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Senior Cost Analyst
Overview
Our Senior Cost Analyst will support the USSF and is responsible for organizing, training, and equipping Guardians to conduct global space operations that enhance the way our joint and coalition forces fight, while also offering decision makers military options to achieve national objectives.
Responsibilities
- Helping define military space system scope, requirements, configurations, and identify, track, and quantify technical, cost, and schedule risks
- Developing and delivering cost estimates for space defense acquisition related projects
- Creating estimates using ACEIT, or other cost estimating software
- Understanding EVM and other techniques to monitor/extrapolate cost/schedule performance during mission execution.
Skills Required
- Cost estimating principles/DoD acquisition policies
- Working knowledge of the DoD acquisition and project management process
- Working knowledge of earned value management and scheduling
- Knowledge of DoD Budget cycle is desirable, knowledge of quantitative analytic techniques, and a strong working knowledge of ACEIT is highly desirable
- Stochastic modeling and have an understanding of how to apply sophisticated statistical and analytical techniques and convey the meaning of the results to DOD decision makers
- A secret-level clearance is required, top secret clearance desirable.
- Years of Relevant Experience: The position requires at least 10 years of combined industry and government acquisition experience of which 4 years shall include duties/assignments specifically in support of space programs.
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Education Required - Master’s Degree (M/S) in one of the following areas
- Management, Business, Economics, Finance, Accounting, Mathematics, Science, Technology, Engineering, or Statistics. Can tradeoff education based on experience.
Education
Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in math, engineering, business, or the sciences.
Full-Time
Security Clearance
Senior-Level
On-site
Benefits
We offer competitive salaries commensurate with education and experience. We have an excellent benefits package that includes:
Health & Welfare
Company Paid- Major Medical Insurance for employees and family members
- Dental Insurance for employees and family members
- Vision Insurance for employees (employee-paid for family members)
- Group Life Insurance
- Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
- Travel Accident Insurance
- Long-Term Disability
- Short-Term Disability
- Supplemental Life Insurance
- Flexible Spending Account (pre-tax deferrals for health care expenses)
Retirement
Money Purchase Pension Plan - 100% Company funded defined contribution retirement plan. One-year entry waiting period and 5-year vesting. Core Funds available and a self-directed brokerage account option.- Employee Stock Ownership Plan - 100% Company funded discretionary contribution. 100% vested after one-year entry waiting period.
Time Off
Tecolote’s generous paid time off benefits give employees the flexibility they need to relax, recharge and take care of the unexpected.
- Annual Leave
- Bereavement Leave
- Holidays
- Jury Duty/Witness Leave
- Military Leave
- Sick Leave
Location
Arlington Operations
2231 Crystal Drive
Suite 702
Arlington, Virginia 22202-3724
(703) 414-3290
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