NGA Exploitation Services -Analytic Methodologist

CLEARANCE REQUIRED: TS/SCI

This job is located at: Langley, VA

Job description:

Enable and accelerate the analytical adoption of Analytic Workflow Modernization (AWM), mathematical and statistical modeling, structured analysis techniques, sound appropriate scientific methods, Activity Based Intelligence (ABI), Structured Observation Management (SOM), and Object Based Production (OBP) within the analytical workforce. The contractor shall support advanced analytic modeling as well as modeling for tipping and queuing collection of focus areas in support of the Hard Target and Counterterrorist Programs as well as help analysts develop strategies for data-centric research methods and automate existing workflows through modeling and scripting.

• • • Apply multidisciplinary mathematical and statistical models via programming language to large datasets to extract patterns, relationships and anticipatory behavioral likelihoods that may not be apparent using traditional single discipline means
    • Enable customer satisfaction and answer intelligence questions by using knowledge of advanced analytic methodologies, and experience in implementing and executing methodologies
    • Provide support to exploitation, intelligence analysis, and product development to include statistical and trend analysis, data manipulation and format conversion, data collection/ querying from various systems, data formatting for visualization and presentation, and database design and data entry form development.
    • Interact with analysts, mission partners and other contractors on analytical functionality and exploitation and related support tools.
    • Support the assessment of new analytical tools and the necessary standards to facilitate compatibility and greater efficiencies across the tool sets utilized by AO Office analysts.
    • Work with minimal guidance and be fully capable of meeting most analytic methodology services without direction
    • Collaborate with Government and contractor personnel in NGA and the IC in the performance of services. Such collaboration should provide accurate technical information that contributes to synergized analysis that is better than the sum of the individual parts
    • Regularly provide division and/or office level support.
    • Apply mathematical techniques to solve complex problems and develop quantitative based assessments.
    • Apply scientifically based approaches to help solve complex problems and issues to include: statistical data analysis, knowledge discovery, and mathematical modeling.
    • Provide database consultation, graphical data visualizations, and recommendations for quantitative data selection and collection
    • Work rapidly in a high tempo, high stress environment that often requires multi-tasking

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor degree
• TS/SCI clearance
• Minimum of four years experience

Why work for QSL?

Our founders, Mel Wick and Bill Cronin, retired from storied careers in the Special Operations Forces (SOF) Community. Like many Americans and military veterans, they felt a strong desire to support the nation’s response to the 9/11/2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in any way they could. They established QSL to do just that, Stay in the Fight! QSL is built on a SOF culture, emphasizing selfless-service and teamwork. Our employees work to ensure that warfighters have every possible resource and all necessary support to safely accomplish their missions in defense of our nation.

QSL's Benefit Package

Because we believe our employees are our most valuable asset, offering a competitive comprehensive compensation package is very important to us. It is the goal of QSL to attract and retain the highest level of experience and technical talent necessary for successful performance. In order to accomplish this, we feel that it is necessary to provide satisfying work, an excellent work environment, and we continually monitor the marketplace to ensure that our total compensation/benefit package remains competitive.

Listed below are some of our standard benefits. We combine all traditional paid time off (Federal holidays, sick time, leave time personal days, jury duty, bereavement, etc.) into one category which allows employees flexibility in how they use their leave time and enables them to better balance their career with their personal needs.

• Combined Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Medical, Dental, Life Insurance
• Disability (Short-Term and Long-Term)
• Vision Insurance (CONUS-based employees)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Employee Discount Programs
• Critical Illness and Accident Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not and will not discriminate in employment and personnel practices based on race, sex, age, disability, veteran status, religion, national origin or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. Hiring, transferring, and promotion practices are performed without regard to the above listed items. EEO/AAP, M, F, V, D.