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 Senior Cost Analyst LOCATION: Hanscom AFB, Bedford, MA Salary Range: $130-150k JOB STATUS: Full-time CLEARANCE: Secret TRAVEL: Limited; as needed Astrion has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Cost Analyst providing support to the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/PEO Digital Directorate (AFLCMC/HB). The Air Force Program Execution Office for PEO Digital (AFPEO/HB) has the collective Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) mission responsibility to manage and execute the modernization, development, testing, production, fielding, and sustainment of the PEO Digital portfolio, which includes over 130 programs for the United States Air Force (USAF) and foreign allies. AFLCMC/PEO Digital Directorate is headquartered at Hanscom Air Force Base, MA with geographically separated operating units CONUS and OCONUS. QUALIFICATIONS: 
 Bachelors Degree15 years of directly related experience, 8 years of which must be in the DoDKnowledge of most appropriate phase of the budgetary cycle (planning, programming, justification, and execution) for initiating new programsExperience in quantitative analysis and calculusMust be a US citizen PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: 
 Master's or Doctorate Degree in a related field and ten years of experience in the respective technical / professional discipline being performed, five years of which must be in the DoD OR, Bachelor's Degree in a related field and 12 years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline being performed, five of which must be in the DoD RESPONSIBILITIES:  
 Perform routine cost estimating methods such as analogy, engineering or scientific methodology, and extrapolationPerform 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 systemAnalyze all elements affecting costs for a project of limited scopeAnalyze contractor financial data using Earned Value Management (EVM) measures of merit to determine program viability with respect cost and schedule performanceAnalytical processes, such as: setting up the problem; conducting background research; collecting and reducing data; displaying data for analysis; formulating mathematical expressions; and drawing conclusionsProvide contract pricing support services for tasks in all phases of the acquisition cycle to include development, award, management, measurement and contract closeoutPrepare draft pricing briefings, draft pricing correspondence, and draft agency pricing reportsDevelop pricing related evaluation criteria, track pre-award task order milestones and statusSupport source selection teams in the evaluation of cost proposalsPrepare pricing documentation for review and approval by the Government COPrepare pricing spreadsheets of technical proposals and perform other pricing analyses to support price/cost evaluations of technical proposalsProvide pricing support for discussions/communications with offerorsProvide pricing support to construct agency pricing related reports and draft other pricing related documents in response to protest actions or other claims against the agencyAccess, 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 programsExperience in quantitative analysis and calculus Air Force  EPASS HB #CJ |