Operations Research & Data Analytics Engineer

N2IA Technologies; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

N2IA Technologies seeks an Operations Research / Systems Analyst (ORSA) with a data engineering and analytics focus to transform diverse data into unified analytical datasets for federal vetting and security operations.

You will design data architectures, build robust ETL pipelines, and create actionable dashboards to forecast and optimize mission outcomes. Strong DoD experience, SQL, Python/R, and data quality discipline are required.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on operations research or data analytics experience with real-world problems.
• 3–5 years supporting DoD or IC mission areas such as vetting or counterintelligence.
• Expert SQL and relational database design with complex queries and optimization.
• Proficient in Python or R with data manipulation and visualization libraries.
• Experience building ETL pipelines across multiple sources and data architecture for analytics.
• Ability to translate technical data challenges to non-technical stakeholders.
• Active Secret clearance or ability to obtain clearance.

Responsibilities

• Design data architectures integrating multiple source systems for vetting and security missions.
• Build and maintain ETL pipelines across heterogeneous data sources.
• Develop entity resolution to link person, company, and facility records.
• Create reusable data integration frameworks for evolving source schemas.
• Apply statistical analysis and create dashboards for stakeholders.
• Collaborate with experts to define analytical dataset requirements and ensure quality.

Skills

SQL

Python

R

Data integration

ETL pipelines

Data quality

Data visualization

Communication

Secure government data

Education

Bachelor degree in related field

Advanced degree in OR/Mathematics/CS/Data Science

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

Plotly

D3.js

Airflow

Git

Job description

N2IA Technologies seeks an Operations Research / Systems Analyst (ORSA) with a data engineering and analytics focus to transform diverse data into unified analytical datasets for federal vetting and security operations.

You will design data architectures, build robust ETL pipelines, and create actionable dashboards to forecast and optimize mission outcomes. Strong DoD experience, SQL, Python/R, and data quality discipline are required.