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Ascension LLC is seeking a highly organized and mission-driven Training Operations, Project Coordination, and Quality Assurance (QA) Support professional to support Capability-Based Test & Evaluation (CBT&E) training execution for a federal client. This role is essential to ensuring seamless training delivery by managing scheduling, logistics, stakeholder coordination, documentation control, and quality assurance tracking across the full training lifecycle.

This position is ideal for a candidate who thrives in structured but fast-moving environments and understands how to operate at the intersection of training operations, program coordination, and federal administrative execution. The ideal candidate brings strong attention to detail, excellent coordination skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining accuracy and compliance.

This role is especially important because it serves as the operational “backbone” of the training program, ensuring instructors, SMEs, government stakeholders, and course materials are fully aligned, tracked, and delivered without disruption.

SUMMARY OF THE CONTRACTOR ROLE

The Training Operations / Project & QA Coordinator provides integrated support across training logistics, program coordination, QA tracking, documentation management, and federal administrative execution. The role ensures that CBT&E training activities are fully scheduled, properly resourced, and executed in accordance with contract requirements and government expectations.

The ideal candidate is self-directed, highly detail-oriented, and comfortable working in environments with shifting priorities and evolving requirements. They must anticipate operational needs, proactively resolve scheduling or documentation issues, and maintain structured tracking systems to ensure all training deliverables remain audit-ready and compliant.

This role requires strong proficiency in Microsoft Office 365 tools (Excel, SharePoint, Teams, Outlook, PowerPoint) and familiarity with workflow tracking systems used in federal program environments.

DAY-TO-DAY ACTIVITIES (EXPECTED TASKS)

• Coordinate training schedules, instructor availability, and government stakeholder calendars
• Manage logistics for CBT&E training delivery sessions (virtual or onsite)
• Track training execution milestones, deliverables, and QA checkpoints
• Maintain SharePoint repositories for training materials, versions, and updates
• Monitor and update QA tracking logs, risk registers, and action item trackers
• Prepare meeting agendas, attendance rosters, briefing materials, and training reports
• Support government coordination efforts including communications and scheduling alignment
• Collect, organize, and validate training documentation prior to submission or review
• Track and resolve administrative issues affecting training execution timelines
• Support invoice tracking, travel coordination, and administrative closeout activities
• Facilitate communication between instructors, SMEs, program managers, and government stakeholders
• Assist with post-training reporting, feedback collection, and performance summaries

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Ascension LLC is seeking a Lead Capability-Based Test & Evaluation Subject Matter Expert Instructor / Course Architect to support a Department of the Navy training requirement focused on the Fundamentals of Capability-Based Test & Evaluation. This role is responsible for leading the technical and instructional execution of a 2-day, 16-hour course for Government personnel, including review and tailoring of course materials, SME validation of CBT&E concepts, preparation of instructional content, coordination with Ascension and Government stakeholders, and in-person course delivery.

The ideal candidate is a seasoned DoD, Navy, acquisition, systems engineering, operations research, or test and evaluation professional who can translate complex T&E concepts into practical, mission-relevant learning experiences. This person should be comfortable working with senior stakeholders, adapting content to workforce needs, facilitating technical discussion, and ensuring the final course is accurate, clear, defensible, and aligned to the Government’s intended training outcomes.

This role is important because the Government is not buying a generic classroom presentation. The solicitation requires instructor-led T&E instruction delivered by SMEs and tailored to the dynamic, mission-focused needs of the workforce. Ascension therefore needs an instructor who can serve as both the technical authority and course architect, ensuring the training is credible, engaging, and practical for Navy personnel.

Summary of the Contractor Role

The Lead CBT&E SME Instructor / Course Architect will serve as the primary technical and instructional lead for Ascension’s delivery of the Fundamentals of Capability-Based Test & Evaluation training course. The contractor will support the full training lifecycle, including course planning, requirements review, stakeholder coordination, existing content assessment, tailoring of slides and instructional materials, module structuring, exercise development, instructor rehearsal, quality assurance review, and delivery of the final 16-hour course.

The ideal candidate should be highly organized, self-driven, technically credible, and capable of working with limited direction in a deadline-driven federal contracting environment. The candidate must be able to interpret Government expectations, identify gaps in existing training content, develop or revise materials where needed, and deliver a professional classroom experience that supports adult learning, mission understanding, and practical application of CBT&E concepts.

The role may require use of Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint or other file-sharing platforms, Adobe PDF tools, course evaluation forms, slide review trackers, comment adjudication matrices, and structured QA checklists. The candidate should be comfortable leading technical discussions, documenting Government feedback, incorporating approved changes, and preparing final training materials that can be reused or lightly updated in future option years.

Anticipated Day-to-Day Activities

• Review the solicitation, SOW, training objectives, and any Government-provided CBT&E materials to confirm instructional scope and technical expectations.
• Assess existing course materials for accuracy, completeness, sequence, clarity, audience fit, and alignment with Fundamentals of CBT&E learning outcomes.
• Develop or refine a course outline that organizes the 16-hour course into logical modules, learning objectives, discussion topics, practical examples, and exercises.
• Tailor course content to reflect the needs of the Navy workforce, including mission-focused examples, T&E terminology, acquisition context, and operational relevance.
• Modify PowerPoint slides, facilitator notes, student handouts, exercises, knowledge checks, and reference materials as needed.
• Create or revise practical exercises, discussion prompts, case examples, and scenario-based learning activities that reinforce CBT&E principles.
• Validate technical content for consistency with DoD/Navy T&E practices, systems engineering principles, acquisition lifecycle considerations, and mission-based evaluation concepts.
• Coordinate with Ascension’s project lead, training coordinator, and Government stakeholders to clarify expectations, collect feedback, and manage review cycles.
• Participate in planning meetings, technical reviews, and rehearsal sessions before course delivery.
• Adjudicate stakeholder comments and update materials while maintaining version control and traceability of changes.
• Prepare final instructor and participant materials for delivery, including slide decks, exercises, agendas, attendance materials, and evaluation forms.
• Deliver the 2-day, 16-hour instructor-led CBT&E course in person to approximately 25 students.
• Facilitate classroom discussion, technical questions, applied learning exercises, and participant engagement during course delivery.
• Collect and review participant feedback, course observations, and lessons learned after delivery.
• Recommend improvements to the course template, instructional flow, examples, and reusable materials for future option-year deliveries.
• Support quality assurance reviews to ensure course materials are professional, complete, accessible where applicable, and ready for Government acceptance.
• Coordinate with Ascension on travel planning, delivery logistics, schedule updates, and required documentation.

