Jana Weston

Jana Weston serves as an Acquisition Specialist within the IT Contracting Division – PL83 of the Defense Information Systems Agency, where she plays a pivotal role in procuring mission-critical IT services that sustain and modernize secure defense information systems. Her responsibilities include managing the full lifecycle of acquisitions for software development, systems integration, and cybersecurity-enabled IT solutions aligned with DoD interoperability and resilience standards. She specializes in complex, performance-based contracts for enterprise-level computing environments, ensuring compliance with NIST frameworks and DoD cybersecurity requirements while supporting the agency’s strategic goals of legacy system modernization and secure communications infrastructure. Jana collaborates with a broad spectrum of defense IT contractors, including prime systems integrators and specialized software vendors, to deliver tailored solutions for mission-critical applications. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, her procurement patterns reflect a preference for experienced firms with proven track records in DoD environments, particularly those capable of supporting continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines, zero-trust architecture, and cloud-native deployments. Her working relationships are characterized by a focus on technical capability, compliance rigor, and performance accountability. Jana’s contracting activity is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of her acquisitions conducted under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic emphasis on maximizing technical depth and operational readiness over socioeconomic set-asides, though she remains compliant with all federal small business regulations. Her approach prioritizes mission need over socioeconomic targeting, ensuring the highest-performing solutions are selected without artificial constraints. Her primary procurement focus is under NAICS 541519 (Other Computer Related Services), encompassing custom software development, systems engineering, IT modernization, and cybersecurity support services. She routinely procures solutions involving DevSecOps, containerization, automated testing, and secure cloud migration, demonstrating deep expertise in the technical domains that underpin modern defense IT infrastructure.