Analytical Expert Security Clearance

Position: Analytical Expert with Security Clearance
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- Description Leidos Health & Services Sector is seeking an Analytical Expert to support the Department of Defense’s personnel testing and assessment mission. The Analytical Expert serves as the senior quantitative expert providing analytic leadership across modeling, data science, psychometrics, and statistical analysis supporting DoD’s personnel testing and assessment programs.

** This job posting is in anticipation of future work
** The contract provides comprehensive scientific, analytic, and operational support to the DoD for the development, administration, evaluation, and continuous improvement of its personnel testing and assessment programs. Support includes behavioral science research, psychometric analysis, test development, operational test administration, data collection, statistical modeling, and technical assistance for computer-based and paper-and-pencil testing systems—including the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB), language proficiency tests, and other accession-related assessments.

The contractor delivers research studies, analytic products, test specifications, scoring algorithms, technical documentation, and system support to ensure the validity, reliability, fairness, and operational effectiveness of DoD’s testing enterprise used to classify and select individuals for military service.

Key Responsibilities:

* Lead high-level statistical modeling, predictive analytics, and simulation studies.
* Oversee scoring, calibration, item pool evaluation, and classification algorithms.
* Provide subject-matter leadership on analytic modernization and data architecture.
* Ensure quality, accuracy, and methodological innovation across analytic work streams.
* Mentor analytic and data science personnel.

Required Qualifications:

* Uniquely skilled and nationally known experts in an operations research, mathematics, statistics, economics, data science, engineering or computer science field.

* Education:

Minimum of a Masters or PhD plus 15+ years of experience.

* Skills:

* Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
* Strong attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy.
* Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
* Demonstrated ability to work independently as a member or leader of a team.
* Demonstrated ability to plan, prioritize, and manage own work and the work of others.
* Demonstrated commitment to meeting high standards for product and service quality.
* Desire to learn and develop inventive methods that respond to client needs.
* Demonstrated mastery in advanced quantitative methods, including multivariate statistics, predictive modeling, simulation, and statistical inference.
* Deep expertise in psychometric methods such as Item Response Theory (IRT), Classical Test Theory (CTT), scaling, equating, form assembly, and scoring algorithm development.
* Strong programming and analytic skills using R, Python, SAS, or similar statistical computing languages.
* Ability to lead large-scale analytic studies, design analytic plans, and evaluate the statistical integrity of research and testing programs.
* Ability to translate complex analytic and statistical findings into clear, actionable insights for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
* Experience conducting quality assurance checks for analytic processes, including model validation, scoring verification, and data integrity reviews.
* Proven ability to direct analytic workflows, mentor quantitative staff, and provide authoritative guidance on methodological decisions.
* Strong scientific writing skills for producing technical reports, analytic documentation, and methodology papers.
* Ability to collaborate effectively with psychometricians, behavioral scientists, programmers, and operational stakeholders.
* Security Clearance:
Must possess or be able to obtain a DoD Common Access Card (CAC) and successfully complete a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) fingerprint check and a National Agency Check with Written Inquiries (NACI) check. US Citizenship is required.

* Location:

This position is eligible for 75% remote work with occasional on-site work as required by customer and/or contract…