The greatest benefit of working with CESI is knowing that you are contributing to the training of warriors protecting the American way of life. Other benefits include:

• Medical/Vision/ADD Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Short Term/Long Term Disability Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Simple IRA (Company Match Contribution)
• 15 days of Personal Time Off (PTO)
• Paid Holidays
• Vision
• Health Savings Account (option)
• Tuition Reimbursement

Resumes should be submitted to: jobs@coleengineering.com

• Contracts Manager

• Senior Program Manager (Contingent at this time)

• Project Control / Finance Analyst (Contingent at this time)

• Mid-Level Software Engineer (Contingent at this time)

Contracts Manager

Responsibilities: Plans, directs, and organizes the preparation, negotiation, and administration of all contracts, subcontracts, modifications, patent and software license agreements, reseller agreements and associated processes as well as generate and maintain standard terms and conditions of sale for use across all contracts and subcontracts.

 The Contracts Manager is responsible for all Contract activities, to include:

• Proposal preparation to contract closeout (commercial and US government)
• Reviewing and negotiating terms for all subcontract agreements.
• Developing a negotiation strategy on contractual issues and participates on negotiation teams.
• Ensuring contract requirements flow within Program Teams.
• Analyzing significant and/or unique contract requirements, special provisions, terms and conditions to ensure compliance with appropriate laws and regulations.

The Contracts Manager is the focal point for all communication with DoD ACO, Corporate management, finance and business development for resolution of contract issues and disputes.

The Contracts Manager responsibilities also include Procurement activities; Proposal support (review/analyze RFP; cost proposal review for compliance to RFP, CAS, FAR, corporate standards; and pricing

Experience/ Education: This position requires a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or related field, 10+ years contract administrator/management experience, in the military/defense industry, and 10 years of professional experience (including procurement and pricing).

Other Skills Required:

• Knowledge of FAR, DFAR/DoD contract regulations, practices & procedures
• Must have experience in negotiating Intellectual Property clauses
• Must have knowledge of laws concerning ITARS
• Must have experience in preparing (not just reviewing) large Cost Proposals
• Proficient in MS Office
• Excellent negotiation skills
• Ability to provide guidance on contractual, legal and financial issues related to contract proposals and agreements
• Ability to interact effectively with external and internal customers
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Should be task and team oriented, self-motivated, analytical and organized

Other Requirements: Must be a US citizen and have (or be able to obtain) a DoD Secret Clearance.

Senior Program Manager (Contingent at this time)

Job Description: Provide overall leadership and direction of all program activities and personnel for a leading edge software application development program.

Responsibilities: The PM is responsible for the overall contract, to include:

• Supervising personnel (organic & subcontractors)
• Formulating and communicating policies & procedures
• Develop and execute project schedules
• Produce financial and technical reports showing project status to customers and corporate management
• Assign tasks and responsibilities to team members
• Manage risk mitigation strategies
• Be the primary point of contact for all customer reporting, issues or concerns
• Performs horizontal integration planning
• Interfaces frequently with other functional areas such as contracts, subcontracts, project control, and support personnel
• Ensures technical solutions and schedules are implemented effectively and efficiently
• Oversees development, testing, documentation, fielding and support of complex training systems and equipment
• Ensures the highest quality of task completion, meeting contractual performance criteria and deliverables in accordance with the contract
• Responsible for developing long-term and strategic objectives to help ensure that end user requirements will be satisfied in future years of the contract

Education: Bachelor's degree required and advanced degree/studies preferred; or completion of a military technical training school, with fifteen (15) years of Department of Defense leadership experience can be substituted for degree.

Skill /Experience Requirements:

• A minimum of 10 years experience managing complex, projects and programs for the federal government, to include virtual and/or constructive simulation development projects.
• Prior experience should be in managing the design, development, test, fielding and operation of complex, software based training systems.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and manage an organization of more than 50 technical personnel with annual revenue exceeding $10M.
• Must have demonstrated success in all phases of program management (integrated master scheduling, integrated master planning, risk management, budgeting, procurement, performance metrics, and contract administration), and experience as an effective manager of teams comprised of professional, technical and support personnel.
• Demonstrated and consistent success in achieving or exceeding financial goals and customer satisfaction metrics, with the ability to operate independently without extensive supervision.
• Ability to establish an effective working relationship with senior-level customers, technical staff, managers and peers.
• Exceptional communication abilities with a demonstrated capability to coordinate and align efforts between government customers, executives, subcontractors and team members.
• Must be capable of planning, organizing, directing, and tracking technical performance, cost, schedule, and risk management for entire program. (ACWP, BCWS, BCWP, ETC, EAC, WBS, IMP/IMS)
• Proficiency in computer usage and analyzing comprehensive financial reporting. Must have a working knowledge MS Office, MS Project and EVMS principles, including integration of cost and schedule information
• Must be able to assess performance of task leaders, team, and support personnel, and processes that are being used
• Must have good written and verbal communication skills, and be an effective presenter.
• Must be able to understand multi-level customer/user expectations and concerns, and to assure customer(s) that program is being managed effectively.
• Experienced leader demonstrating both organic and new business development, as well as full understanding of strategic capture management.
• Experiential knowledge of Federal Government acquisition processes including FAR, DID, CDRLS, etc.
• Recognized by PEO STRI leadership as a high performance manager.
• One Semi-Automated Forces (OneSAF) program experience preferred.

