Cost Analyst with Security Clearance

Take2 is a leading IT Services and Staff Augmentation company specializing in serving Federal and commercial clients. Our innovative, collaborative, and rewarding work environment has earned honors from Inc. 5000 for a fastest growing company for four years straight, the Washington Business Journal Best Places to Work, Virginia Business' Best Places to Work as well as making it on the Washington Business Journal Fast 75 list two years in a row. We are looking for a Cost Analyst to join our team on our enterprise contract supporting an intelligence community customer. The mission of this program is to drive actionable management of risks, issues, and opportunities by applying credible cost/schedule/performance analysis to achieve mission success. This program leverages a diverse workforce (engineering/science, mathematics, computer science, business, etc.) to provide cradle-to-grave support across the entire agency's enterprise. We support cutting-edge technology for Space, Ground, and Launch Systems to ensure mission success. As a Cost Analyst, you will perform cost, schedule, and risk analyses to support budget build/execution, source selections, technology tradeoffs, etc. Additionally, collect, normalize, and analyze historical cost/schedule/technical/programmatic data to develop innovative models/methods. Work Location: Chantilly, VA | Aerospace Building (On-site requirement)
Clearance Level: TS-SCI/CI Poly
Education: Bachelor's degree in engineering, physics, operations research, cost analysis, mathematics, finance, economics, business administration, or similar quantitative field. Position Overview:
• Cost Estimating using parametric approaches, with preference for space system experience (including software estimating).
• Tool development using COTS (i.e., MS Excel), custom code, or FOSS (i.e., R, Python).
• Space hardware, bus, and payload, Cost Estimating Experience on multiple space related product lines; GEOINT, SIGINT, COMM, Resiliency capabilities.
• Space System Cost Estimating (e.g., NRO systems, NASA/AF system).
• Launch System Cost Estimating (e.g., NSSL).
• Ground System Cost Estimating (e.g., mission management/command and control software, processing, ground terminals, communication networks, data centers).
• Services Cost estimating.
• Data Collection and Normalization.
• Data Analysis to include statistical methods.
• Method Development (i.e., multivariate regression analysis, risk analysis (e.g., Monte Carlo simulation tools), cost improvement curve analysis).
• Source Selection evaluation support.
• Cost estimating of Agile Development efforts.