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Ascension LLC is seeking a GIS Data Scientist / Geospatial Analyst to support a federal data analytics and application support services effort for the Department of War Office of Inspector General’s Analytics Team within Mission Support. This role will help the customer transform complex operational, oversight, and investigative data into location-based insights that support audits, evaluations, investigations, and mission decision-making.

The ideal candidate is a technically strong, mission-focused analyst who can combine data science methods with geospatial analysis, GIS visualization, statistical reasoning, and clear communication. This position requires someone who can work with structured and unstructured data, integrate geospatial and non-geospatial datasets, identify spatial patterns and anomalies, develop map-based visualizations, and explain methods and findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

This role is important because the customer’s mission depends on timely identification of patterns, trends, anomalies, and risks that may indicate fraud, waste, abuse, operational inefficiencies, or other issues requiring oversight attention. The PWS specifically requires geospatial analytics services to analyze spatial relationships, identify location-based patterns and trends, create maps and visualizations, perform proximity analysis, integrate geographic data with other data sources, and document data provenance and limitations.

Summary of Contractor Role

The GIS Data Scientist / Geospatial Analyst will support advanced analytics and geospatial analysis activities across the customer’s analytics environment. The role will contribute to analytical planning, data preparation, statistical analysis, model development, geospatial visualization, and documentation. The candidate will be expected to apply appropriate analytical methods, validate assumptions, explain limitations, and ensure that outputs are accurate, repeatable, accessible, and aligned with federal quality standards.

The position requires a detail-oriented, self-driven professional who can operate in a complex federal mission environment with limited supervision. The successful candidate should be comfortable working in iterative development cycles, collaborating with data scientists, business intelligence analysts, data engineers, project managers, and customer stakeholders. The candidate should also be skilled at turning ambiguous mission questions into well-defined analytical tasks, building repeatable workflows, and developing products that help the customer act on data with confidence.

Tools and processes may include ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online or Enterprise, Python, SQL, R, Jupyter Notebooks, Power BI, Tableau, Azure DevOps, SharePoint, Git or other version control tools, data quality review processes, geospatial data governance, model documentation, knowledge transfer materials, and technical reporting. The PWS also emphasizes documentation, knowledge transfer, sustainment, and formal acceptance of analytics products.

Anticipated Day-to-Day Activities

• Analyze spatial relationships, geographic patterns, location-based risks, proximity relationships, and trends across mission-relevant datasets.
• Develop geospatial analysis plans, analytical workflows, maps, dashboards, reports, and visual products that support audits, evaluations, investigations, and oversight activities.
• Integrate GIS data with operational, programmatic, financial, investigative, or administrative datasets to support broader analytics use cases.
• Perform data cleaning, transformation, geocoding, spatial joins, feature engineering, and exploratory spatial data analysis.
• Apply statistical and data science methods, including regression, clustering, anomaly detection, classification, predictive analytics, and trend analysis, where appropriate.
• Create clear maps, visualizations, and location intelligence products that communicate findings to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Document methodologies, assumptions, data sources, data lineage, limitations, validation steps, and analytical conclusions.
• Use authoritative and current geospatial data sources and maintain clear records of data provenance, quality, and constraints.
• Collaborate with data engineers and BI analysts to ensure geospatial datasets are structured, accessible, and usable for dashboards and advanced analytics.
• Support model lifecycle activities, including testing, validation, monitoring, retraining recommendations, version control, and governance documentation.
• Prepare findings reports, technical briefs, user guides, and knowledge transfer materials.
• Participate in stakeholder meetings, requirements discussions, peer reviews, and solution demonstrations.
• Recommend improvements to geospatial workflows, analytics methods, data quality controls, and repeatable reporting processes.
• Maintain files, documentation, assumptions, and analytical outputs in designated repositories such as SharePoint, Azure DevOps, or other approved systems.
• Support sustainment activities by updating documentation, refresh procedures, and maintenance instructions for deployed analytical products.

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Ascension LLC is seeking a detail-oriented, mission-driven GIS Analyst / ArcGIS Specialist to support data analytics and application support services for a federal Office of Inspector General analytics team. This role will help transform location-based data into defensible, actionable insights that support audits, evaluations, investigations, and oversight activities.

The ideal candidate brings strong geospatial analysis, ArcGIS, spatial data management, mapping, and visualization skills, along with the ability to explain technical findings clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. This position is important to the customer’s broader mission because geospatial analysis will help identify spatial relationships, geographic patterns, proximity risks, regional trends, and location-based anomalies that may inform oversight priorities and operational decision-making.

Summary of Contractor Role

The GIS Analyst / ArcGIS Specialist will provide geospatial analytics services involving location-based information, including spatial data analysis, map development, visualization, location intelligence, proximity analysis, and integration of geographic data with other data sources. The role will support the customer’s need to surface patterns, trends, and anomalies across complex data environments and communicate findings in a clear, accurate, objective, and accessible manner.

The successful candidate should be self-driven, organized, technically precise, and comfortable working in an environment where requirements may evolve through iterative development cycles. The candidate must be able to select appropriate geospatial techniques, validate source data, document data provenance and limitations, and produce geospatial analysis plans, reports, and visual products that meet OIG standards. The PWS requires geospatial analyses to be well-documented, clearly interpreted, accepted by Government stakeholders, and capable of supporting valid conclusions.

Anticipated Day-to-Day Activities

• Analyze spatial relationships, geographic trends, location-based patterns, and anomalies to support federal oversight activities.
• Develop maps, spatial visualizations, and geospatial products using ArcGIS, ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, or comparable GIS tools.
• Integrate geographic data with operational, programmatic, investigative, financial, or other structured and unstructured datasets.
• Perform proximity analysis, location intelligence, hotspot analysis, spatial joins, geocoding, routing, clustering, and other GIS techniques as appropriate.
• Validate geospatial data for accuracy, completeness, consistency, source reliability, and fitness for use.
• Document geospatial methodologies, assumptions, data sources, data provenance, limitations, and analytical interpretations.
• Prepare geospatial analysis plans, reports, maps, and briefings for technical teams, program stakeholders, and leadership audiences.
• Collaborate with data scientists, BI analysts, data engineers, project managers, and customer stakeholders to align geospatial products with mission needs.
• Support dashboard and visualization integration where geospatial outputs are incorporated into Power BI, Tableau, ArcGIS Dashboards, or other reporting environments.
• Maintain organized project documentation in designated repositories such as SharePoint or other Government-approved systems.
• Participate in project planning, requirements discussions, status meetings, peer reviews, and knowledge transfer sessions.
• Ensure work products comply with federal data privacy, security, accessibility, quality, and documentation standards.
• Recommend improvements to geospatial workflows, data refresh processes, visualization standards, and reusable GIS templates.

