Decision Support Analyst

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.

Minimum Security Clearance: Active TS/SCI

Location: Mark Center, Alexandria, VA

Onsite Requirements: 4-5 days per week

Employees are required to follow all company and customer site COVID-19 protocols.

1. Data Analysis: Collect, clean, and analyze data from various sources to identify trends, patterns, and insights.
2. Reporting: Generate regular and ad-hoc reports to communicate key findings and insights to stakeholders.
3. Forecasting and Predictive Modeling: Develop models to forecast future trends and outcomes based on historical data.
4. Decision Support: Provide recommendations and insights to support strategic decision-making processes within the organization.
5. Performance Monitoring: Track and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to assess the effectiveness of business strategies and initiatives.
6. Data Visualization: Create visualizations such as charts, graphs, and dashboards to communicate complex data insights in a clear and understandable manner.
7. Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams including finance, marketing, operations, and IT to gather data and insights for decision-making purposes.
8. Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities to enhance data collection processes, analysis methodologies, and reporting tools to improve decision-making capabilities.

• 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.

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