Technology Analyst Job in Washington 20005, District Of Columbia US
The Company
Bloomberg, the global business and financial information and news leader, gives influential decision makers a critical edge by connecting them to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. The company's strength - delivering data, news and analytics through innovative technology, quickly and accurately - is at the core of the Bloomberg Professional service, which provides real time financial information to more than 300,000 subscribers globally. Bloomberg's enterprise solutions build on the company's core strength, leveraging technology to allow customers to access, integrate, distribute and manage data and information across organizations more efficiently and effectively. Through Bloomberg Law, Bloomberg Government and Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the company provides data, news and analytics to decision makers in industries beyond finance. And Bloomberg News, delivered through television, radio, mobile, the Internet and two magazines, Bloomberg Businessweek and Bloomberg Markets, covers the world with more than 2,300 news and multimedia professionals at 146 bureaus in 72 countries. Headquartered in New York, Bloomberg employs more than 13,000 people in 185 locations around the world.
The Role
Bloomberg has created a new web-based information product that will report on, analyze and quantify the impact of government actions on business and industry. It brings the same unparalleled level of fact-based, objective reporting and analysis to policymaking as it has provided to the financial community for the past 27 years.
Bloomberg is seeking a Senior Technology Analyst to produce studies and insights of how the federal government buys information technology products and services, and how federal technology standards, guidelines and private partnerships shape and influence the technology industry.
The Senior Technology Analyst will be a part of an industry-focused team of analysts and editors who use custom tools and procurement and company data to provide clients insight into what technologies agencies are buying, how they are buying it, and how those trends affect technology companies doing business with the federal government. The Senior Technology Analyst also will rely on interviews with outside experts and attendance at conferences and trade association meetings to supplement research on technology companies' strategic plans to sell to the government.
The analyst also will be well versed in new technologies, and strategies in management, policy and procurement that the federal government is developing or that agencies may adopt from the private sector. Topics of expertise, or the ability to quickly learn about, include, but are not limited to, cybersecurity, privacy, health IT, cloud computing, network administration, project management, mobile computing, data center consolidation and telecommunications.
The Senior Technology Analyst will:
- Identify and analyze federal technology regulations, standards, policies, guidelines and programs that would affect what technologies federal agencies purchase and what technology companies sell, including how these changes affect the business of technology companies in the private sector.
- Build quantitative models with extensive scenario-driven analysis to assess the impact of government patterns in technology products and services and the impact on contractors.
- Work closely with analyst team members to develop a broad and deep understanding of the federal technology market, its participants in the federal and corporate sectors, including trade associations, law firms and research shops.
- Present study findings and represent Bloomberg Government in public forums.
Qualifications
- BA in finance or related field; MBA, MS or CFA is a plus
- 10 years of experience as a government or industry analyst, or technology manager or practitioner in the federal market.
- Extensive knowledge and understanding of acquisition policies and practices within federal agencies and government contractors.
- In-depth knowledge and understanding of the technology industry and its trends.
- Strong quantitative skills and superior writing ability to translate in-depth analysis into insightful and easily understood studies, short articles, information graphics and video presentations.
- In-depth knowledge and understanding of the federal government acquisition process, its terms and trends.
- Exceptional statistical skills and an ability to present and explain complex analyses in an intuitive manner
- Ability to analyze and work with large databases using SAS, STATA, SPLUS or similar statistical package
- Able to meet deadlines and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Ability to work collaboratively and enthusiastically within a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.
- Able to speak publicly and present in different mediums including print, Web, TV and radio.
- Demonstrable attention to detail and organizational skills
- Adaptable to open office workspace
Please apply online at: http://careers.bloomberg.com/hire/jobs/job32991.html
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