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Ascension LLC is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to support a federal oversight mission focused on transforming complex data into actionable insights. This role is ideal for an experienced analytics professional who can design, develop, validate, document, and explain advanced analytical solutions that help identify patterns, trends, anomalies, risks, and potential indicators of fraud, waste, abuse, or operational inefficiency.

The Senior Data Scientist will support the Department of War Office of Inspector General’s Analytics Team by applying statistical analysis, predictive modeling, machine learning, data mining, natural language processing, anomaly detection, and other advanced analytics techniques to support audits, evaluations, investigations, and mission support activities. The PWS states that DoW OIG seeks to enhance its ability to surface data and actionable insights, improve the efficiency of audits, evaluations, and investigations, and identify patterns and anomalies affecting DoW programs and operations.

This position requires a technically strong, mission-oriented professional who can work independently, collaborate with business and technical stakeholders, and communicate complex methods in clear, practical terms for non-technical audiences.

Summary of the Contractor Role

The Senior Data Scientist will design and execute advanced analytics solutions that support data-driven oversight, decision-making, and operational improvement. The ideal candidate will bring strong experience in statistical analysis, machine learning, Python or R, SQL, data visualization, model validation, and model documentation. The candidate should be comfortable working in a secure federal environment where analytical methods must be defensible, repeatable, transparent, and clearly documented.

This role requires a detail-oriented and self-driven professional who can operate in an evolving environment with limited supervision. The Senior Data Scientist must be able to translate loosely defined mission needs into structured analytical questions, assess available data sources, develop appropriate analytical methods, test assumptions, identify limitations, and deliver findings in a way that supports government decision-makers.

The PWS requires data science support across advanced analytics, statistical analysis, model lifecycle management, solution development, knowledge transfer, AI/ML governance, ethics, and documentation. The Senior Data Scientist will help ensure models and analytical products meet OIG standards for accuracy, objectivity, clarity, compliance, and sustainability.

Anticipated Day-to-Day Activities

• Develop predictive analytics, statistical models, machine learning solutions, and analytical workflows to support federal oversight activities.
• Analyze structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data to identify patterns, trends, anomalies, risks, and mission-relevant insights.
• Design statistical approaches, including sampling plans, hypothesis testing, regression analysis, classification models, confidence intervals, and anomaly detection methods.
• Perform exploratory data analysis to assess data quality, completeness, relevance, and usability.
• Build machine learning models using appropriate algorithms, feature engineering methods, validation techniques, and performance measures.
• Document model assumptions, limitations, data sources, methodology, validation results, usage guidance, and governance procedures.
• Monitor deployed models for model drift, performance degradation, bias, fairness concerns, and retraining needs.
• Create visual artifacts, dashboards, analytical summaries, and briefings that explain model outputs and findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Collaborate with data engineers, BI analysts, project managers, and government stakeholders to define requirements and align analytical products to mission priorities.
• Support natural language processing, text analysis, topic modeling, sentiment analysis, time series analysis, network analysis, geospatial analysis, or computer vision activities as needed.
• Validate analytical outputs through peer review, testing, reproducibility checks, and defensible documentation.
• Prepare statistical analysis plans, model documentation, knowledge transfer materials, user guidance, and findings reports.
• Conduct knowledge transfer sessions and provide technical guidance to government personnel.
• Maintain work products in designated repositories such as SharePoint, Azure DevOps, or other government-approved collaboration tools.
• Ensure all data science products comply with applicable data privacy, security, ethical, and governance requirements.
• Recommend process improvements, automation opportunities, and analytical enhancements that improve the customer’s ability to use data effectively.

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Ascension LLC is seeking a Lead Data Scientist to guide advanced analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, statistical modeling, and predictive analytics activities in support of a federal oversight mission. This position is designed for a senior analytics professional who can translate complex data into mission-relevant insights, design defensible models, explain findings to technical and non-technical audiences, and help the customer identify patterns, trends, and anomalies that may indicate fraud, waste, abuse, operational risk, or other issues requiring further review.

The ideal candidate will bring strong technical depth in data science and AI/ML, sound judgment in model selection and validation, and the ability to work closely with project managers, data engineers, BI analysts, auditors, evaluators, investigators, and government stakeholders. This role is important because the customer requires data analytics support that improves the efficiency, timeliness, and quality of audits, evaluations, investigations, and internal oversight activities. The PWS specifically calls for data modeling, statistical analysis, predictive analytics, machine learning solutions, data quality, documentation, knowledge transfer, and continuous improvement across analytics capabilities.

Summary of the Contractor Role

The Lead Data Scientist will serve as a senior technical advisor and hands-on analytics lead responsible for designing, developing, validating, documenting, and improving data science solutions that support the customer’s oversight mission. The role requires the ability to develop actionable AI/ML and statistical solutions while maintaining transparency, interpretability, and practical applicability to government decision-making. The PWS identifies a broad data science scope that includes statistical analysis, advanced analytics, predictive analytics, natural language processing, time series analysis, network analysis, geospatial analytics, computer vision, and big data technologies.

The candidate should be self-driven, analytical, detail-oriented, and comfortable operating in a complex federal environment where requirements may evolve as new oversight priorities emerge. The Lead Data Scientist must be able to scope analytical problems, evaluate data readiness, recommend appropriate methodologies, build or oversee model development, validate results, document assumptions and limitations, and communicate findings in plain language for government stakeholders. The role will also support responsible AI/ML governance, including model monitoring, drift detection, retraining procedures, version control, bias detection, fairness considerations, transparency, and compliance with data privacy and security requirements.

