We are seeking a Cost Estimator/Analyst to work with our government customer to support a major Product Line within the Office of Information Technology. The Cost Estimator/Analyst will provide support to the Software Product Management (SPM) Corporate Portfolio Office’s intake process and will create cost estimates and supporting artifacts that help our client prioritize IT Service Requests and understand long term implications for cost and budgeting across multiple sub-product lines. Work performed supports a critical component of our client’s mission and focuses on solution standards, strategic priorities, and planning requirements.
The candidate must reside within the continental U.S.
Responsibilities:
- Work cohesively with businesses, Service Delivery, and Architecture & Standards to understand, document, and project cost elements for IT Service Requests.
- Analyze and communicate cost implications regarding technology solutions, especially Cloud solutions.
- Recommend actions to provide the most significant value at the least cost.
- Track and report budget, costs, and variances.
- Monitor costs after significant changes in products or processes.
- Create and manage existing reporting using data from various sources.
- Provide update to a workload tracking system with appropriate statuses.
- Perform market research to identify industry changes and improved business practices.
- Work with cross functional teams from the government customer as well as Mind Computing team members.
- Review, analyze, and interpret IT planning and development documents from multiple resources.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Finance, or technical related discipline.
- At least 5 years of professional experience working with cost analysis and/or Cloud solutions.
- Experience and understanding of the Agile software development lifecycle.
- Experience providing business analysis to federal customers.
- Exceptional written/oral communication skills.
Additional Qualifications:
- Experience with the Federal Government, tools, processes, and frameworks is a plus.
- Ability to obtain a government clearance.
Benefits:
- Medical/Dental/Vision
- Corporate laptop
- PTO + federal holidays, sick leave
- Training opportunities
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.
Sorry, we are unable to offer sponsorship at this time.