Decision Support Analyst with Security Clearance - Alexandria, VA, United States - Intelligent Waves LLC

Description

Overview Are you a data professional that wants to be a part of THE Team that is confronting and solving some of the Government's most pervasive, data problems? Does the idea of leveraging data to justify the adoption of business transformation initiatives excite you? Do you enjoy partnering with decision-makers to understand data insights and develop solutions that help them better control costs, ensure basic accountability, anticipate the future, measure performance, and maintain optimal operations? If so, Advana is the place for you As a Decision Support Analyst on the Campaign Decision Support Team (CDST), you will increase DoD leader decision space, drive understanding of strategic risk, and develop recommended courses of action
CDST analysts employ expert judgment, adaptable methodologies, repeatable analytic processes, and enterprise-wide collaboration to provide routine, special interest, and alert-triggered campaign assessments, and when necessary, facilitate and synchronize enterprise-level campaign adjustment
Analysts will utilize a flexible and foundational toolset to add value across campaigning topics, blending functional area knowledge with an ability to identify data sources, manipulate data, use data analytics tools, understand/anticipate strategic intent, and communicate with senior DoD leaders
We're looking for the right combination of data science skills and candidates with at least 8-10 years of experience in these functional areas: Strategy and Operational Concepts; Logistics and Supply Chain; Defense and Military Operations and Activities; Authorities and Permissions; Defense and Military Agreements; Command and Control Arrangements; Strategic Influence
Intelligent Waves is growing rapidly and has an outstanding new opportunity for a Decision Support Analyst to work on an important technical program for a major DoD organization headquartered in Reston, VA
We have grown by more than 60% in the past two years and that trajectory will continue for the foreseeable future
Since 2006, Intelligent Waves has delivered mission-focused multi-domain operational expertise and innovation to the Government through high-impact technology solutions in cybersecurity, data science, enterprise network engineering, software development, and platform mission support
Always ready
Anytime
Anywhere
Any domain

Location:
This position is based in Mark Center, Alexandria, VA Travel:
None Rotating Schedule: 4-5 days per week

Security Clearance:
Must be a United States Citizen and hold a current TS-SCI security clearance
Employees are required to follow all company and customer site COVID-19 protocols
Responsibilities

Data Analysis:
Collect, clean, and analyze data from various sources to identify trends, patterns, and insights.

• Reporting: Generate regular and ad-hoc reports to communicate key findings and insights to stakeholders.
• Forecasting and

Predictive Modeling:
Develop models to forecast future trends and outcomes based on historical data.

• Decision Support: Provide recommendations and insights to support strategic decision-making processes within the organization.
• Performance Monitoring: Track and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to assess the effectiveness of business strategies and initiatives.
• Data Visualization: Create visualizations such as charts, graphs, and dashboards to communicate complex data insights in a clear and understandable manner.
• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams including finance, marketing, operations, and IT to gather data and insights for decision-making purposes.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities to enhance data collection processes, analysis methodologies, and reporting tools to improve decision-making capabilities

Qualifications

• Extensive experience analyzing and interpreting complex data and researching findings to create strategies for improvement
• Extensive experience using tools and portals (i.e., Databricks, JIRA, SharePoint, and similar tools) that link and integrate authoritative data sources for tracking, monitoring, and reporting
• Familiarity with the Pentagon, DoD organization/structure, and senior leader decision-making and experience interfacing with senior DoD leaders

Excellent problem-solving, communication, and interpersonal skills, and possess a range of knowledge and experience in:

• Programming (low level, high level, parallel)
• Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
• Simulation/model development and prototyping
• Software engineering
• Experience conducting research and analysis to assist SMEs and program analysts with identifying strategic options, develop relevant courses of action, and risk-based alternatives to operational challenges
• Proven ability to gather data and create reports and presentations, review and organize disparate quantitative and qualitative data into coherent analyses
• Highly proficient working with data driven tools, including: Databricks, Qlik, Tableau, ARCGIS, Analyst's Notebook, etc.
• Experience building and using visualization dashboards and analytic tools to communicate recommendations and findings to senior leaders and external stakeholders
• Intermediate level coding experience and familiarity with programming languages such as Python
• Energetic, with strong interpersonal skills and background

Experience working within a team environment and the ability to adapt to rapidly changing requirements and multi-task capabilities
Since 2006, Intelligent Waves has remained committed to providing quality engineering, operations, and intelligence solutions to our clients and it all starts with YOU
Intelligent Waves provides a great and generous benefits package to include medical, dental and vision, paid PTO leave and, life & disability packages
We also invest in our employees' futures by providing a contribution with vesting starting from DAY 1, technical training, tuition bonuses, and much, much more

Clearance Statement:
Applicants selected for this position will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information
Only US citizens are eligible for a security clearance
For this position, Intelligent Waves will consider only applicants with security clearances
Intelligent Waves LLC is an equal opportunity employer
We are committed to providing equal opportunity to all applicants and employees in full compliance with all applicable state and federal laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, gender, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity protected veteran status and individuals with disabilities, or any other class protected by applicable state or federal law
As an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer, IW is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified candidates and current employees
As part of this commitment, IW will ensure that those in need are provided reasonable accommodations
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