Junior Cost Analyst

Position Summary

Odyssey Systems has an exciting opportunity for a Junior Cost Analyst providing support to the C3C/Kessel Run division within DAF PEO C3BM.

 

Kessel Run is an Air Force unit that delivers resilient command and control and targeting software capabilities that provide warfighters with decision advantage. Under the Department of the Air Force Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communication, and Battle Management (DAF PEO C3BM), Kessel Run technologies make up the DAF BATTLE NETWORK, the systems-of-systems designed to help the Joint Force make operational decisions faster than our adversaries. The Division architects and acquires the means to connect weapon systems with warfighters and decision makers to enable the warfighter to win against the pacing challenge in an era of great power competition.

 

This is a full time position located at Hanscom AFB, Bedford, MA.

 

Responsibilities

Duties include, but not limited to: 

• Perform routine cost estimating methods such as analogy, engineering or scientific methodology, and extrapolation
• Perform cost estimating outputs to assess the impact various factors have on the costs to design, research, develop, operate, maintain, and dispose of a particular weapon system
• Analyze all elements affecting costs for a project of limited scope
• Analyze contractor financial data using Earned Value Management (EVM) measures of merit to determine program viability with respect cost and schedule performance
• Analytical processes, such as: setting up the problem; conducting background research; collecting and reducing data; displaying data for analysis; formulating mathematical expressions; and drawing conclusions
• Provide contract pricing support services for tasks in all phases of the acquisition cycle to include development, award, management, measurement and contract closeout
• Prepare draft pricing briefings, draft pricing correspondence, and draft agency pricing reports
• Develop pricing related evaluation criteria, track pre-award task order milestones and status
• Support source selection teams in the evaluation of cost proposals
• Prepare pricing documentation for review and approval by the Government CO
• Prepare pricing spreadsheets of technical proposals and perform other pricing analyses to support price/cost evaluations of technical proposals
• Provide pricing support for discussions/communications with offerors
• Provide pricing support to construct agency pricing related reports and draft other pricing related documents in response to protest actions or other claims against the agency
• Access, populate, and analyze information in organizational pricing related databases Required skills may include but not be limited to:
• Knowledge of most appropriate phase of the budgetary cycle (planning, programming, justification, and execution) for initiating new programs
• Experience in quantitative analysis and calculus

 

 

Qualifications

Citizenship: Must be a US citizen

 

Minimum Required Qualifications

Clearance: Must have and be able to maintain a Secret level clearance

 

 

Preferred Qualifications

Education: BS/BA Degree in a related discipline

Years of experience: 0-5 years of experience with experience in related discipline

• Knowledge of most appropriate phase of the budgetary cycle (planning, programming, justification, and execution) for initiating new programs
• Experience in quantitative analysis and calculus
• Experience with ACEIT

 

Additional Information

Location: Hanscom AFB, Bedford, MA

 

 

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Company Overview

Odyssey Systems is a world-class technical, engineering, and integration company serving the warfighting ecosystem with airborne integration, ISR, C2, and warfighter readiness capabilities. Odyssey meets the military’s operational needs by integrating layered defense systems from equipment, technology, and services to data, information, and business operations. We streamline defense acquisition and sustainment, engineering the technical battlefield with domain-specific proficiency to ensure lethality. Odyssey is dedicated to excellent contract execution, peak organizational performance, and fostering a workplace built on employee care.

 

Odyssey is proud to live out our core values of commitment, ambition, and respect in our work and communities through OdysseyCares, a philanthropic group focused on giving back through direct donations