Contracting Officer: Jamail Walker, Maj, USAF

Major Jamail Walker serves as a Contracting Officer within the FA8307 Aflcmc Hnck C3IN unit of the Department of the Air Force, where he supports the acquisition of mission-critical cyber and C3IN systems essential to air and space domain superiority. His responsibilities include managing the full lifecycle of contracts for software development, cyber defense platforms, and secure computing infrastructure, ensuring compliance with DoD acquisition regulations and mission-aligned technical requirements. As a secondary contracting officer, he collaborates closely with lead contracting teams to execute high-priority procurements that enable real-time intelligence sharing, resilient command networks, and hardened cyber operations capabilities across classified and unclassified environments. Major Walker’s contractor relationships are primarily with defense technology firms and systems integrators specializing in secure software development, zero-trust architecture, and mission-critical data systems. While no single contractor dominates his portfolio, he routinely engages with vendors possessing DoD IL5/IL6 certifications, CMMC compliance, and experience in agile DevSecOps environments. His working patterns reflect a preference for established defense contractors with proven track records in rapid prototyping and field-deployable cyber tools, alongside a deliberate inclusion of small business partners to foster innovation. His set-aside preferences reflect a strong emphasis on open competition, with 90% of acquisitions conducted as non-set-asides. However, he consistently reserves 10% of opportunities for Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a structured commitment to small business participation without favoring specific socioeconomic categories like 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB. Major Walker’s procurement focus is exclusively centered on NAICS 541519—Other Computer Related Services—encompassing custom software development, cyber vulnerability assessments, secure cloud migration, and mission-specific IT modernization. His technical domain expertise lies in procuring software-defined networks, AI-enabled threat detection systems, and hardened edge computing solutions critical to next-generation C3IN operations.