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Toffler Associates is a future-focused strategic advisory firm that works with both government and commercial clients. Our Future Proof® business consulting approach makes us unique in the industry, helping global leaders understand how future shifts impact current decisions and empowering them to take advantage of opportunities, manage risk, and create value.

We are looking for motivated, curious, and data-driven individuals to join our team as Senior Implementation Engineers. Senior Implementation Engineers have a quantitative mindset and firm understanding of how to use technology and data to solve hard customer problems. Senior Implementation Engineers are responsible for developing new methodologies to answer client questions with data, leveraging quantitative skills to configure technology to achieve customer outcomes, communicate data-driven insights to executives in the national security community, and oversee cross-functional teams to produce compelling program insights, data visualization, and briefings.

In order to do this job well, you must be analytical, understand people, have a strong drive to use technology to solve the hardest problems, have business acumen, and want to learn everything, particularly about the most pressing national security challenges confronting the nation and how data and machine learning can help address them.

You understand the US Government and Defense acquisition processes and the importance of effective and efficient program management, supply chain risk management, and program and technology modernization. You ask hard, uncomfortable questions. You have a professional acumen that allows you to lead conversations with top government agency officials. You know there are always multiple answers to hard problems, and you know how to engage in a constructive dialogue to find the best path forward.

This role is a full-time position located out of our office in Arlington, VA.

This role requires 75% travel to client sites across the United States - CONUS and OCONUS

Scope of Responsibilities

• Develop expertise with clients, offerings and data, and support customers as a product and data expert
• Execute the successful implementation of software and data to our customers and provide platform training
• Use coding languages (SQL, Python) to conduct technical platform configuration and data integration
• Build and manage client relationships
• Lead execution teams and/or workstreams
• Collaborate with Engagement Managers and Product Managers to capture market demand and user needs for inclusion into offerings
• Proactively drive utilization of the product using targeted training and engagement strategies that drive mission outcomes and analytical insights for platform users
• Develop and maintain documentation such as tailored user guide reference materials
• Conduct research and develop quantitative analytic reports using Company technology and data
• Orally and visually present data-driven findings in a concise and compelling manner to internal teams, as well as government officials
• Demonstrate knowledge in areas such as US Government programs and operations, federal acquisitions and program management, government procurement practices, supplier assurance, federal contracting, Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE), Supply Chain Risk Management, and Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) analysis

Depending on your background and expertise, you could also be responsible for:

• Provide technical workflow development and configuration
• Communicate data-driven insights to executives in the national security space
• Conduct in-depth quantitative and qualitative analyses on problems of importance to U.S. national security community using data visualization, compelling written paper and briefings
• Provide product demonstrations in support of sales pursuits efforts
• Mentor team members to increase skill and domain expertise

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship is required
• Bachelor's Degree in International Relations, Political Science, International Security, Business Administration, Business Analytics, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Data Science or similar fields, or 3-7 years of equivalent experience

Required Skills:

• Strong familiarity/skills with SQL, Python, and/or R. Familiarity with other skills such as Excel, React, Typescript, Java, C, GoLang
• 6-10 years experience performing national security-related analytics; preference for research, quantitative analysis, data manipulation, and data visualization skills
• Excellent professional demeanor with a willingness to work outside of your comfort zone in a fast-paced environment without hesitation
• Strong aptitude for solving open-ended issues in unpredictable, unstructured environments
• Bachelor's Degree in International Relations, Political Science, International
• Security, Business Administration, Business Analytics, Economics, Mathematics,
• Computer Science, Data Science or similar fields, or 3-7 years of equivalent experience

Desired Skills:

• Current possession of a U.S. security clearance, or the ability to obtain one with our sponsorship
• Experience in or exposure to the nuances of a startup or other entrepreneurial environment
• Master's degree in International Relations, Political Science, International Security, Business Administration, Business Analytics, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Data Science or similar fields
• 3-7 years of experience in user support or user engagement with a focus on platform and product utilization
• Experience with advisory services, software-as-a-service (SaaS), information services, analytic tools, or data analytics industries
• Demonstrated ability to conduct relevant business case studies and market analysis using internal and open-source data sources

What sets Toffler Associates apart?

We are thinkers and doers. We connect dots to see what others don't and act on what we see. Drawing from our namesake and founding legacy-world-renowned futurists Alvin and Heidi Toffler-we provide clients with a perspective and strategic approach they cannot find anywhere else.

The Toffler Associates differentiator is our internal culture. When we say we are curious lifelong learners, we mean this ethos is baked into how we work. We successfully inspire our clients to speak truth to power because our own teams do it every day. We know how to help others engage in diverse thought because doing so is part of the Toffler Associates DNA.

We are looking for big thinkers with a bias for action. If you are interested in embarking on a journey with us to hone your curiosity, push your skills to the next level, help drive the firm's growth, and make a lasting contribution to something bigger than yourself, we encourage you to apply.

Toffler Associates, Inc. complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding recruitment and hiring. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.