Senior Defense Cost Estimator (Remote, Secret Clearance)

Innovim; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision insurance

Life insurance

401k matching

Educational/Training support

Job summary

IDS is seeking a Senior Cost Estimator/Analyst with deep commodity expertise to support cost studies, benchmarks, and data mapping across Air Force/Space Force weapons systems. Six commodity areas are required: Aircraft; Space/Launch; Missiles; Ballistic Missiles; Software; and Ops/Support.

Remote or hybrid work in the United States with occasional travel to the NCR are available. Candidates should have extensive DoD experience, be able to lead cost research teams, and possess an Active Secret

Qualifications

• Minimum ten years of cost analysis experience.
• Minimum seven years of progressive Department of War experience with DoD branches.
• Demonstrated expertise in Air Force weapon systems and their cost drivers.
• Experience collecting and normalizing cost data from government entities and related reports.
• Ability to lead cost research project teams and analyze data.

Responsibilities

• Lead or support targeted cost, schedule, and technical studies in the assigned commodity.
• Identify system cost drivers across acquisition and O&S phases.
• Develop and review cost, schedule, and technical estimating relationships and benchmarks.
• Advise data scientists on mapping commodity data into the enterprise data environment.
• Ensure study results are usable by working cost estimators.

Skills

Cost analysis

Data analysis

Project leadership

Communications

Tools

Cost estimating tools

Job description

IDS is seeking a Senior Cost Estimator/Analyst with deep commodity expertise to support cost studies, benchmarks, and data mapping across Air Force/Space Force weapons systems. Six commodity areas are required: Aircraft; Space/Launch; Missiles; Ballistic Missiles; Software; and Ops/Support.

Remote or hybrid work in the United States with occasional travel to the NCR are available. Candidates should have extensive DoD experience, be able to lead cost research teams, and possess an Active Secret