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    "description": "<h2>Position Summary</h2>\n<p>Odyssey Systems has an exciting new opportunity for a Cost Analyst to join our team of Analysts developing, updating, and defending Life Cycle Cost Estimates (LCCEs) / Program Office Estimates (POEs) across Radar and C2 missions.  This is a full-time opportunity with 90% of your time spent working remote.</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p>If you have experience with ACE-IT (Automated Cost Estimating Integrated Tools) and are passionate about utilizing your financial and business acumen to defend our National Security interests, then this is the role for you! </p>\n<h2>Responsibilities</h2>\n<p><strong><em>Duties include, but not limited to:</em></strong><strong><em>  </em></strong></p>\n<ul>\n <li>Apply comprehensive knowledge of principles, policies and practices of systems acquisition and program management, as defined in DoDI 5000.02 Operation of the Adaptive Acquisition Framework and 5000.75 Business Systems Requirements and Acquisition, as well as knowledge of roles and relationships within the DoD, the Air Force, and the Space Force. </li>\n <li>Provide project management oversight of efforts, tasks, studies, and engineering recommendations of the prime contractor to meet contractual requirements. </li>\n <li>Apply 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Security Clearance</p>\n<p><strong>Education:</strong> BS/BA with a focus in Management, Business, Economics, Finance, Operations Research Analyst, Accounting, Mathematics, Science, Technology, Engineering, Statistics, or Cost Estimating/Analysis</p>\n<p><strong>Years of Experience:</strong> 10 years of relevant experience within the DoD.</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p><strong>Preferred Qualifications:</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Clearance:</strong> Active Top Secret security Clearance</p>\n<ul>\n <li>EVM experience</li>\n <li>Experience required using standardized and specialized software applications such as, but not limited to, Microsoft Office and Automated Cost Estimating Integrated Tools (ACE-IT).</li>\n <ul>\n  <li>At a minimum, five (5) years of ACE-IT experience</li>\n  <li>At a minimum, five (5) years of Microsoft Office Suite experience</li>\n </ul>\n <li>Prior weapons system acquisition experience</li>\n <li>Experience with Jira and Confluence to track workload status and priorities</li>\n <li>Experience with estimating agile projects and analyzing agile metrics (velocity, features, stories, etc.)</li>\n</ul>\n<p> </p>\n<p><strong>Additional Information:</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Location:</strong> Peterson Space Force Base (PSFB) in Colorado Springs, CO</p>\n<p><strong>Travel: </strong>NA</p>\n<p><strong>Remote, Onsite, or Hybrid: </strong>Hybrid- Approx. 90% remote, subject to change at the customer's discretion</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p>#LI-JK1</p>\n<h2>Company Overview</h2>\n<p><strong>Odyssey </strong>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.</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p>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, an employer match program, and volunteering events.</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p><em><strong>Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities</strong></em></p>\n<h2>Please Note:</h2>\n<p>Final compensation for this position will be determined by various factors such as the Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant work experience, specific skills and competencies, geographic location, education, and certifications.</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p>This position is filled through continuous recruitment and will remain open until a sufficient pool of applications has been received.Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, Tricare supplement, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, employee assistance program, learning and development benefit, paid time off, and holidays.Odyssey Benefits</p>",
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