Other Requirements: Must be a US citizen and have (or be able to obtain) a DoD Secret Clearance.

Project Control / Finance Analyst (Contingent at this time)

Responsibilities Include (Finance Analyst):

• Responsible for government invoicing, Cost Plus, Fixed Price, and Time and Materials
• Understanding all contract billing requirements and implement on current and new projects
• Responsible for ensuring all charges to each program are correct and within contract scope
• Track and implement all new CLINs as modifications on programs arise
• Ensure invoices and project control data correlate
• Input of raw data, i.e. Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, etc to generate invoicing and aged receivables

Responsibilities Include (Project Control):

• Responsible for cost & schedule support of program planning, tracking, analysis & reporting.
• Interface with customer, subcontractors, project managers, contracts, senior technical personnel, and finance.
• Implement financial policies and procedures in support of the program, develop and maintain budget baselines and ETC/EACs and provide variance analyses; monitor and report performance against plans to ensure that contractual, cost, and schedule objectives are met.
• Prepare cost estimate projections for proposed funding allocations and spending plans
• Prepare & present monthly program status to senior management
• Establish a working Work Breakdown Structure, the mapping and integration of statements of work, and the incorporation of appropriate criteria for measuring Earned Value
• Measure performance (earned value) on a regular basis and generate EV reports, graphs, analysis; prepare CPR & CFSR data items; ensure cost/schedule integration is maintained per industry standards; ensure compliance with CESI EVM policies & procedures; provide EVMS expertise/training where needed.
• Creation of detailed IMP/IMS on all major programs; create & manage the Program Critical Path, maintain Earned Value metrics for the Program Schedule,
• Maintain current spend plan based upon funding/requirements to include Organic labor, Subcontractors, Contract Labor, ODC and Material; monitor funding & ceiling modifications
• Monitor actual costs and commitments (contract labor, Subcontractors ODC & Material) at the SLIN/ACRN level.
• Monitor contract labor hours and approve recruitment firm invoices
• Monitor Subcontractor invoices and process for payment
  Validate and provide backup for monthly invoicing
• Maintain Charge Numbers and distribute to team
• Produce financial CDRLs as required per contract; track CDRLs to ensure on-time delivery
• Provide bi-weekly invoice cost breakdown to customers and program manager
• Assist in the development and analysis of cost proposals for submittal to customers; provide Basis of Estimate (BOE) pricing support for new business

Education/ Knowledge /Skill Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Accounting or Finance preferred, work related experience can be substituted for degree
• Seven+ years of related job experience in working on government DoD programs, with billing and project control
• IMS resource loading experience; critical path analysis and experience in supporting government program/project management ANSI 748 compliance requirements, and performance measurement schedule baseline experience
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint); Must have a working knowledge MS Project (equivalent scheduling tools also recommended) and EVMS principles, including integration of cost and schedule information
• Ceridian and GCS experience a plus
• Must have good presentation, communication, and training skills
• Must have good financial analytical skills and work well in teams
• Must have good organizational skills and ability to coordinate multiple activities effectively
• Must be self-motivated and have the ability to work with minimal supervision

Other Requirements: Must be a US citizen and have (or be able to obtain) a DoD Secret Clearance.

Mid-Level Software Engineer (Contingent at this time)

Job Description: The candidate will be responsible for the analysis, design, implementation and testing of physical and/or behavior models in a constructive simulation.

Responsibilities: The candidate will become an expert in one or more narrowly focused military problem domains by inspecting legacy system implementations, interviewing Subject Matter Experts (SME's), reviewing government provided documentation (GFE) and doing internet research. Once familiar with the domains and the training requirements, the candidate will develop Use Cases and software requirements describing the characteristics of the models to be developed. The candidate will then design the models using UML diagrams (class, sequence, state transition, etc.) and develop test plans. The candidate will then write the code to implement the models and unit test new functionality. The candidate will also be responsible for developing formal test procedures to be used for regression and acceptance testing with the government. All software development will be done using OOA/OOD methodologies in the Java programming language.

Education: B.S. in Computer Science, Math, Engineering or related field, or equivalent experience.

Required Skills: 4+ years of experience in OOA/OOD using Java, C++ or equivalent language, and development experience in a Linux or Windows environment. Experience in one or more of the following preferred: OneSAF development, Game Engine development, CGF or game AI.

Other Requirements: Must be a US citizen and have (or be able to obtain) a DoD Secret Clearance.

Desired Skills: Familiarity with AVCATT & CCTT models, and HLA/DIS distributed simulation can be discriminators.