Junior Mission Solutions Architect

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Virginia.

📋 Description

• Conduct structured data analyses with guidance from senior team members to derive actionable insights and address critical customer challenges.

• Employ statistical tools and software to uncover patterns, trends, and anomalies within complex datasets for diagnostic and predictive analysis.

• Aid in recognizing customer problem sets, prioritizing issues, defining solution requirements, and examining problem expressions in data.

• Assist in formulating testable hypotheses, determining necessary data sources, and participating in the development and execution of testing frameworks.

• Convert analytical workflows into modular, reusable components that enhance data science capabilities and services.

• Support the generalization of targeted solutions back into Shift5's core competencies.

• Collaborate with programmers, engineers, project managers, and internal stakeholders to pinpoint process enhancements, facilitate system upgrades, and implement data strategies.

⛳️ Requirements

• 1–2 years of relevant industry experience, or equivalent practical research experience demonstrated through undergraduate laboratory work or technical coursework.

• Openness to coaching and receptiveness to mentorship, guidance, direction, and constructive criticism.

• Capability to deconstruct unstructured, ambiguous, and complex issues into smaller, manageable components.

• Proficiency in a general analytics coding language, such as Python, R, SQL, or MATLAB.

• Data analysis skills, including the ability to identify data types and the technical tests necessary to validate hypotheses.

• Eagerness to learn how to articulate the business implications of data analysis and connect findings to decision-making processes.

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to convey technical information to non-technical audiences.

• Confidence in admitting mistakes and seeking assistance when needed.

• Willingness and ability to travel up to 50% within the United States.

• Preferred: Demonstrated experience in contributing to guided project execution from start to finish.

• Preferred: Familiarity with time-series data analysis.

• Preferred: Foundational formal education in data science or a related field, with a focus on linear algebra, computation, and statistics.

• Preferred: Experience in industries such as defense, aerospace, cybersecurity, or mechanical engineering.

🏝️ Benefits

• Bonus program and equity options in a rapidly growing startup.

• Competitive medical, dental, and vision benefits for employees and their families.

• Health Savings Account with annual contributions from the employer.

• Employer-covered Life and Disability Insurance.

• Uncapped paid time off policy.

• Flexible working arrangements and remote work options.

• Tax-deferred public transit benefits through Metro SmartBenefits (DC/MD/VA).