Collaborate with a team of Quantech 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 plans
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
- Proficient in ACEIT Software Suite (ACE, POST, CO$TAT) and Excel
- Experience in data science, machine learning, visualization and business intelligence tools a plus
- Experience with cost estimation of Agile Software Development and/or Software Acquisition Pathway (SWP) programs
- Experience with SEER Software (SEER-SEM, SEER-H, SEER-IT), COCOMO, TruePlanning