Professional knowledge of a wide range of Federal contracting laws, regulations, policies, procedures, methods, techniques, and contract types applicable to pre-award and post-award actions for a variety of complex contracts for unique services, commodities, and/or construction.
Knowledge of the business environment (e.g. economic trends, awareness of commercial business practices, standards, mergers, and acquisitions, etc.) to recognize potential programmatic/contractual impacts, and knowledge of the methods and techniques of fact-finding/market research.
Knowledge of the principles, methods, and tools used to assist in risk identification, assessment, and mitigation including assessing the probability and consequences of potential problems.
Knowledge of contract negotiation, administration, and termination principles, policies, procedures, and technical requirements; and knowledge of price and cost analysis sufficient to review proposals against previous history, actual and estimated expenditures, and established rates to determine price reasonableness or to determine a negotiation position.
Qualification Requirements: **Refer to OPM Qualification Standards for information on required position series/education requirements at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/
Conditions of Employment:
Must be a U.S. Citizen
Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret Security Clearance.
Occasional travel away from regular duty location may be required.
May be required to work irregular duty hours including evenings, weekends, and/or holidays.
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ANNOUNCEMENT CLOSEs: 5 January 2026
Unlimited Warrant Contracting Officer (Non-Supervisory) PKJ, Dahlgren, VA.
Due to current hiring limitations, this position is open only to current permanent Federal Government employees. If you are interested, please submit an updated resume and a copy of your most recent SF-50 verifying your current Federal employment. Failure to provide both documents will result in your application being considered incomplete. Candidates must demonstrate the required credentials and experience in their resume.
Position: 010672271C - Unlimited Warrant Contracting Officer (Non-Supervisory) PKJ Series: 1102 grade: NH-04
Salary range (w/ locality): 142,488 - 185,234
Location: ACC AMIC Division: PKJ Base: Dahlgren City: King George County State: VA
Suspense: Applications from interested candidates are due by COB 2026-01-05.
PCS Entitlements: Yes
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: If the selectee does not reside within 50 miles of the duty location, a relocation incentive may be offered in exchange for a service commitment.
AMIC offers several schedule flexibilities including a Compressed Work Schedule (i.e. "RDO," aka "EDO") and Maxi-flex with or without Credit Hours. Civilian Physical Training (PT) time is also available.
Telework Eligible: No
Remote Eligible: No
Location Description:
Joint Warfare Analysis Center (JWAC) is located on a US Navy installation in King George County, Virginia. We work within sight of the Potomac River near the Chesapeake Bay. This puts us reasonably close to Washington DC, and the position receives DC locality pay.
Division Description:
AMIC/PKJ reports to the ACC Acquisition Management and Integration Center (AMIC). PKJ awards and manages contracts for the Joint Warfare Analysis Center (JWAC), a fast-paced, specialized DoD Science and Technology Reinvention Laboratory supporting multiple Combatant Commands and agencies executing missions around the globe. This is an excellent chance to broaden in a joint environment and gain Special Access Program (SAP) experience.
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Description of Position:
This non-supervisory NH-04 Unlimited Warrant Contracting Officer position supports the JWAC mission to include acquisition of research, development, scientific, technical, and operational requirements. The position requires a Top-Secret clearance and will require the selectee to be found eligible to have access to Special Access Programs (SAP) and Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI). A Clearance investigation will be initiated upon the selectee accepting a firm job offer.
Position Responsibilities:
* Serves as a contracting officer with an unlimited warrant for complex services and research & development requirements for AF-wide, DoD-wide, or multiple agency requirement(s) that provide critical services to the warfighter.
* Analyzes difficult, multi-faceted contracting issues; determines and implements course of action which in many cases departs from previous approaches.
* Ensures continuously evolving Acquisition Reform initiatives are reflected in requirements packages, requests for proposals, and evaluation methodology and documentation.
* Plans, develops, and establishes the contractual strategy for the overall acquisition program.
* Leads teams through competitive acquisitions.
* Performs post-award functions for complex, high monetary value, long-term acquisitions for services and major weapons systems, subsystems, equipment, field support, sustainment, and/or RDT&E involving a variety of contract types.
* Seeks to remove impediments to commercial practices and competition, overcoming barriers to full and open competition whenever possible.
* Represents the organization with a variety of installation and functional area organizations, with communications at various levels of seniority.
* Researches, determines, and recommends appropriate actions, provides interpretation of issues that have broad implications, including impact to external organizations, and prepares detailed responses.
* Conducts training to improve acquisition practices, implement new regulatory requirements, explain policy changes, promulgate lessons learned and clarify procedures.
Desired Skills/Expertise:
1. Professional knowledge of a full range of Federal contracting laws, executive orders, regulations, principles, policies, procedures, methods, techniques, and contract types applicable to pre-award and post-award actions for a variety of complex and/or diversified services commodities, and/or construction.
2. Knowledge of the business environment (e.g. economic trends, awareness of commercial/industry business practices, standards, mergers, and acquisitions) applicable to program and technical requirements to recognize potential programmatic/contractual impacts, and Knowledge of the principles, methods, and tools used to assist in risk identification, assessment, and mitigation including assessing the probability and consequences of potential problems and their solutions.
3. Knowledge of formal source selection methods, policies, and procedures; contracting negotiation, administration, and termination principles, policies, procedures, and technical requirements; and knowledge of price and cost analysis sufficient to review proposals against previous history, actual and estimated expenditures, and established and approved rates to determine price reasonableness or to determine a negotiation position.
4. Ability to identify problems, determine accuracy and relevance of information; use sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and make recommendations; makes sound, well-informed, and objective decisions applying precedents found in government contracting case law to specific contracting situations to insure that legally binding contracting officer decisions are consistent, justifiable and will be upheld at appellate courts or boards; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action, even in uncertain situations, to accomplish organizational goals.
5. Ability to communicate both orally and in writing, clearly, concisely, and with technical accuracy; and ability to establish effective working relationships with others.
6. Ability to plan, organize, and facilitate the functions and staff of an acquisition team, to include the entire multi-functional team.
Qualification Requirements: **Refer to OPM Qualification Standards for information on required position series/education requirements at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/