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All2,384 Information Technology305 Project and Program Management302 Business Operations162 Engineering200 Legal and Compliance190 Finance and Accounting138 Sales137 Software Development166 Communications and Public Affairs103 Data and Analytics82 Research and Development (R&D)63 Human Resources78 Administrative & Clerical Support26 Protective Services25 Education services29 Business Development70 Marketing59 Customer Service16 Healthcare Services - Allied Health11 Food and Beverage Services5 Product Management44 Healthcare Services - Nursing10 Design27 Supply Chain / Logistics / Procurement13 Quality Assurance19 Skilled Trades - Maintenance and Repair3 Creative and Art Services9 Environment, Health, and Safety15 Skilled Trades - Mechanical and Electrical11 Healthcare Services - Advanced Practice8 Consulting Services12 Skilled Trades - Construction10 Government Agencies and Departments8 Transportation Services2 Custodial Services0 Social Services3 Skilled Trades - General Labor0 Finance4 Healthcare Services - Pharmacy3 Skilled Trades - Manufacturing and Industrial2 Healthcare Services - Veterinary2 Solutions Architecture2 Government Affairs1 Business Consulting0 Communications1 Legal1 Facilities Management1 Change Management Consultant1 Revenue Operations1 Configuration Management1 Government and Public Affairs1 Architecture1 Strategic Leadership1

Company	Job	Location	Salary	Posted
Nakupuna Solutions	Nakupuna SolutionsNTD Technical Advisor OnsiteFull Timeyesterday	Washington, District of Columbia	$142k - $184k/yr	yesterday	View
HII Technical Solutions Corporation	HII Technical Solutions CorporationSmall Business Innovation Research Analyst (Intelligence Analyst 3) - 30281 OnsiteFull Time2d	Washington, District of Columbia	$96k - $131k/yr	2d	View
West Virginia University	West Virginia UniversityPostdoctoral Fellow - Department of Chemistry OnsiteFull Time4d	Morgantown or West Virginia or Pittsburgh or Washington or Columbus	----	4d	View
Scientific Research Corporation	Scientific Research CorporationLead Operational Research Systems Analyst OnsiteFull Time4d	Washington, District of Columbia	$137k - $228k/yr	4d	View
Cisco	CiscoAI Researcher HybridFull Time4d	Milpitas or San Francisco or Washington	$184k - $239k/yr	4d	View
Consumer Product Safety Commission	Consumer Product Safety CommissionAssociate Executive Director for Epidemiology OnsiteFull Time1w	Washington, District of Columbia	$152k - $228k/yr	1w	View
NORC	NORCSenior Vice President – Statistics and Data Science Department - Chicago Loop Office HybridFull Time1w	Chicago or Washington	$285k - $315k/yr	1w	View
NORC at the University of Chicago	NORC at the University of ChicagoSenior Vice President – Statistics and Data Science Department - Washington DC Office HybridFull Time1w	Washington or Chicago	$285k - $315k/yr	1w	View
NORC at the University of Chicago	NORC at the University of ChicagoPrincipal Research Scientist – Education Research Department HybridFull Time1w	Washington or Chicago	$171k - $183k/yr	1w	View
Federal Communications Commission	Federal Communications CommissionSupervisory Industry Economist (Associate Division Chief) OnsiteFull Time1w	Washington, District of Columbia	$169k - $197k/yr	1w	View
KBR	KBRSenior Wargamer (Level III) OnsiteFull Time1w	Washington or Arlington	$140k - $160k/yr	1w	View
Federal Aviation Administration	Federal Aviation AdministrationAeronautical Information Specialist OnsiteFull Time1w	Washington, District of Columbia	$144k - $187k/yr	1w	View
