Cost Analyst - Springfield, VA - $100k - $110k, Top Secret/SCI
$100,000–$110,000 year
On-siteSpringfield, Virginia, United States
Job Summary
Analyze and make effective use of cost, schedule, technical, and programmatic data while building and validating accurate cost models, estimates, and risk analyses. Support the definition and documentation of the technical baseline and assist in drafting executive-level briefings, papers, and reports. Conduct cost and technical research to improve analytic artifacts, translating technical programmatics into cohesive written baseline descriptions. This role requires a Top Secret/SCI clearance and is based in Springfield, VA, with a salary range of $100k-$110k. Candidates must possess at least eight years of experience in cost estimating, business/finance, or system engineering, along with demonstrated proficiency in developing life cycle cost estimates and configuring cost-estimating relationships.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree with significant quantitative analytic focus
- Minimum eight (8) years of experience and six (6) years of relevant experience in cost estimating, business/finance/economics, operation research, and/or system engineering
- Demonstrated experience developing life cycle cost estimates utilizing various methodologies
- Demonstrated experience in data collection and analysis
- Demonstrated experience in the development, implementation, and configuration of cost-estimating relationships, models, tools and methodologies
Desired Qualifications
- Master degree with significant quantitative analytic focus
- Certification in cost analysis field (e.g., CCE/A or DAWIA Level II BCF-CE or similar)
- Demonstrated ability to conduct interviews, research, data analysis to translate technical programmatics into a cohesive written baseline description document
- Demonstrated experience costing large Information Technology (IT) acquisition programs
- Working knowledge of major the Intelligence Community systems and strategic initiatives
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Access, Microsoft Project, commercial cost tools, risk tools, statistics/data analysis tools, and EVM analysis tools
- Working knowledge with Systems Engineering, Acquisition, Budgeting, and EVM processes
- Demonstrated experience costing large Information Technology (IT) acquisition programs
- Working knowledge of agile estimating techniques and software sizing methods
- Demonstrated ability to develop artifacts of the caliber to be consumed by senior audiences
- Working knowledge and / or experience in new software analytical techniques, schedule realism, cost risk analysis, business case development and return on investment analysis
- Strong history/experience in customer-service, able to advise on tactical and strategic issues
- Excellent oral and written communication skills; demonstrated ability to develop written artifacts of the caliber to be consumed by working level audiences
- Strong interpersonal skills; ability to work independently, and as a team member; ability to establish a network of contacts; ability to mentor and guide activities of other team members
- Demonstrated proficiency in MS Office
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