Contract Specialist (Defense Technology)

Location: McLean, Virginia / Washington, DC metro area; hybrid on-site presence required at the Tysons Corner office at least 2 days per week. Candidates must be based in or willing to relocate to the Washington, DC metro area. Minimal travel is required.

Salary: $110,000–$150,000 per year.

Company

hirify.global is an incubation firm building and investing in rapidly scalable technology-led companies across healthcare, cyber, and national security.

What you will do

• Serve as the primary contract contact for contracting officers, contracting officer representatives, and prime contractor counterparts.
• Draft, review, negotiate, administer, and close out prime contracts, subcontracts, NDAs, teaming agreements, CRADAs, OTAs, consulting agreements, and IP and data rights terms.
• Manage FFP, T&M, CPFF, CPIF, IDIQ, task order, BPA, GSA MAS, NASA SEWP, OTA consortium, SBIR/STTR, and CSO vehicles and award types.
• Develop provisional and forward pricing rates, support price-to-win analysis, review certified cost or pricing data, and advise on price reasonableness and TINA compliance.
• Own contractual and administrative proposal volumes, support teaming strategy and bid/no-bid decisions, and coordinate prime versus subcontractor positioning.
• Manage FAR, DFARS, DCAA, DCMA, CMMC, export control, procurement integrity, OCI, and small business compliance across the portfolio.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in government contracts, including at least 3 years at a management level owning a portfolio or function.
• Deep working command of FAR and DFARS, including the ability to negotiate under time pressure.
• Experience across the full contract lifecycle: pre-award capture support, pricing and proposal development, negotiation, post-award administration, and closeout.
• Experience with traditional FAR-based procurement and non-traditional pathways including OTAs, CSOs, SBIR Phase III, and consortium awards.
• Active Secret clearance at minimum, with eligibility and willingness to upgrade to TS/SCI.
• Based in or willing to relocate to the Washington, DC metro area, with availability for hybrid on-site work in the Tysons Corner office at least 2 days per week.
• Ability to manage contract repositories, obligation and funding trackers, CDRL schedules, option exercise calendars, closeout pipelines, pricing rates, and contract risk.
• Knowledge of SBIR data rights, limited rights in technical data, restricted rights in noncommercial software, indemnification, liability, termination, warranty, and intellectual property clauses.
• Ability to advise on Cost Accounting Standards, disclosure statements, allowability, allocability, reasonableness under FAR Part 31, CMMC, DFARS 252.204-7012, ITAR, EAR, OCI, Procurement Integrity Act, and socioeconomic requirements.

Nice to have

• Experience at a defense technology company, including a prime or startup.
• Experience on an early-stage team or within a new company vertical.
• Experience with DoD, Intelligence Community, DHS, or federal law enforcement customers, including classified contracting and DD Form 254 requirements.
• Software, AI/ML, autonomy, or hardware-intensive product contracting experience, including commercial product determinations and software data rights strategy.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with a career track and potential for rapid advancement.
• Employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and families.
• Fourteen weeks of paid maternity and paternity leave at normal pay.
• Unlimited PTO with management approval and opportunities for professional development.
• Optional 401(k), FSA, equity incentives, mental health benefits, and GLP-1 solutions.