Internal Revenue Service	Internal Revenue ServiceEconomist HybridFull Time1w	Birmingham or Phoenix or Lake Forest or Los Angeles or Sacramento or San Diego or San Francisco or San Jose or Thousand Oaks or Denver or East Hartford or Washington or Jacksonville or Miami or Plantation or Saint Petersburg or Atlanta or Honolulu or Chicago or Indianapolis or Louisville or New Orleans or Boston or Baltimore or Detroit or Saint Paul or Kansas City or Saint Louis or Greensboro or Newark or Las Vegas or Buffalo or New York City or Westbury or Cincinnati or Independence or Oklahoma City or Portland or Philadelphia or Pittsburgh or Nashville or Austin or Farmers Branch or Houston or Salt Lake City or Richmond or Seattle or Milwaukee	$148k - $197k/yr	1w	View
Educational Testing Service (ETS)	Educational Testing Service (ETS)Senior Research Scientist - Center for Policy Research OnsiteFull Time1w	Washington, District of Columbia	$155k - $165k/yr	1w	View
World Bank Group	World Bank GroupE T Consultant OnsiteContract, Temporary1w	Washington, District of Columbia	----	1w	View
National Renewable Energy Laboratory	National Renewable Energy LaboratorySenior Grid Analyst—Power Flow and Integrated Planning OnsiteFull Time1w	Golden or Boulder or Fairbanks or Washington	$100k - $181k/yr	1w	View
MTSI	MTSIIntelligence Operations Specialist (Mission Targeting Integrator) SME OnsiteFull Time1w	Washington, District of Columbia	$180k - $230k/yr	1w	View
MTSI	MTSIMission Performance & Analytics SME OnsiteFull Time1w	Washington, District of Columbia	$140k - $180k/yr	1w	View
Amentum	AmentumMid Counterintelligence (CI) Specialist/Officer OnsiteFull Time1w	Washington, District of Columbia	$115k - $125k/yr	1w	View
Washington Nationals	Washington NationalsAssistant General Manager, R&D OnsiteFull Time1w	Washington, District of Columbia	$350k - $425k/yr	1w	View
Shield AI	Shield AIStaff Engineer, Operations Analyst (R5807) OnsiteFull Time1w	Washington, District of Columbia	$157k - $235k/yr	1w	View
Shield AI	Shield AISenior Engineer, Operations Analyst (R5831) OnsiteFull Time1w	Washington, District of Columbia	$128k - $192k/yr	1w	View
GovCIO	GovCIOIntelligence Analyst / Linguisitics Specialist OnsiteFull Time1w	Washington, District of Columbia	$145k - $155k/yr	1w	View
Kadiak, LLC	Kadiak, LLCSenior Financial Intelligence Analyst (TS) OnsiteFull Time1w	Washington, District of Columbia	$125k - $155k/yr	1w	View
Thomson Reuters	Thomson ReutersTax & Accounting Specialist Editor HybridFull Time1w	Frisco or New York or Ann Arbor or Eagan or San Francisco or Los Angeles or Irvine or McLean or Washington	$100k - $186k/yr	1w	View
Google	GoogleSenior Research Scientist, Superconducting Digital Electronics, Quantum AI OnsiteFull Time1w	Goleta or Cambridge or Mountain View or Seattle or San Francisco or Washington	$174k - $252k/yr	1w	View
Institute for Defense Analyses	Institute for Defense AnalysesAdjunct Research Analyst - Information Technologies/Cyberspace Operations OnsiteFull Time2w	Alexandria or Washington	$113k - $277k/yr	2w	View
Department of the Air Force	Department of the Air ForceINTELLIGENCE SPECIALIST OnsiteFull Time2w	Arlington or Washington	$144k - $187k/yr	2w	View
World Bank Group	World Bank GroupSenior Outcomes Specialist OnsiteContract2w	Washington, District of Columbia	----	2w	View
KBR	KBRAll Source Analyst OnsiteFull Time2w	Washington or Quantico or Vienna	$143k - $175k/yr	2w	View