Anticipated Day-to-Day Activities

The Lead Data Scientist will be expected to:

• Lead advanced analytics initiatives that apply AI, machine learning, statistical modeling, predictive analytics, and computational methods to complex federal oversight data.
• Develop predictive models, classification models, anomaly detection techniques, risk scoring approaches, and other analytical methods to identify trends, patterns, and outliers.
• Design statistical analysis plans, sampling approaches, hypothesis tests, regression models, confidence intervals, and multivariate analyses that support defensible audit, evaluation, and investigative conclusions.
• Evaluate data quality, completeness, relevance, provenance, and limitations before model development or statistical analysis begins.
• Select appropriate modeling techniques based on customer objectives, data maturity, interpretability needs, security constraints, and operational use cases.
• Build and/or oversee machine learning models using tools such as Python, R, SQL, Jupyter, scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch, SAS, SPSS, or equivalent technologies.
• Apply natural language processing methods for text analysis, topic extraction, entity recognition, classification, sentiment analysis, and summarization where appropriate.
• Support time series forecasting, trend analysis, and anomaly detection for temporal data.
• Support network analysis, geospatial analytics, computer vision, or big data analytics when required by customer use cases.
• Document model assumptions, data sources, limitations, validation methods, monitoring procedures, governance controls, and user guidance.
• Create visual artifacts, charts, model explainability outputs, and executive-ready summaries to demonstrate analytical value and impact.
• Collaborate with business intelligence analysts to translate analytical findings into dashboards, reports, data stories, and decision-support products.
• Collaborate with data engineers to ensure data structures, pipelines, transformations, and quality checks support advanced analytics and repeatable model execution.
• Review model outputs for accuracy, objectivity, bias, fairness, interpretability, and mission relevance.
• Conduct peer reviews of analytical methods, models, scripts, reports, and technical documentation.
• Brief findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders, including senior government leaders, using clear and concise language.
• Support knowledge transfer by developing user guides, technical documentation, training materials, and walkthrough sessions for government staff.
• Maintain version control, reproducibility standards, model monitoring procedures, and documentation repositories.
• Advise the customer on emerging AI/ML technologies, benefits, risks, governance considerations, and practical implementation pathways.
• Support continuous improvement of analytics processes, model lifecycle management, documentation practices, and quality control procedures.

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Ascension LLC is seeking a Business Intelligence Analyst to support a federal data analytics and application support services engagement for the Department of War Office of Inspector General (DoW OIG). This role is designed for an execution-focused analyst who can develop dashboards, reports, visualizations, and KPI-driven insights that help government leaders identify patterns, trends, anomalies, and mission risks across oversight activities.

Summary of the Contractor Role

The Business Intelligence Analyst will support the OIG Analytics Team by translating business needs into clear, actionable reporting products. The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented, technically capable, comfortable working with structured and unstructured data, and able to communicate findings in a way that supports audits, evaluations, investigations, and executive decision-making. The PWS specifically identifies business intelligence services as a core domain, including the development and maintenance of dashboards, reports, and data visualizations to support decision-making.

The successful candidate should bring strong analytical judgment, dashboard development experience, and the ability to work within a structured federal environment where documentation, quality control, data integrity, and knowledge transfer are essential. This is not an overly senior architecture role. It is an execution-focused BI role aligned to dashboards, KPIs, data visualization, recurring reports, and stakeholder-facing analytics support.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

The Business Intelligence Analyst will be expected to:

• Develop dashboards, reports, scorecards, and visual analytics products that support DoW OIG decision-making, audits, evaluations, investigations, and mission support activities.
• Translate stakeholder requirements into business intelligence use cases, report mockups, data views, KPI definitions, and dashboard specifications.
• Analyze operational, programmatic, and oversight-related data to identify trends, anomalies, performance gaps, and opportunities for process improvement.
• Create recurring and ad hoc reports using tools such as Power BI, Tableau, Excel, SharePoint, SQL-based reporting tools, or comparable BI platforms.
• Maintain dashboards and reporting products to ensure data accuracy, refresh reliability, usability, accessibility, and alignment with approved requirements.
• Validate data outputs by conducting quality checks, reconciling source data, identifying inconsistencies, and documenting assumptions or limitations.
• Collaborate with data engineers, data scientists, project managers, and government stakeholders to support integrated analytics solutions.
• Document report logic, data definitions, refresh procedures, dashboard requirements, and user guidance to support sustainment and knowledge transfer.
• Support iterative development cycles by helping break dashboard and reporting work into manageable deliverables, typically aligned to short-cycle planning and execution.
• Participate in stakeholder meetings, requirements discussions, sprint reviews, status meetings, and working sessions.
• Prepare visual briefing materials, data summaries, and executive-ready slides that communicate findings clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Recommend improvements to reporting processes, KPI structures, dashboard usability, and data governance practices.
• Ensure BI products are organized in approved repositories, updated in a timely manner, and available for Government review and sustainment.
• Support knowledge transfer sessions for government users to help them understand, refresh, interpret, and sustain BI products.

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Ascension LLC is seeking a Senior Business Intelligence Analyst / Team Lead to support a federal data analytics and application support services requirement for the Department of War Office of Inspector General’s Analytics Team within Mission Support. This role is designed for an experienced BI professional who can lead dashboard development, reporting architecture, KPI design, visualization standards, and user-focused analytics solutions that help federal oversight stakeholders turn complex data into actionable insight.

The ideal candidate will bring a strong blend of technical BI development, data storytelling, stakeholder engagement, reporting governance, and team leadership experience. This individual must be comfortable working in a mission-driven federal environment where dashboards, reports, visualizations, and analytics products support audits, evaluations, investigations, operational decisions, and the identification of patterns, trends, and anomalies. The PWS requires business intelligence solutions that communicate findings clearly to audiences with varying technical literacy levels and support data-driven decision-making across the Agency.

Summary of the Contractor Role

The Senior Business Intelligence Analyst / Team Lead will lead the design, development, sustainment, and continuous improvement of BI dashboards, reports, and data visualization products. This role will serve as a bridge between technical data teams, data scientists, data engineers, project managers, and Government stakeholders. The candidate will gather requirements, define KPIs, design visualization approaches, create dashboards and reports, support adoption through sharing sessions, and develop reusable standards that improve consistency, accessibility, and quality across BI products.

The successful candidate should be detail-oriented, highly organized, self-driven, and capable of working with limited direction in a complex federal mission environment. This person must be able to translate ambiguous business questions into structured reporting solutions, anticipate stakeholder needs, identify data quality or usability issues, and develop intuitive products that support oversight, performance monitoring, and executive decision-making.

Expected tools and platforms may include Power BI, Tableau, Excel, SharePoint, Microsoft 365, Azure DevOps or similar tracking tools, SQL, data visualization standards, dashboard style guides, reporting repositories, and data governance processes. The PWS also encourages use of dashboards to surface key information and metrics for project performance and monthly reporting.

