Senior Army Cost Analyst Lead

Kwaan Bear Technology; Fort Belvoir (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Kwaan Bear Technology in the United States is seeking a senior Cost Analyst to lead defensible cost estimating for a prospective Army cyber program. You will connect technical scope, staffing, schedule, risk, and pricing assumptions to enable leadership to make informed capability decisions.

This role requires eight or more years of cost analysis experience, active Top Secret with SCI eligibility, and a Bachelor's degree.

Qualifications

• Eight or more years of directly relevant cost analysis, operations research, pricing, or economic analysis experience.
• U.S. citizenship, active Top Secret clearance, and SCI eligibility.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Experience supporting Army, Department of War, or comparable national security programs.
• Experience producing lifecycle estimates, IGCEs, affordability analyses, cost–benefit analyses, and risk analyses.
• Ability to reconcile technical, staffing, schedule, performance, risk, and pricing assumptions.

Responsibilities

• Develop, validate, and maintain lifecycle cost estimates, IGCEs, cost models, assumptions, and supporting documentation.
• Analyze SETI labor categories, labor mixes, historical rates, staffing models, travel, and other direct costs.
• Conduct affordability, sensitivity, uncertainty, cost risk, what-if, and cost-benefit analyses.
• Evaluate cost, schedule, technical, cybersecurity, and operational tradeoffs and identify major cost drivers.
• Provide rapid cost inputs that support Agile planning, backlog prioritization, delivery increments, and release decisions.
• Use Government-approved AI, automation, analytics, and Power BI capabilities to improve data preparation, scenario analysis, forecasting, quality checks, and executive reporting while maintaining analyst validation.
• Document estimate basis, source data, exclusions, limitations, assumptions, and audit trails.

Skills

Cost analysis

Operations research

Pricing analysis

Economic analysis

Affordability analysis

Cost risk assessment

Scenario analysis

Executive reporting

Data preparation

Forecasting

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline

CCEA

PCEA

CDFM-A

Tools

Power BI

Job description

Location: Fort Belvoir, Virginia | Clearance: Active Top Secret with SCI eligibility

Position Summary

We are seeking a senior Cost Analyst to lead defensible cost estimating and decision support for a prospective Army cyber program. This position connects technical scope, staffing, schedule, risk, and pricing assumptions so leadership can make informed capability and resource decisions.

What You Will Do

• Develop, validate, and maintain lifecycle cost estimates, IGCEs, cost models, assumptions, and supporting documentation.
• Analyze SETI labor categories, labor mixes, historical rates, staffing models, travel, other direct costs, escalation, and execution trends.
• Conduct affordability, sensitivity, uncertainty, cost risk, what if, and cost benefit analysis.
• Evaluate cost, schedule, technical, cybersecurity, and operational tradeoffs and identify major cost drivers.
• Provide rapid cost inputs that support Agile planning, backlog prioritization, delivery increments, and release decisions.
• Use Government approved AI, automation, analytics, and Power BI capabilities where available to improve data preparation, scenario analysis, forecasting, quality checks, and executive reporting while maintaining analyst validation.
• Document estimate basis, source data, exclusions, limitations, assumptions, and audit trails.

Required Qualifications

• U.S. citizenship, active Top Secret clearance, and eligibility for SCI access.
• Eight or more years of directly relevant cost analysis, operations research, pricing, or economic analysis experience.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent additional professional experience.
• Experience supporting Army, Department of War, or comparable national security acquisition programs.
• Experience producing lifecycle estimates, IGCEs, affordability analyses, cost benefit analyses, sensitivity analyses, and cost risk assessments.
• Ability to reconcile technical, staffing, schedule, performance, risk, and pricing assumptions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Army or broader Department of War experience supporting Offensive Cyberspace Operations, Defensive Cyberspace Operations, cyber capability development, or related mission programs.
• CCEA, PCEA, CDFM-A, or comparable cost or financial management credential.
• Experience estimating software, cloud, cyber, data, integration, testing, fielding, or sustainment costs and using automation or approved AI tools to improve analysis.

Kwaan Bear Technology (KBITS), is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind. KBITS is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at KBITS are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. KBITS will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.