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
Job Summary
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.
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.
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.
Matching Summary
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.
Salary
Base: $154,050.00 - $278,475.00; Bonus/Equity: Not specified; Benefits: Not specified
Skills & Requirements
Must-have
psychometric analysis
statistical modeling
predictive analytics
Item Response Theory (IRT)
R, Python, SAS programming
Nice-to-have
disrupt, provoke, refuse to fail
inventive methods
high stakes testing programs
adaptive testing methodologies
Key Requirements
Masters or PhD plus 15+ years of experience
DoD Common Access Card (CAC)
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) fingerprint check
National Agency Check with Written Inquiries (NACI) check
US Citizenship required
Work Rights
Must possess or be able to obtain DoD CAC and pass background checks