Junior Mission Solutions Architect (Data Analytics)

Location: Rosslyn, Virginia or remote; ability and willingness to travel up to 50% of the time within the US.

Salary: $90,000–$110,000 base salary.

Company

hirify.global builds a data platform for onboard operational technology, delivering cybersecurity, predictive maintenance, and compliance capabilities for defense and commercial fleets.

What you will do

• Perform structured data analyses under senior guidance to extract actionable insights and solve customer problems.
• Use statistical tools and software to identify patterns, trends, and anomalies in complex datasets for diagnostic and predictive support.
• Help identify customer problem sets, prioritize issues, scope solution requirements, and analyze how problems appear in data.
• Support the development of testable hypotheses, identify required data sources, and help create and execute testing suites.
• Translate analytical workflows into modular, reusable components for data science capabilities and services.
• Collaborate with programmers, engineers, project leads, and internal stakeholders on process improvements, system updates, and data strategies.

Requirements

• 1–2 years of industry experience or equivalent practical research experience through undergraduate laboratory research or technical coursework.
• Receptiveness to mentorship, guidance, direction, and constructive feedback.
• Ability to learn to break down unstructured, ambiguous, and complex problems into manageable parts.
• Aptitude in a generic analytics coding language such as Python, R, SQL, or MATLAB.
• Data analysis skills, including identifying data types and technical tests required to validate hypotheses.
• Willingness to learn to articulate the business impact of data analysis and connect findings to decision points.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including presenting technical information clearly and efficiently to non-technical audiences.
• Confidence to acknowledge mistakes and ask for help.
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 50% of the time within the US.

Nice to have

• Experience contributing to guided end-to-end project execution from problem definition through final deliverable.
• Exposure to time-series data analysis.
• Formal education in data science or a related field, with emphasis on linear algebra, computation, and statistics.
• Industry exposure in defense, aerospace, cybersecurity, or mechanical engineering.

Culture & Benefits

• Bonus program and equity in a fast-growing startup.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and families.
• Health Savings Account with annual employer contributions.
• Employer-paid life and disability insurance.
• Uncapped paid time off, flexible work, and remote work policy.
• Tax-deferred public transit benefits through Metro SmartBenefits.