Data Science Associate

6 days ago

McLean, United States Top Secret Clearance Jobs Full time

About the job Data Science Associate
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Why choose between doing meaningful work and having a fulfilling life? At MITRE, you can have both. That's because MITRE people are committed to tackling our nation's toughest challenges-and we're committed to the long-term well-being of our employees. MITRE is different from most technology companies. We are a not-for-profit corporation chartered to work for the public interest, with no commercial conflicts to influence what we do. The R&D centers we operate for the government create lasting impact in fields as diverse as cybersecurity, healthcare, aviation, defense, and enterprise transformation. We're making a difference every day-working for a safer, healthier, and more secure nation and world. Our workplace reflects our values. We offer competitive benefits, exceptional professional development opportunities, and a culture of innovation that embraces diversity, inclusion, flexibility, collaboration, and career growth. If this sounds like the choice you want to make, then choose MITRE-and make a difference with us.

Department Summary:We are seeking a Data Science Associate to join our team. The Cost and Business Analytics Department within MITRE's Center for Acquisition and Management Sciences (CAMS) Innovation Center solves our FFRDC's and Sponsor's problems by leveraging our capabilities within:

  • Cost Estimation, Schedule, and Risk Analysis
  • Investment Economics & Decision Analysis
  • Strategic Business & Financial Analytics
MITRE is seeking an experienced analyst to continue the growth of our business analytic/ business intelligence capability in support of a diverse set of internal and external sponsors. The work includes engaging with sponsors to scope and prioritize tasks, collecting large datasets to perform data-driven analyses, conducting market research, investigating relevant policies and regulations, understanding the current budgetary and political environment, and performing additional research and analysis as necessary. The business intelligence role involves consolidating multiple sources information into the most substantial findings and presenting those conclusions to sponsors, often as written reports and in-person briefings.

This position supports other department capabilities in cost, economic, business analyses, and business intelligence as needed. That work could include life cycle cost estimating, tradeoff and affordability analyses, decision analysis, portfolio investment analysis, and business case analysis.

  • Expect a dynamic team environment where tasks are rarely routine and often require novel approaches.
  • Expect to work on multiple projects simultaneously, with limited structure and supervision.
Roles & Responsibilities:
  • Assist in identifying sources of information and gathering a wide range of quantitative and qualitative data to support decisions that have implications for MITRE and its government sponsors
  • Apply analysis skills, including exploratory data analysis, time series analysis, and linear regression
  • Leverage other analysis to include, but not limited to econometric and economic modeling and analysis, cost benefit analysis, handling large datasets and data driven analysis, policy and investment analysis, sponsor engagement and support, economic analysis in support of regulatory policy, pre- and post-implementation analysis, forecasting, and applied research
  • Draw conclusions from analyses and clearly and concisely articulate key findings in both written and verbal form
  • Assist in developing data visualization products that improve the presentation of complex data sets
  • Translate unstructured data and nontraditional sources of information into business insights
  • Explore sponsor environments for cross-government challenges and identify potential best practices
  • Develop and/or evaluate program technical and programmatic baselines
  • Develop innovative development, production and operating and support (O&S) cost estimating techniques for a broad range of cost elements
  • Develop independent or program life cycle cost estimates (LCCE) and accompanying cost and schedule risk, uncertainty, and sensitivity analysis
  • Develop investment economic and decision analyses, including business case analyses, cost/benefit analyses, analysis-of- alternatives, and portfolio analysis
  • Develop strategic business and financial analyses, including but not limited to economic studies, cost recovery strategies, budget development & planning, and affordability analysis
  • Assess the credibility of government and industry cost estimates and economic analyses
  • Assess the credibility of government and industry cost savings initiatives
Basic Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in operations research, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Finance, Data Analytics, Data Science, Systems Engineering, or other engineering or quantitative analysis field
  • Typically requires less than 1 year of related experience with a related bachelor's degree, or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
  • Experience with data analysis and visualization tools
  • Proficient with MS Office Suite, and other business intelligence tools for analysis such as Excel, Power BI with the ability to support business analytics with data
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Technical depth with demonstrated skills and experience in presenting analytical results both verbally and in writing
  • Investment modeling and analysis, cost benefit analysis, experience in handling large datasets for data driven analysis, policy and investment analysis, and economic analysis in support of regulatory policy, pre- and post-implementation analysis, forecasting, and applied research
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret level security clearance
  • This position requires a minimum of 4 days a week on-site
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Masters in economics, Mathematics, Statistics, Finance, Business, Operations Research, Data Analytics, Data Science, Systems Engineering, or other engineering field
  • Experience with econometric/economic modeling and analysis
  • Experience with developing Independent Government Cost Estimates (IGCEs) for service and product acquisitions
  • Expertise in using specific tools such as R, Tableau, Python and Qlik
  • Expertise and experience with Amazon Web Services
  • Expertise in using parametric cost estimating tools (PRICE, SEER SEM, etc.)
  • One to ten years of experience with cost estimating, cost risk analysis, and/or budgeting and the CPIC process in defense, intelligence and/or civil agencies
  • Proficiency in development of risk-adjusted LCCEs and investment economic and decision analyses
  • Source selection cost evaluation experience
  • ICEAA Certification or Defense Acquisition Workforce Initiative Act (DAWIA) certification desired
  • Possess an active Top Secret level security clearance
This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):None

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):Top Secret

Work Location Type:Hybrid

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