Defense Analytics Methodologist

Federated Information Technologies, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 70,000 - 87,000; Full time

Job summary

Bridge Defense, based in Washington, D.C., seeks an Analytic Methodologist to support intelligence production with advanced analytics. The role is on-site at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling and requires a TS/SCI clearance.

You will develop analytic strategies, evaluate methods, and work with structured data and visualizations to answer mission-driven questions while collaborating with cleared engineers and researchers.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience with data exploration, data cleaning, data analysis, data visualization, data mining, decision analysis or modeling and simulation.
• 3+ years of experience with statistical and general-purpose programming languages for data analysis, such as Python or R
• Experience developing and documenting predictive data models, quantitative analyses, and visualization of targeted data sources
• Formal training or professional experience conducting quantitative social science, including survey design and analysis and/or field or laboratory experiments.
• Possession of excellent detail-oriented and organizational skills
• Possession of excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Bachelor’s degree in statistics, data science, computer science or quantitative social science or four additional years of experience in those fields

Responsibilities

• Supports the development of analytic strategies to resolve key intelligence questions of missiondriven requirements.
• Works with ambiguous information, deconstructs key questions, suggests methodologies, develops data schema to structured observations, and supports visualization of applicable data.
• Identifies and evaluates a wide range of existing methods, models, and algorithms to develop more accurate, complete, objective, and anticipatory analysis for intelligence production.
• Identifies, retrieves, manipulates, relates, and / or exploits structured data sets from all available sources.
• Uses scripts, visual analytic modeling tools, and SOPs for repeatable, widely applicable procedures.
• Combines empirical or quantitative methods with data analysis for intelligence production of complex and data-driven assessments.
• Evaluates the capabilities and limitations of analytic methodologies.

Skills

Data analysis

Data visualization

Data mining

Decision analysis

Modeling & simulation

Python/R

Education

Bachelor's degree in statistics

Bachelor's degree in data science

Bachelor's degree in computer science

Quantitative social science

Master’s or Ph.D. in quantitative social science

Job description

Bridge Defense, based in Washington, D.C., seeks an Analytic Methodologist to support intelligence production with advanced analytics. The role is on-site at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling and requires a TS/SCI clearance.

You will develop analytic strategies, evaluate methods, and work with structured data and visualizations to answer mission-driven questions while collaborating with cleared engineers and researchers.