About Position
Employment position: Full-time with benefits offered
Salary: Base salary of $80,000 - $120,000, dependent on qualifications and experience.
Date Posted: 7 Oct 2025
Closing Date: When filled. Anticipated start date: November 2025.
Location: Remote. Required travel: 25-50% (including international travel)
Relocation: not available
Cognitive Performance Group (CPG) is seeking a full-time professional to join our team as a Data Analyst.
CPG’s mission is to apply science to improve and support decision-making and complex cognitive performance for individuals and teams. We do that by conducting studies and co-developing products that model, measure, train, and support decision-making and cognitive performance in complex, time-pressured, high-risk, uncertain, and dynamic operating environments. We specialize in military contexts and we solve novel problems for Warfighters with our cutting-edge techniques and scientific rigor.
CPG’s mission is to apply science to improve and support decision-making and complex cognitive performance for individuals and teams. We do that by conducting studies and co-developing products that model, measure, train, and support decision-making and cognitive performance in complex, time-pressured, high-risk, uncertain, and dynamic operating environments. We specialize in military contexts and we solve novel problems for Warfighters with our cutting-edge techniques and scientific rigor.
We are a dedicated, multi-disciplinary team of applied researchers, trainers, technologists, veterans, and military subject-matter experts who work closely and collaboratively with our partners, clients, stakeholders, and the end users we serve.
The ideal candidate for this position has 8+ years of work experience and is like a Swiss Army knife for technical tools—able to connect systems, build dashboards, and communicate insights clearly through interactive visuals. The successful applicant will work closely with a team of data scientists and human factors personnel to conduct human performance data analysis and visualization. They will be expected to contribute products and concepts to a fast-paced, high-performing team of cognitive scientists, exercise coordinators, technology developers, and tactical subject-matter experts. Specifically, the individual will be required to conceptualize solutions and lead a small team responsible for collecting qualitative and quantitative data from human operators, extracting data from system files, managing and reconciling data, and producing analytic visualizations of complex data sets in stride during training exercises and experimental field events. The ideal candidate has experience in exercise coordination and execution, military operations roles (e.g., Current Operations or Future Operations cells), and/or programming of data visualization applications.
The ideal candidate for this position has 8+ years of work experience and is like a Swiss Army knife for technical tools—able to connect systems, build dashboards, and communicate insights clearly through interactive visuals. The successful applicant will work closely with a team of data scientists and human factors personnel to conduct human performance data analysis and visualization. They will be expected to contribute products and concepts to a fast-paced, high-performing team of cognitive scientists, exercise coordinators, technology developers, and tactical subject-matter experts. Specifically, the individual will be required to conceptualize solutions and lead a small team responsible for collecting qualitative and quantitative data from human operators, extracting data from system files, managing and reconciling data, and producing analytic visualizations of complex data sets in stride during training exercises and experimental field events. The ideal candidate has experience in exercise coordination and execution, military operations roles (e.g., Current Operations or Future Operations cells), and/or programming of data visualization applications.
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Key Responsibilities:
• Develop and manage data pipelines using Python and SQL
• Construct agile, scalable database structures (e.g., star schema)
• Extract, transform, and load (ETL) raw data from diverse sources
• Contribute to near real-time data analysis and visualizations during field exercises
• Collaborate with cognitive scientists and technologists to support applied research on human-machine teaming
• Construct agile, scalable database structures (e.g., star schema)
• Extract, transform, and load (ETL) raw data from diverse sources
• Contribute to near real-time data analysis and visualizations during field exercises
• Collaborate with cognitive scientists and technologists to support applied research on human-machine teaming
Required Skills and Experience:
• Proficiency in Python and SQL
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, etc.)
• Experience building and managing data pipelines and databases
• Understanding of data modeling and performance optimization
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, etc.)
• Experience building and managing data pipelines and databases
• Understanding of data modeling and performance optimization
Desirable Skills and Experience:
• Experience supporting military training exercises
• Programming familiarity (Python, JavaScript, etc.)