Position’s Day-to-Day Activities

The Senior Business Intelligence Analyst / Team Lead will be expected to:

• Lead the planning, design, development, testing, deployment, and sustainment of BI dashboards, reports, scorecards, and visualizations.
• Gather and translate stakeholder requirements into BI use cases, reporting specifications, dashboard wireframes, and measurable KPIs.
• Develop dashboards and reports that communicate complex data findings in clear, intuitive, and actionable formats.
• Design user-focused reporting solutions that support stakeholders with varying levels of technical literacy.
• Build and maintain BI products using tools such as Power BI, Tableau, Excel, SharePoint, SQL, and related reporting technologies.
• Establish standardized visualization approaches, naming conventions, reusable components, and dashboard design patterns.
• Develop and maintain a BI style guide addressing visual design, naming conventions, procedures, governance protocols, and reporting standards.
• Collaborate with data engineers to confirm that data pipelines, data structures, and source systems support reporting, dashboarding, and analytics requirements.
• Collaborate with data scientists and analysts to translate statistical, geospatial, and advanced analytics outputs into decision-ready visual narratives.
• Validate data accuracy, dashboard logic, calculations, filters, and reporting outputs prior to release.
• Monitor BI solution performance, usage trends, adoption, and stakeholder feedback.
• Prepare monthly BI performance and usage reports, including optimization recommendations aligned to Agency priorities.
• Conduct demonstrations, working sessions, and knowledge transfer sessions to promote adoption of BI tools and reporting products.
• Develop role-tailored training materials, quick reference guides, user documentation, and sustainment instructions.
• Support incremental development cycles by delivering phased dashboard capabilities, incorporating stakeholder feedback, and improving products over time.
• Maintain BI documentation in designated repositories such as SharePoint or other Government-approved platforms.
• Identify reporting inefficiencies, process gaps, data quality issues, and improvement opportunities.
• Support dashboard accessibility, Section 508 considerations, and clear visual communication standards.
• Coordinate with project managers to track BI task progress, risks, dependencies, deliverables, and stakeholder decisions.
• Support transition planning by documenting BI assets, refresh procedures, data sources, user guides, and maintenance requirements.
• Provide technical guidance to BI analysts and contribute to peer reviews, quality control, and continuous improvement activities.

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Ascension LLC is seeking a Senior Software Developer to support a federal data analytics and application support services engagement for the Department of War Office of Inspector General’s Analytics Team within Mission Support. This role is ideal for a hands-on software engineer, application developer, or senior programmer who can design, build, enhance, test, document, and sustain mission-focused applications, analytics tools, dashboards, data-driven workflows, and integration components that help government stakeholders turn complex data into actionable insights.

The ideal candidate will bring strong programming experience, disciplined software development practices, and the ability to work across technical teams, data analysts, data scientists, BI developers, data engineers, project managers, and federal stakeholders. This position requires someone who can operate in a structured government environment, translate user needs into secure and maintainable solutions, and support iterative delivery cycles where documentation, quality control, knowledge transfer, and sustainment are just as important as the code itself.

Summary of the Contractor Role

The Senior Software Developer will support the design, development, enhancement, and sustainment of software applications, data-enabled tools, dashboards, automation scripts, and systems integrations that support the customer’s oversight, audit, evaluation, investigation, and mission support activities. The role will contribute to iterative development cycles, technical documentation, peer reviews, testing, configuration management, and deployment support.

This position requires a self-driven, detail-oriented developer who can work with minimal supervision, manage competing priorities, anticipate technical risks, and collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. The successful candidate should be comfortable supporting existing systems while also building new functionality, improving maintainability, strengthening data quality, and helping users understand how to operate and sustain the tools delivered.

The role is expected to support tools and processes such as Agile development, Azure DevOps or similar work tracking systems, Git-based version control, Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Power Platform, SQL databases, APIs, scripting, testing frameworks, documentation repositories, and secure federal IT practices.

Position’s Day-to-Day Activities

The Senior Software Developer will be expected to:

• Design application features, workflow components, data-driven tools, and reusable software modules based on approved requirements.
• Develop secure, scalable, and maintainable software solutions that support analytics, reporting, dashboarding, data integration, and business process automation needs.
• Translate business, mission, and data requirements into technical designs, user stories, development tasks, acceptance criteria, and implementation plans.
• Build and maintain integrations between applications, databases, data pipelines, dashboards, SharePoint, Power Platform, and other approved customer systems.
• Write clean, documented, and testable code using approved programming languages, frameworks, and development standards.
• Support iterative development cycles by breaking work into manageable increments, participating in sprint planning, and delivering usable functionality within agreed timelines.
• Configure and update workflows, forms, access controls, system components, and application features in accordance with approved architecture and security guidance.
• Perform unit testing, integration testing, regression testing, peer code reviews, and defect resolution to ensure solutions meet functional, technical, and quality standards.
• Troubleshoot application defects, performance issues, data errors, integration failures, and user-reported problems.
• Optimize application performance, database queries, data processing routines, and workflow execution to improve reliability and user experience.
• Collaborate with data scientists, BI analysts, data engineers, project managers, and government stakeholders to ensure technical solutions align with mission objectives.
• Document application architecture, code logic, configuration settings, deployment steps, data sources, data lineage, maintenance procedures, and user guidance.
• Maintain documentation in a centralized repository such as SharePoint, Azure DevOps, or another approved government system.
• Support knowledge transfer sessions, demonstrations, training materials, and user adoption activities for deployed applications and tools.
• Implement version control, release notes, change logs, and configuration management practices for software and system updates.
• Apply federal security, privacy, accessibility, and data governance expectations, including protection of sensitive information and adherence to customer policies.
• Coordinate with technical leads and government stakeholders on approvals, deployment readiness, sustainment needs, and transition activities.
• Contribute to monthly status reporting, solution maintenance plans, transition packages, and performance improvement recommendations.

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Ascension LLC is seeking a Senior Software Engineer / Systems Architect to serve as a technical lead supporting a federal data analytics and application support environment. This role is designed for a highly experienced systems thinker who can translate mission needs into secure, scalable, maintainable, and well-documented technical solutions.

The ideal candidate will bring deep experience in software engineering, systems architecture, data platform design, cloud-enabled analytics environments, and technical documentation. This position is critical to helping the customer strengthen its ability to surface actionable insights, improve data accessibility, support advanced analytics, and sustain reliable data infrastructure for oversight activities.

