AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology, Engineering & Analysis, Test & Evaluation, and Training.
ResponsibilitiesPosition Description:The Data Analyst – Mid supports CD&I by conducting quantitative and qualitative analysis to inform capability development, experimentation, and requirements decisions. The analyst will collect, clean, and interpret data from multiple sources, generate analytic products, and provide insights to support USMC force development and integration initiatives.
Responsibilities:
- Acquire, clean, and validate data from operational, experimentation, modeling & simulation, and other enterprise sources.
- Perform descriptive, diagnostic, and basic predictive analytics to identify trends, relationships, and performance drivers.
- Develop dashboards, reports, and visualization products to communicate analytic findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Collaborate with operational subject matter experts, data engineers, and data scientists to define requirements and ensure data integrity and analytic relevance.
- Support the development of metrics, measures of effectiveness (MOE), and measures of performance (MOP) for capability development and experimentation efforts.
- Document methodologies, assumptions, and limitations to ensure analytic transparency and reproducibility.
- Support briefings and working groups by providing data-driven insights and responding to ad hoc analytic requests.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Data Analytics, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Operations Research, Economics, or related field.
- 3–7 years of experience performing data analysis or business intelligence, preferably in a DoW/USMC environment.
- Proficiency with common data analysis and visualization tools (e.g., Excel with advanced functions, SQL, Tableau/Power BI, or equivalent).
- Ability to work with structured and semi-structured data and conduct basic statistical analysis.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate analytic results into operationally relevant insights.
- Active TS/SCI Clearance
Desired Qualifications:
- Experience supporting capability development, JCIDS, or experimentation/analysis within CD&I or similar organizations.
- Exposure to scripting languages (e.g., Python, R) for data wrangling and analysis.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Data Analytics, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Operations Research, Economics, or a related field
- 3-7 years of experience performing data analysis or business intelligence, preferably in a Department of War or USMC environment
- Proficiency with data analysis and visualization tools such as advanced Excel, SQL, Tableau, or Power BI
- Ability to work with structured and semi-structured data and conduct basic statistical analysis
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including translating analytic results into operationally relevant insights
- Active TS/SCI clearance
- Experience supporting capability development, JCIDS, or experimentation and analysis within CD&I or similar organizations
- Exposure to Python or R for data wrangling and analysis
What We Do
AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned government services contractor that delivers professional, technical, information technology, engineering, analysis, testing, evaluation, and training solutions for complex national-priority programs. Based in McLean, Virginia, the company supports federal customers—particularly defense and other Department of Defense missions—with mission-essential and information engineering, digital engineering, systems integration, cybersecurity, cloud, data, and lifecycle IT services across critical public-sector environments.
