Job Overview
Job description
- Salary:
- USD 92,300 - 166,850 per year
- Location:
- McLean, VA
- Work arrangement:
- On-site
Role Summary
Description
Business Data Analyst / Methodologist
This position requires that you currently possess an active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance to be considered.
Leidos is seeking an experienced Business Data Analyst / Methodologist to support a mission-focused Intelligence Community customer by designing, implementing, and analyzing workforce surveys and other business analytics initiatives. This role helps senior leaders better understand workforce trends, organizational effectiveness, employee engagement, and operational challenges through data-driven insights.
You'll partner directly with customer stakeholders to design meaningful surveys, facilitate focus groups, analyze qualitative and quantitative data, develop dashboards and visualizations, and present actionable recommendations to leadership. This is an opportunity to work on projects that directly influence workforce strategy, organizational performance, and mission success.
The ideal candidate is a curious problem solver who enjoys translating complex datasets into clear, compelling stories. They are equally comfortable working independently and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to solve challenging business problems.
Responsibilities
- Partner with customer stakeholders to identify business questions and develop effective survey strategies.
- Design, build, administer, and manage surveys using customer-provided survey platforms.
- Plan and facilitate focus groups and analyze qualitative findings alongside survey results.
- Clean, organize, validate, and prepare data for analysis.
- Analyze structured and unstructured data to identify meaningful trends, patterns, and workforce insights.
- Develop performance measures, dashboards, and visualizations that effectively communicate findings.
- Collaborate with database developers, methodologists, and other analytic team members to integrate multiple data sources.
- Produce briefing materials and executive-level presentations that clearly communicate analytic findings and recommendations.
- Leverage Large Language Models (LLMs) and other AI-enabled tools to assist in analyzing open-ended survey responses and identifying themes.
- Support recurring survey programs and longitudinal analysis to identify trends over time.
Requirements
- Active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computational Social Science, Business Analytics, Data Analytics, or another field emphasizing advanced data analytics.
- One of the following: - Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of advanced data analytics experience.
- Master's degree with 6+ years of advanced data analytics experience.
- Associate's degree with 13+ years of advanced data analytics experience.
- Experience cleaning, preparing, and analyzing data from multiple sources.
- Experience identifying trends and translating data into meaningful business insights.
- Experience developing performance measures and executive dashboards.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including presenting findings to senior stakeholders.
- Ability to work independently while collaborating across multidisciplinary teams.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Power BI, Tableau, or similar data visualization tools.
- Experience with SQL, MS Access, Oracle, SQL Server, or other relational databases.
- Experience supporting Intelligence Community customers or workforce analytics initiatives.
- Experience producing executive-level visualizations, charts, and presentations.
- Familiarity with survey methodology, employee engagement research, organizational assessments, or workforce studies.
- Experience using AI-enabled analytic tools or Large Language Models to support qualitative data analysis.
If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.
Pay Range $92,300.00 - $166,850.00
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
About Leidos
Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.
Pay and Benefits
Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.
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Commitment to Non-Discrimination
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.
About the Company
Looking for an opportunity to make an impact?
At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers' success. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business.
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- Role:
- Business Data Analyst / Methodologist
- Job Type:
- Senior Level | Data and Analytics
Company profile
Leidos
leidos.comLeidos is a technology and science company that delivers solutions at the intersection of national security, health and critical infrastructure for government and commercial customers. Its work spans defense tech, AI, cyber, digital, space, health and energy, including advanced space, aerial, maritime and ground platforms for U.S. and allied forces. The company is organized around five growth engines under its NorthStar 2030 strategy and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia.
- Company Size
- 10,000 - 50,000 employees
- Headquarters
- Reston, Virginia, United States
- Founded
- 1969
- Founders
- John Robert Beyster
- Funding Stage
- Public
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