This role will support a mission-focused federal customer that requires dependable analytics solutions, reusable technical patterns, reliable data pipelines, sound architecture decisions, and clear documentation that can be understood by technical teams, analysts, leadership, and future sustainment teams. The PWS specifically requires data engineering services that design, implement, and maintain robust infrastructure using database systems, cloud architecture, and pipeline development, while coordinating architectural decisions with OIG architects and following DoW and OIG policies.

Summary of the Contractor Role

The Senior Software Engineer / Systems Architect will lead architecture, design, technical planning, implementation support, documentation, and sustainment activities for analytics applications, data pipelines, reporting platforms, and related technical solutions. The role will work closely with data scientists, BI analysts, data engineers, project managers, and government stakeholders to ensure solutions are secure, reliable, maintainable, and aligned with mission priorities.

The successful candidate should be self-driven, highly organized, technically disciplined, and comfortable working in a structured federal environment where security, documentation, knowledge transfer, and solution sustainability are essential. This person must be able to anticipate technical risks, assess tradeoffs, recommend practical solutions, and guide implementation teams through iterative development cycles. The PWS emphasizes phased development, documentation, sustainment, knowledge transfer, data quality, data governance, performance monitoring, and continuous improvement across deployed solutions.

This position is best suited for a candidate who can balance hands-on technical execution with senior-level architectural judgment. The candidate should be able to design technical solutions, review code or configurations, support data pipeline architecture, document system lineage and maintenance procedures, and provide technical guidance to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Expected Day-to-Day Activities

• Lead technical architecture, software design, and systems engineering activities for analytics applications, data platforms, and supporting infrastructure.
• Design scalable, maintainable, and secure technical solutions that support data science, business intelligence, and data engineering requirements.
• Coordinate with government architects and technical stakeholders to review, validate, and obtain approval for infrastructure and architecture decisions.
• Develop and review technical documentation covering system architecture, data flows, interfaces, data lineage, maintenance procedures, and sustainment processes.
• Guide data engineering teams in designing automated data pipelines for ingestion, transformation, storage, quality checks, and monitoring.
• Implement or oversee best practices for version control, data quality validation, fault tolerance, access control, and secure system configuration.
• Collaborate with data scientists and BI analysts to ensure data structures and platforms support routine reporting, dashboards, advanced analytics, and machine learning use cases.
• Review technical designs, solution patterns, code, configurations, and integration approaches for maintainability, reliability, and security.
• Support incremental development cycles by breaking complex technical solutions into manageable phases and achievable deliverables.
• Troubleshoot technical issues involving data pipelines, system performance, integrations, application functionality, and infrastructure dependencies.
• Produce monthly or periodic technical input for performance reports, optimization recommendations, risks, and sustainment priorities.
• Maintain documentation repositories in SharePoint, Azure DevOps, ServiceNow, or other government-approved systems.
• Conduct knowledge transfer sessions for government staff and contractor team members to support long-term solution sustainability.
• Support transition activities by preparing complete, accurate, and accessible architecture documentation, maintenance procedures, access inventories, and technical handoff materials.
• Ensure all work products comply with DoW OIG policies, security requirements, quality standards, and applicable data governance expectations.

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Ascension LLC is seeking a highly organized, technically fluent, and mission-focused Program Manager to lead contract execution for a federal data analytics support services effort. This individual will serve as the primary management lead responsible for overseeing project performance, coordinating technical teams, managing stakeholder communications, tracking deliverables, and ensuring that work is completed on time, within scope, and in alignment with Government expectations.

This role directly supports the DoW OIG’s need for specialized project management, data science, business intelligence, and data engineering services to strengthen oversight capabilities and improve the identification of fraud, waste, abuse, trends, anomalies, and other mission-critical insights. The PWS identifies the Program Manager as key personnel and requires the role to manage daily contract operations, act with authority on contract matters, and remain available during core business hours.

Summary of the Contractor Role

The Program Manager will provide day-to-day leadership across a multi-disciplinary analytics support team. The ideal candidate will bring demonstrated experience managing technical projects, portfolios, or workflows in IT, business intelligence, data analytics, or data science environments. This individual must be comfortable operating in a structured federal environment while also supporting iterative development, proactive risk management, executive-level communication, documentation control, transition planning, quality oversight, and continuous improvement.

The successful candidate will be a self-driven planner, clear communicator, and disciplined project leader who can translate complex technical information into concise updates for Government stakeholders. The role requires comfort using tools such as Azure DevOps, SharePoint, ServiceNow, Microsoft Office, dashboards, project trackers, and reporting repositories to manage visibility, accountability, and project health.

Day-to-Day Activities

The Program Manager will be expected to:

• Lead overall contract execution, project planning, scheduling, coordination, risk management, status reporting, and performance oversight.
• Serve as the primary contractor point of contact for assigned project and contract matters.
• Coordinate activities across project management, data science, business intelligence, and data engineering workstreams.
• Develop and maintain project plans that include scope, schedule, resources, risks, dependencies, milestones, and deliverables.
• Manage iterative project execution using phased approaches, including projects scoped to eight-week development cycles or other timelines agreed to with the Government.
• Track progress against deliverables, performance standards, milestones, staffing requirements, and Government expectations.
• Prepare monthly status reports, meeting agendas, meeting minutes, project dashboards, risk logs, action item trackers, and executive briefing materials.
• Facilitate status meetings, project reviews, planning sessions, stakeholder discussions, and technical coordination meetings.
• Maintain current and accessible project documentation in a centralized repository such as SharePoint or a comparable system.
• Monitor vacancies, staffing updates, resource utilization, and administrative performance indicators.
• Support quality control by reviewing deliverables for completeness, accuracy, timeliness, and alignment with contract standards.
• Coordinate knowledge transfer sessions, documentation updates, solution sustainment planning, and transition activities.
• Identify risks, issues, bottlenecks, and dependencies early and recommend practical mitigation strategies.
• Collaborate with Government stakeholders, technical staff, and contractor leadership to ensure continuity, transparency, and mission alignment.
• Support contract phase-in and phase-out planning, including transition documentation, access tracking, and handoff materials.
• Ensure contractor personnel complete required annual Government training and security requirements.

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Ascension LLC is seeking qualified, professional language interpreters to support Prison Rape Elimination Act, or PREA, audit activities for DHS immigration detention and holding facility environments. This role supports certified PREA auditors during detainee interviews by providing accurate, neutral, and confidential interpretation for Limited English Proficient, or LEP, individuals. The requirement specifically anticipates interpreter support for Spanish and indigenous languages, including K’iche’, Mam, and Q’anjob’al, during onsite interviews with detainees. The SOW states that at least 50% of detainee interviews may require interpretation services, with interviews generally lasting 10 to 30 minutes.