• Understanding of relational database structure and semantic models
• Programming familiarity (Python, JavaScript, etc.)
• Understanding of relational database structure and semantic models
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Required Education:
Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution in a discipline related to data visualization such as Modeling & Simulation, Computer Science, Data Science, Information Technology, Design Engineering, Business Technology, Data Engineering, Business Intelligence, or Data Analytics; or an applied social science discipline such as Anthropology, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Human Factors, Applied Cognition, or Experimental Psychology.
Required Data Management and Visualization:
• Proven record of generating visual representations of complex quantitative and mixed methods data sets that convey meaning to military users.
• Experience developing relational databases.
• Experience with Java, JavaScript, Python, or other programming languages.
• Experience developing relational databases.
• Experience with Java, JavaScript, Python, or other programming languages.
Required Research Experience:
• Strong research, analysis, and synthesis skills.
• Exceptional problem-finding and creative problem-solving skills.
• Exceptional organizational skills and a keen attention to detail.
• Functional understanding of statistics and data analysis methods and tools.
• Ability to use the scientific method to conduct applied research using qualitative and quantitative data.
• Exceptional problem-finding and creative problem-solving skills.
• Exceptional organizational skills and a keen attention to detail.
• Functional understanding of statistics and data analysis methods and tools.
• Ability to use the scientific method to conduct applied research using qualitative and quantitative data.
Experience with two or more of the following:
• Operations Research/Systems Analysis
• Metrics and assessment instrument development
• Measurement and statistics
• Qualitative data collection and analysis
• Cognitive Task Analysis or other semi-structured interview techniques
• Mixed methods data collection and analysis
• Automated or semi-automated data visualization and representation
• Modeling & simulation
• Operations Research/Systems Analysis
• Metrics and assessment instrument development
• Measurement and statistics
• Qualitative data collection and analysis
• Cognitive Task Analysis or other semi-structured interview techniques
• Mixed methods data collection and analysis
• Automated or semi-automated data visualization and representation
• Modeling & simulation
Required Collaboration and Communication:
• Experience collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams made up of researchers, engineers, technologists, subject-matter experts, end users, and other stakeholders on research and product development.
• Ability to work effectively as a team and independently in a virtual environment.
• Comfort working with ambiguity and novel concepts in innovative and rapidly changing environments.
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively as a team and independently in a virtual environment.
• Comfort working with ambiguity and novel concepts in innovative and rapidly changing environments.
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
Travel Requirements:
• Must be willing and able to travel up to 50% of the time, including an occasional weekend. Trip durations range from 7 to 18 days.
• Must be willing and able to travel CONUS and OCONUS.
• Must be willing to work 10- to 14-hour days while on travel.
• Staff are highly encouraged to take days off following travel surges to recover and achieve work-life balance.
• Must be willing and able to travel CONUS and OCONUS.
• Must be willing to work 10- to 14-hour days while on travel.
• Staff are highly encouraged to take days off following travel surges to recover and achieve work-life balance.
Other Requirements:
• Must possess an active security clearance - SECRET or higher.
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Data Management and Visualization Skills Preferred:
• Understanding of the Power BI service and process for sharing reports with project stakeholders.
• Experience using Power Automate or other RPA tools.
• Experience using LucidChart or Visio for Product development, Process mapping, Process improvement, & Program management
• Experience using Power Automate or other RPA tools.
• Experience using LucidChart or Visio for Product development, Process mapping, Process improvement, & Program management
Military Experience Preferred:
• Military exercise coordination and execution.
• Experience developing exercise scenarios.
• Experience serving as a leader or member of military exercise coordination and execution (e.g., White Cell, Current Operations, or Future Operations).
• Experience developing exercise scenarios.
• Experience serving as a leader or member of military exercise coordination and execution (e.g., White Cell, Current Operations, or Future Operations).
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How to Apply
To apply for this position, please email a copy of your resume in PDF format to cpg_data_analyst_2025@cognitiveperformancegroup.com .