Data Analyst

Data Analyst - Covan Group

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Tactical Analyst II provides mid-level operational or technical expertise in support of experimentation, analysis, field events, and technology evaluations. This role blends hands-on execution with insightful analysis, contributing meaningfully to project planning, scenario development, and data-driven assessments.

Company Overview

Covan Group is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) based in the National Capital Region. Our team consists of high-performing, experienced, and adaptive veterans and civilians who bring a multi-tiered perspective and deep expertise to our clients. Covan Group combines military and civilian experience across key areas, including MAGTF Planning, MEU and Special Operations, Military Instruction, Fires, Networking, Data Analytics, and Multimedia Production. Our capabilities are rooted in experience at all levels, from squad leaders to division leaders. With a strong foundation of recently separated service members—many still serving in the reserve component—Covan Group provides clients with firsthand military insight into research, development, and operational innovation.

Key Outcomes (First 90–180 Days)

• Learns and understands approved evaluation questions, measures, data definitions, and reporting requirements across assigned experiments and events.
• Develops working knowledge of existing data sources, collection workflows, quality controls, and analysis methods used by Data Collection teams.
• Demonstrates reliable, reproducible analysis that clearly documents evidence, assumptions, limitations, and traceability.
• Builds effective working relationships with collection personnel, operational SMEs, and stakeholders while identifying practical improvements to data quality and analysis procedures.

Core Responsibilities

Technical Specialist Track

• Perform mid-level engineering, development, or systems integration tasks.
• Develop data analysis tools, integrate hardware/software for event support.
• Execute scenario events with technical expertise beyond operator-level use.

Project Responsibilities

The Data Analyst processes and analyzes experimentation data to support evaluation and customer reporting. The employee coordinates data requirements, quality checks, interpretation, and presentation with collection personnel and operational subject matter experts. The role produces reproducible findings with clear evidence, assumptions, and limitations.

• Clarify approved evaluation questions, measures, data definitions, and analysis requirements.
• Ingest, organize, clean, and validate assigned event datasets.
• Identify missing, inconsistent, duplicate, or unsynchronized records and coordinate resolution.
• Apply appropriate analytical methods to approved measures and assessment questions.
• Maintain analysis scripts, calculation records, assumptions, and reproducible workflows.
• Integrate quantitative results with validated operational observations and context.
• Prepare charts, tables, dashboards, and written findings for review.
• Document data provenance, analytical limitations, uncertainty, and evidence traceability.
• Coordinate findings and technical issues with the collection team lead and stakeholders.
• Contribute assessment reports, after-action products, and improvements to analysis procedures.

Required Qualifications

• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance.
• Demonstrated capability in mid-level operational or technical roles.
• Education requirement may be satisfied with appropriate experience.
• Mid-level data analysis experience.
• Proficiency with spreadsheets and an analytical language or equivalent tools.
• Ability to validate datasets, document methods, and explain results and limitations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Military experience relevant to the assigned technical mission, OR equivalent operational or technical experience within a federal or state organization.
• Experience supporting DoD test events, experimentation, or operational analysis.
• Familiarity with integration of data sources, collection systems, or prototype technologies.
• Ability to mentor junior team members.
• Relevant quantitative or technical degree or equivalent experience; Python, R, SQL, statistics, visualization, or test-and-evaluation analysis.

Specialized Tools / Systems / Capabilities

• Excel; Python, R, SQL, or approved analytical tools; visualization tools.
• Controlled datasets and reproducible analysis records.

Clearance Requirements

• Secret eligibility required; Secret preferred. Higher access only as required by the assigned contract or program.
• Must comply with all applicable security procedures and reporting requirements.

Work Environment & Travel

• Remote-first role with approximately 50-80% annual travel to customer, laboratory, and event locations.
• Event execution may require extended days, shift work, early mornings, evenings, weekends, and schedule changes.
• Travel governed by Covan Group's Travel Policy.

Compensation

2026 Pay Band: $88,000 – $126,000

EEOC & Accommodation Statement

Covan Group provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants. Reasonable accommodations are available upon request.