The ideal candidate understands the importance of impartial communication in sensitive interview settings, especially where topics may involve sexual abuse prevention, facility compliance, detainee safety, and government oversight. This role is best suited for interpreters who are calm, discreet, culturally aware, emotionally mature, and capable of supporting structured interviews in correctional, detention, law enforcement, immigration, legal, social services, or compliance-related environments.

Summary of Contractor Role

The On-Call Language Interpreter will provide interpretation support to certified PREA auditors conducting interviews with detainees at DHS immigration detention facilities, ICE holding facilities, and CBP holding facilities. The interpreter will assist auditors in communicating clearly with LEP detainees while maintaining strict neutrality, confidentiality, and professionalism. The interpreter will not conduct interviews independently, provide advice, advocate for any party, make audit findings, or perform investigative functions.

The role may involve onsite interpretation during facility audits, telephonic or virtual interpretation when approved, and coordination with the Ascension Program Manager or audit team to confirm language needs, scheduling, availability, and interview support requirements. The position requires strong listening skills, precise verbal communication, sound judgment, and the ability to interpret sensitive content without altering meaning, adding commentary, or omitting relevant information.

Because DHS audits may occur across CONUS and, on limited occasions, OCONUS locations such as Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. territories, and possessions, interpreters may be asked to support travel-based assignments when available. The SOW notes that approximately 30% of contractor work is expected onsite at DHS facilities, with the remaining work performed from contractor or corporate workspaces.

Expected Day-to-Day Activities

• Provide consecutive interpretation between auditors and LEP detainees during PREA-related interviews.
• Interpret questions, responses, clarifying statements, and follow-up discussion accurately and completely.
• Support interpretation needs for Spanish and, when qualified, indigenous languages such as K’iche’, Mam, Q’anjob’al, or other identified languages.
• Maintain strict confidentiality of detainee information, audit information, facility observations, and government records.
• Follow auditor instructions regarding interview flow, communication protocol, and role boundaries.
• Remain neutral and avoid coaching, summarizing, advising, or influencing detainee responses.
• Coordinate availability, travel readiness, and assignment logistics with Ascension’s Program Manager or designated audit lead.
• Assist auditors in maintaining respectful, trauma-informed, culturally appropriate communication during sensitive interviews.
• Comply with DHS, ICE, CBP, facility, and Ascension policies related to professional conduct, privacy, records handling, and onsite behavior.
• Report any scheduling conflicts, communication barriers, or interpretation concerns immediately to the assigned audit lead.
• Protect all personally identifiable information, sensitive information, and government-furnished information from unauthorized disclosure.
• Complete required onboarding, facility access, confidentiality, or security-related training before supporting assigned work.

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Ascension LLC is seeking experienced Certified PREA Auditors to support DHS PREA auditing services for ICE immigration detention facilities, ICE holding facilities, and CBP holding facilities. This role is designed for professionals who understand detention, corrections, confinement, investigative, monitoring, or compliance environments and can independently assess facility compliance against DHS PREA Standards.

The ideal candidate is a disciplined, objective, detail-oriented auditor who can review sensitive records, conduct onsite inspections, interview detainees and staff, evaluate policy and procedure evidence, document compliance findings, and produce clear, defensible audit reports. This role is mission-critical because DHS relies on independent PREA audits to assess whether facilities are preventing, detecting, and responding appropriately to sexual abuse and assault in confinement settings. The SOW requires auditors to support pre-audit document review, onsite inspection, interviews, evidence review, compliance determinations, audit report drafting, CAP evidence review, CAP final determinations, and submission of working papers.

Summary of Contractor Role

The Certified PREA Auditor will perform independent facility compliance audits in accordance with DHS PREA Standards, DHS PREA Audit Instruments, agency guidance, and task order schedules. Audits generally include three phases: pre-audit review of facility and agency documentation, onsite inspection and interviews, and post-audit analysis, reporting, and corrective action plan review.

The role requires strong professional judgment, exceptional writing discipline, comfort working in secure or controlled environments, and the ability to handle sensitive but unclassified information appropriately. Auditors must be able to distinguish objective evidence from opinion, assess each standard strictly against DHS PREA requirements, identify non-compliance, recommend corrective action where permitted, redact personally identifiable information, and submit complete working papers in the format required by DHS.

Anticipated Day-to-Day Activities

• Review DHS PREA-related documentation, including Pre-Audit Questionnaires, facility policies, procedures, reports, investigative files, prior audits, accreditation materials, and supporting records.
• Prepare issue logs or requests for additional documentation within required pre-audit timelines.
• Conduct onsite facility inspections at ICE immigration detention facilities, ICE holding facilities, and CBP holding facilities.
• Observe facility operations, programs, activities, housing areas, intake processes, detainee movement, and other relevant operational conditions.
• Interview representative samples of detainees, facility staff, contractors, volunteers, and other individuals as required by the audit instrument.
• Coordinate through the COR or designated federal representative and avoid direct facility contact unless specifically authorized.
• Use approved government communication channels for audit-related communications.
• Protect sensitive but unclassified information, PII, working papers, handwritten notes, audit files, and facility documentation.
• Assess compliance against DHS PREA Standards and DHS PREA Audit Instruments, not unrelated standards.
• Determine whether facilities exceed, meet, do not meet, or are not subject to applicable standards.
• Document clear evidence-based findings, including methodology, sampling sizes, basis for conclusions, and corrective action requirements where applicable.
• Draft interim, provisional, and final PREA audit reports using DHS report templates and supplemental guidance.
• Redact personally identifiable detainee or staff information from reports, while preserving information for DHS upon request.
• Review corrective action evidence submitted during the CAP period and determine whether additional information is needed.
• Issue CAP Final Determination Reports within required timelines when facilities undergo corrective action.
• Submit working papers, audit tools, interview guides, site inspection notes, handwritten notes, and supporting documentation as directed.
• Report any sexual abuse allegations received or discovered during the audit in accordance with agency and facility procedures.
• Maintain required PRC certification, DHS PREA certification, agency training, and network access requirements.

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Ascension LLC is seeking an experienced Assistant Program Manager 2, ICE to provide surge, backup, and continuity support for a DHS PREA auditing services program. This role supports the ICE Program Manager and Assistant Program Manager 1 in coordinating auditor onboarding, training records, quality reviews, audit schedules, corrective action plan documentation tracking, and continuity during high-volume audit periods.

