Journeyman Cost Analyst Full job description: We are seeking for an energetic professionals with expertise in cost, statistical, economic, and/or quantitative analysis to support Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition programs within the United States Air Force (USAF).
As a Cost Estimator Associate, this hybrid remote position will support the Electronic Systems Directorate at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, OH. The Electronic Systems Directorate is part of the Information Dominance Systems Center and will consolidate focus on Information Dominance capabilities, such as: Command, Control, Communications (C3I); Battle Management; Cyber; Electronic Warfare; Information Systems; and Enterprise Digital Infrastructure. This is an opportunity to provide cost, schedule, and risk analysis support to the successful development of cutting edge modern IT-centric Weapon Systems.
- Collaborate with the team of cost analysts & subject matter experts on a variety of projects.
- Develop life cycle cost estimates for DoD weapon system programs.
- Analyze historical data and develop analogies and cost estimating relationships using regression analysis.
- Understand technology trends and analyze impact on cost.
- Analyze software program progress tracking tools (JIRA, Microsoft TFS, etc.) and develop metrics and insights for program managers.
- Interview functional specialists in support of estimating methodology development.
- Develop risk distributions for cost driver variables & cost estimating relationship equations.
- Analyze program schedules and quantify schedule uncertainty.
- Study, analyze, and develop metrics for complex modern software development programs.
- Build complex spreadsheet-based program cost models used as decision analysis tools.
- Apply statistics concepts to quantify the probability of success for program budget and schedule plans.
- Conduct business case analyses, trade studies and economic analyses.
- Assist program managers in development and execution of contract strategies and program plan.
Job Requirements: - Bachelor's or Master's Degree in a related field and at least five years of experience in the respective technical / professional discipline being performed, three of which must be in the DoD
- Experience with ACEIT (ACE, POST, CO$TAT, Librarian, etc.) Software Suite
- Minimum years of functional experience in DoD - 5 years.
- Cost analysis experience or relevant experience in quantitative analysis positions (economic analysis, analytics, statistics, regression)
- Proficient in analyzing datasets and developing statistical models, but also able to tackle problems by thinking outside of the box.
- Technical fast learner with the ability to communicate with multiple functional teams to gather (programmatic/technical) data and translate it into cost impacts for the government.
- Experienced problem solver, comfortable working in ambiguous environments with the ability to lead financial focused conversations with cross functional teams.
- Approachable team player with the skillset to successfully work a variety of projects and take direction from multiple sources at once.
- Experience/coursework using data science, machine learning, visualization and business intelligence tools a plus.
- Hybrid remote- 2 days onsite and 3 days telework.
Security clearance required: