Senior Cost Estimator Security Clearance

Position: Senior Cost Estimator with Security Clearance
Koniag Professional Services, LLC, a Koniag Government Services company, is seeking a Senior Cost Estimator with a TS/SCI security clearance to support KPS and our government customer in Warrenton, VA. We offer competitive compensation and an extraordinary benefits package including health, dental and vision insurance, 401K with company matching, flexible spending accounts, paid holidays, three weeks paid time off, and more.

Koniag Professional Services, LLC currently has an opening for a Senior Cost Estimator for the Defense Information System's Agency (DISA). The successful candidate will assist Government Customers with developing, maintaining, and analyzing Cost Estimates; and Cost Analysis Requirements Descriptions (CARD). In addition, the candidate will provide operational financial management and budget execution, in direct support of the Government Customers. Essential Functions, Responsibilities & Duties may include, but are not limited to:
* Assist with the development and refinement of Government Cost estimation models.
* Develop, maintain, and update credible, defensible, and replicable cost estimates (including Life-Cycle Cost Estimates, Independent Government Cost Estimates, Cost/Budget Excursions, ROMs, Program Contractor Cost Estimate, in support of annual Program Objective Memorandum (POM) submissions) for the Government Customers in any phase of the acquisition life cycle.
* All cost estimates shall be developed in accordance with the applicable program documents to include but not limited to the Cost Analysis Requirements Description (CARD) and Program Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).
* Assess technical requirement, program performance, cost, and schedule risk as applicable to the cost estimate and appropriately factor any risk and uncertainty into the cost estimates.
* Consult the appropriate technical experts/teams when determining risk and uncertainty and document all rationale and sources.
* Use Government approved cost estimating tools/software to perform the estimates and utilize appropriate data from Government approved published database to include but not limited to Cost Assessment Data Enterprise (CADE).
* Provide in-depth documentation for all details, methodologies, and assumptions used in the cost estimates in accordance with, DoD instructions, regulations, and local guidance.
* Source data shall be documented in accordance with local/program office instructions, replicable by WBS and encompassed within the cost model.
* Assist in the development of Program WBS as required to ensure and maintain compliance with Military Standard 881F (13-MAY-2022), Defense Cost and Resource Center, Office of the Secretary of Defense/Cost Assessment and Performance Evaluation requirements.
* All cost estimates shall use the appropriate, approved WBS as the framework for building the cost estimate.
* Collect software, cost, and schedule performance data from relevant historical analogous programs for utilization in cost analysis and integration with the Defense Cost and Resource Center.
* Normalize the raw cost data and actual software/cost data collected from the Program Contractor.
* Once the raw data has been collected, complete documentation of the inputs (to include storage of the original raw data formats), normalization methodologies, and results shall be included in, at a minimum, the Government storage repository.
* Prepare comprehensive reports, papers, and/or presentations that explain all facets of the cost estimate and justify the results, reasonableness of the results, and provide cross checks for major WBS elements or cost drivers.
* Prepare Cost Estimate Review (CER) presentations and participate in formal estimate reviews as directed by the Government.
* Cost Estimate Review presentations shall be in government approved format and approved by the appropriate government cost lead.
* Prepare Cost Analysis Requirements Descriptions (CARD) in government approved format to ensure consistency, completeness, and thoroughness regarding the adequacy of the document to provide sufficient detail to promote Life Cycle Cost (LCC) estimating.
* The document evaluation shall…