The ideal candidate is a disciplined, detail-oriented program operations professional with direct or closely related experience in detention, corrections, law enforcement, custodial compliance, monitoring, investigations, or quality assurance. This position is best suited for someone who understands the seriousness of work performed in confinement environments and can help maintain high-quality, objective, well-documented audit support while protecting sensitive government information.

Summary of the Contractor Role

The Assistant Program Manager 2, ICE will assist with management and oversight of contractor staff and functions supporting DHS PREA auditing services. The role will help ensure audit work products are accurate, consistent, timely, and aligned with DHS PREA requirements. The SOW specifically identifies the ICE APMs as responsible for assisting with contracted staff oversight, auditor training, and quality control of work products submitted to the Government.

This role requires a professional who can operate in a high-risk, sensitive program environment, manage competing deadlines, track audit and CAP-related activities, support staff readiness, and coordinate closely with the ICE PM, auditors, COR, and other designated federal representatives. The selected candidate must be able to work with minimal supervision, anticipate schedule and documentation issues, support quality assurance reviews, and help prevent gaps in audit performance during periods of overlapping site visits, report deadlines, CAP review periods, and staff onboarding.

Anticipated Day-to-Day Activities

The Assistant Program Manager 2, ICE will be expected to:

• Support day-to-day audit program operations for ICE PREA auditing services.
• Coordinate auditor onboarding, readiness tracking, training completion records, and certification documentation.
• Maintain staff rosters, key personnel updates, and personnel change documentation.
• Assist the ICE Program Manager with workforce continuity during audit surges, staff transitions, resignations, or replacement actions.
• Track audit schedules, report due dates, CAP review deadlines, and documentation submission milestones.
• Review audit-related work products for accuracy, consistency, clarity, grammar, professional tone, and alignment with DHS PREA standards.
• Verify that auditor findings clearly explain the basis for non-compliance and that corrective actions are measurable, understandable, and limited to DHS PREA requirements.
• Monitor CAP documentation review timelines and support coordination of responses within required review periods.
• Support quality control and quality assurance activities, including QASP-related tracking and process improvement recommendations.
• Document issues, risks, action items, training needs, audit status updates, and follow-up actions.
• Coordinate with the PM, auditors, COR, and designated Government representatives using approved communication methods.
• Ensure sensitive information, PII, audit materials, and Government-owned work products are handled in accordance with DHS requirements.
• Support annual summary reporting by helping compile audit counts, facility types, non-compliance findings, CAP status, and trend information.
• Assist with maintaining audit process tools, trackers, templates, issue logs, and internal quality review checklists.
• Prepare briefing materials, status updates, meeting notes, action item logs, and management reports as requested.
• Monitor contractor personnel compliance with DHS network access, training, and administrative requirements.
• Attend selected audit activities in an observational and supportive capacity when approved by the COR, particularly for new auditor support.

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Ascension LLC is seeking a highly experienced Assistant Program Manager 1, ICE to support the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Office of Professional Responsibility, External Review and Analysis Unit, in the execution of PREA auditing services. This role supports the ICE Program Manager with the day-to-day coordination, oversight, quality assurance, documentation tracking, auditor training coordination, issue management, and schedule support required to ensure PREA audits are performed accurately, consistently, and in accordance with DHS PREA Standards.

The ideal candidate is a disciplined, detail-oriented program operations professional with direct or highly relevant experience in detention, corrections, confinement, law enforcement, investigative, monitoring, quality control, or compliance environments. This person must be comfortable working in a sensitive government environment, managing multiple audit-related workstreams, reviewing complex written products, coordinating with senior personnel, and helping ensure that audit findings and corrective action determinations are objective, evidence-based, and aligned strictly to DHS PREA requirements.

Position Summary

The Assistant Program Manager 1, ICE will assist with management and oversight of contracted personnel and functions supporting ICE PREA auditing services. The SOW specifically states that ICE APMs support auditor training and assist the PM in ensuring the accuracy, consistency, and quality of work products provided to the Government.

This role is critical because PREA audits involve sensitive facility information, detainee/staff interviews, audit documentation, findings of compliance or non-compliance, corrective action tracking, and formal reports submitted to DHS. The APM 1 will help keep audit operations organized, ensure auditors are prepared and trained, support quality reviews before submission to the Government, maintain documentation and issue logs, and help ensure audit schedules and deliverables remain on track.

The successful candidate should bring strong judgment, professional writing skills, knowledge of detention or correctional environments, comfort working with sensitive information, and the ability to support a geographically distributed audit team. The role requires a person who can anticipate problems, organize competing deadlines, track commitments, communicate clearly, and maintain high standards for report quality and compliance.

Day-to-Day Activities

The Assistant Program Manager 1, ICE will be expected to:

• Assist the ICE Program Manager with day-to-day oversight of PREA audit support operations, including schedule coordination, staff coordination, issue tracking, and documentation control.
• Coordinate auditor readiness activities, including training completion tracking, DHS PREA certification coordination, and maintenance of required training records.
• Support quality control reviews of auditor work products to ensure reports are accurate, consistent, objective, professionally written, and aligned with DHS PREA Standards.
• Review draft audit reports, interim reports, provisional reports, final reports, CAP final determination reports, issue logs, and other written products for clarity, consistency, grammar, structure, and compliance with required templates.
• Verify that audit findings clearly explain the basis for compliance or non-compliance and that corrective action requirements are actionable, measurable, and based only on DHS PREA requirements.
• Track audit schedules, report due dates, CAP review timelines, extension requests, open issues, and required follow-up actions.
• Monitor auditor access, communication, and administrative readiness to reduce delays related to network access, training, documentation, or government coordination.
• Maintain key personnel lists, staffing updates, documentation trackers, and internal controls to support continuity of performance.
• Coordinate with the PM, auditors, and authorized Government representatives to ensure audit communications follow required protocols and are routed through approved channels.
• Assist with preparation of management reports, trend summaries, quality assurance inputs, meeting materials, and status updates.
• Support the preparation and implementation of the Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan and other quality control methods.
• Identify risks, delays, quality concerns, staffing issues, training gaps, or process improvement opportunities and elevate them to the PM.
• Ensure that sensitive information, PII, audit materials, work products, and government-furnished information are handled in accordance with DHS requirements.
• Participate in post-award meetings, progress meetings, audit readiness discussions, and internal coordination meetings as needed.
• Support new auditor onboarding and, with COR approval, observe initial audit activities in a supportive capacity without interfering with the audit process, interviews, or established onsite procedures.