Business Analyst-Data Management and Certification Support

DEFTEC Corporation

About The Position

DEFTEC delivers mission-critical solutions through skillfully delivered services and innovative products. We are inspired by our clients' critical missions and driven to provide the most effective solutions to execute their missions, operational challenges, and requirements. Our dedicated, experienced, and talented employees work closely with our clients to ensure the delivery of exceptional services and products. POSITION OVERVIEW The Business Analyst supports the GEOINT Certification Program by integrating changes across the essential body of knowledge, certification frameworks, and accreditation artifacts, maintaining high‑quality datasets, performing data audits, and preparing analytical summaries and visualizations for governance approval. This role ensures program transparency and compliance by reviewing and contributing to the Program Design Document (PDD), building dashboards and models that capture metrics and risk, and managing accreditation packages in alignment with NCCA standards. The analyst oversees certification maintenance activities-tracking, auditing, reporting, and improving processes through automation and machine‑learning techniques-while ensuring all program information remains accurate, current, and aligned with evolving mission requirements. Additionally, the role stewards certification conferral records, supports annual accreditation and certification reporting, and collaborates with engineering and cross‑functional partners to drive data‑informed planning, predictive analysis, and program strategy.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
Mathematics, Statistics, Operations Research) 7+ years of experience with data querying languages (e.g. SQL), scripting languages (e.g. Python), or statistical/mathematical software (e.g. R, SAS, Matlab)
At least 7 years demonstrated experience preparing applications packages and maintaining accreditation for certification programs in accordance with the requirements of the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA)
At least 7 years demonstrated experience supporting credentialing best practices and applying them in development and maintenance of professional certification or certificate programs. Working effectively with complex analytics projects across multiple stakeholders and cross-functional teams, including Engineering, PM/TPM, and Analytics.
At least 7 years experience as a quality control expert within the Department of Defense or Intelligence Community, with proven experience writing, interpreting, applying DoD/IC policy and guidance
Active TS/SCI security clearance

Responsibilities

Integrate additions, deletions, or changes into the GEOINT essential body of knowledge, certification framework, certification blueprints, or certification scheme, maintain GOLD program datasets, perform data quality audits, and prepare analytical summaries and staffing packages for GEOINT Certification Program Governance Council approval, including visualizations of impacts on the certification structures.
Review the production of the GEOINT Certification Program Design Document (PDD) that codifies the GEOINT certification program's policies, processes, and procedures and provides stakeholders visibility into the strategic, operational, and technical elements of a certification program according to the prescribed format in DoDM 3305.10. Utilize data modeling to ensure stakeholder visibility through dashboards and reports that highlight certification program metrics and compliance.
Prepare and Review applications packages and associated documentation for external accreditation of NGA certification programs in accordance with the requirements of the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA). Examine statistical analyses to validate data integrity, track accreditation timelines, and generate predictive models for potential compliance risk.
Manage, track, audit, and report on certification maintenance activities in accordance with established and documented procedures, using established procedures and data management tools (e.g., databases, ETL process. Facilitate process improvements using machine learning to optimize workflow efficiency and effectiveness.
Manage and maintain the GEOINT Certification Program information to ensure that it verifies, validates, and is updated to reflect mission, policy, doctrine, tactics, techniques, and procedure changes, to ensure alignment with evolving requirements, and implementation of automation updates.
Maintain the Certification Conferral including the maintenance of records, development of lists, and the preparation of staffing certificates.
Support the Annual Reports on GEOINT Accreditation and Certification collaboratively with Engineering and cross-functional partners, and guiding data-influenced product planning, prioritization and strategy development, predictive modeling, machine learning, and experimentation/causal inference methods.