Operations and Process Analyst 3 - DC Metro Area

M.C. Dean, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 104,240 - 156,360; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

401k Retirement Plan

Tuition reimbursement

Paid maternity leave

Job summary

M.C. Dean is seeking an Operations Project Analyst within the Security and Electronic Systems (SES) unit to design, engineer, and oversee electronic security services for federal, local, and commercial customers.

The role emphasizes analytical rigor, SOP development, and cross‑functional collaboration to deliver on complex projects. The position requires strong communication, writing, and organizational skills, with familiarity in SharePoint and MS Office.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of experience or an Associates degree with 8+ years of military experience.
• Familiarity with systems architectures and process development practices.
• Familiarity with SharePoint (site editing and management).

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with team members on analytical efforts, product development, and customer communications preparation.
• Independently develop and depict an approach to a project task; oversee a small team to execute and complete to the customer’s satisfaction.
• Structure and conduct research – open source and enclave specific.
• Analyze, document, and implement changes to processes and procedures.
• Develop process flow diagrams depicting current and proposed future state to support gap analysis.
• Draft SOPs, user guides, policies, directives, etc., with strong writing skills.
• Establish client relationships and summarize client priorities, scope changes, deadlines and deliverables for project leadership.
• Design, analyze, and apply data collection and decision analytics processes.
• Translate operational concepts into technical requirements and prepare reports for leadership.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Project coordination

Technical writing

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Associates degree with 8+ years military experience

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

SharePoint

Job description

About M.C. Dean
M.C. Dean is Building Intelligence®. We design, build, operate, and maintain cyber-physical solutions for the nation’s most mission-critical facilities, secure environments, complex infrastructure, and global enterprises. With over 9,000 employees, our capabilities span electrical, electronic security, telecommunications, life safety, automation and controls, audiovisual, and IT systems. Headquarters in Tysons, Virginia, M.C. Dean delivers resilient, secure, and innovative power and technology solutions through engineering expertise and smart systems integration.

Overview

We are seeking an Operations Project Analyst to join our Security and Electronic Systems (SES) business unit. As part of SES Strategic Business Unit you will be part of a team that designs, engineers, integrates, operates and maintains electronic security services inclusive of intrusion detection, access control, biometric authentication, video surveillance, audio visual, IT systems, perimeter defense and command and control systems for federal, local and commercial customers across high-growth markets.

Why Join Us?

Our people are passionate about engineering innovation that improves lives and drives impactful change. Guided by our core values—agility, expertise, and trust—we foster a collaborative and forward-thinking work environment. At M.C. Dean, we are committed to building the next generation of technical leaders in electrical, engineering, and cybersecurity industries.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with team members on a variety of analytical efforts, product development, and customer communications preparation.
• Ability to independently develop and depict an approach to a project task. Oversee a small team to execute the approach and successfully complete the task to the customer’s satisfaction.
• Structure and conduct research – open source and enclave specific.
• Analyze, document, and implement changes to processes and procedures.
• Develop process flow diagrams to depict current “as‑is” processes for the customer and leverage those to conduct operational gap analysis. Develop “to‑be” process flow diagrams to propose to the customer as an effective way forward.
• Strong writing skills, ability to independently develop polished Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), user guides, policies, directives, etc.
• Establish client relationships, assess client issues and propose project solutions; review, coordinate, and summarize client correspondence to assist the project leadership’s understanding of client priorities, scope changes, deadlines and deliverables; use this experience to develop project leadership skills and assume those responsibilities.
• Design, analyze, and apply a variety of data collection and decision analytics processes.
• Develop operational concepts and requirements that can be translated into technical requirements.
• Prepare documentation, reports and presentations defining problems, evaluation, and possible/recommended concepts or solutions.
• Ability to think creatively and communicate thoughts both in terms of structured narrative and visual graphics.
• Demonstrate professional etiquette and ability to interact with leadership and staff personnel in both industry and government.
• Proficiency with MS Office suite, specifically MS Word, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint.

Qualifications

Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and may meet eligibility requirements, including U.S. Citizenship, for access to classified information; Ability to obtain a top secret clearance is required.

• Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of experience OR Associates degree with 8+ years of military experience.
• Familiarity with systems architectures and process development practices.
• Familiarity with SharePoint (site editing and management).

Abilities

• Exposure to computer screens for an extended period of time
• Sitting for extended periods of time.
• Reach by extending hands or arms in any direction.
• Have finger dexterity in order to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands or arms, for example, using a keyboard.
• Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Identify and understand the speech of another person.

Benefits

• A competitive salary
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
• Paid‑time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• 401k Retirement Plan
• Military Reserve pay offset
• Paid maternity leave

Pay Range

USD $104,240.00 - USD $156,360.00 /Yr.