Description
Qualifications
Required:
- Bachelor's degree in STEM field from an accredited institution
- Demonstrated ability to frame both quantitative and qualitative problems, select appropriate analytic methods, identify data collection strategies, and develop a plan to implement a solution
- Ability to apply scientific methodology to complex scenarios
- Understanding and interest in emerging technologies, technology life cycle, and integration of new technologies into warfighting capabilities
- Active Secret clearance
Desired:
- Master's degree in STEM field from an accredited institution
- Professional experience in any of the following:
- Developing mathematical models to solve targeted problems
- Data gathering, cleaning, and analysis
- Analyzing the viability and potential impact of developmental technologies
- Support of DoD RDT&E advancement
- Active Top Secret clearance
Responsibilities
SPA has an upcoming need for a dedicated and passionate S&T-minded junior analyst to join a high-performance team working to address some of the most critical issues facing the DoD today. The analyst will have a unique opportunity to develop cutting edge methodologies in a high impact environment. This work includes analysis and assessment of emerging disruptive technologies and their potential to impact military capabilities over the next twenty years. The analyst will work with our multidisciplinary team to define problems, identify performance measures, and perform gap and root cause analysis in order to identify alternatives and recommendations to improve warfighter effectiveness. Other responsibilities include researching, identifying, and implementing analytic methodologies to efforts across the scope of work and assisting in the framing, development, and presentation of analysis including drafting briefing materials and various documents for executive audiences. The analyst will also develop analytic software tools as needed from simple, Excel-based models to robust military modeling and simulation projects in proprietary toolsets.
This role will be located onsite at SPA HQ in Alexandria, VA.
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