Institute for Defense Analyses	Institute for Defense AnalysesResearch Associate - Operational Evaluation Division OnsiteFull Time3w	Alexandria or Washington	$83k - $177k/yr	3w	View
West Virginia University	West Virginia UniversityPostdoctoral Research Associate - School of Natural Resources and the Environment OnsiteFull Time3w	Morgantown or Pittsburgh or Washington or Columbus or West Virginia	----	3w	View
West Virginia University	West Virginia UniversityPostdoctoral Research Associate - Natural Resource Analysis Center - School of Natural Resources and the Environment OnsiteFull Time3w	Morgantown or West Virginia or United States or Pittsburgh or Washington or Columbus	----	3w	View
University of Chicago	University of ChicagoSenior Policy & Research Manager, Office of the Faculty Director HybridFull Time3w	Washington, District of Columbia	$81k - $105k/yr	3w	View
Shield AI	Shield AISenior Engineer, Human Machine Teaming (R5649) OnsiteFull Time3w	Washington, District of Columbia	$140k - $210k/yr	3w	View
National Laboratory of the Rockies	National Laboratory of the RockiesCenter Director-Computational Sciences HybridFull Time4w	Golden or Boulder or Fairbanks or Washington	$173k - $311k/yr	4w	View
EAB	EABDirector, Research Advisory Services HybridFull Time1mo	Washington or Richmond	$77k - $115k/yr	1mo	View
Amentum	AmentumPolicy Analyst/Forces Labor Enforcement Task Force OnsiteFull Time1mo	Washington, District of Columbia	$125k - $135k/yr	1mo	View
Amentum	AmentumForeign investment Risk Analyst OnsiteFull Time1mo	Washington, District of Columbia	$125k - $135k/yr	1mo	View
Institute for Defense Analyses	Institute for Defense AnalysesAdjunct Research Analyst - GDI OnsiteFull Time1mo	Alexandria or Washington	$113k - $277k/yr	1mo	View
Amentum	AmentumCounter Threat Finance Analyst (INDOPACOM - F9) OnsiteFull Time1mo	Washington, District of Columbia	$125k - $138k/yr	1mo	View
Duke Careers	Duke CareersPolicy Research Associate, Duke Margolis Institute (Hybrid) Washington DC or Durham NC HybridFull Time1mo	Durham or Washington	$93k - $151k/yr	1mo	View
Thomson Reuters	Thomson ReutersLead Research Engineer, Search & Retrieval HybridFull Time1mo	New York City or Frisco or Toronto or Ann Arbor or Eagan or San Francisco or Los Angeles or Irvine or McLean or Washington	$137k - $255k/yr	1mo	View
Penn State	Penn StateAssociate Professor - Public Health Sciences OnsiteFull Time1mo	Hershey or Harrisburg or Philadelphia or Baltimore or New York City or Washington or Pittsburgh	----	1mo	View
State of South Carolina, SC	State of South Carolina, SCExecutive Director of the South Carolina Water Resources Center OnsiteFull Time1mo	Pickens County or Clemson or Washington	$91k - $146k/yr	1mo	View
Federal Reserve Board	Federal Reserve BoardSr Intelligence Fusion Analyst - Office of the Chief Operating Officer OnsiteFull Time1mo	Washington, District of Columbia	$141k - $191k/yr	1mo	View
Cayuse	CayuseReligious Freedom Analyst, Senior OnsiteFull Time1mo	Washington, District of Columbia	$110k - $145k/yr	1mo	View
DoorDash	DoorDashGlobal Head of Economics Research, Head Economist OnsiteFull Time1mo	Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia	$214k - $315k/yr	1mo	View
Carnegie Mellon University	Carnegie Mellon UniversitySenior AI-Native Software Engineering Researcher OnsiteFull Time1mo	Pittsburgh or Washington	----	1mo	View
Voyager Technologies, Inc.	Voyager Technologies, Inc.Agentic GEOINT Mission Management Lead OnsiteFull Time1mo	Denver or El Segundo or Washington	----	1mo	View

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