Team Lead

TeamLead

ROLE

We need an experienced Team Lead at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissions(SEC)Division of Examinations (EXAMS). EXAMS uses risk-based strategies to examine registrants improve industry practices and compliance prevent fraudmonitorrisk and inform policy and this task order supports EXAMS in both performing and modernizing its data analytics this role you will direct day-to-day execution of the analytics support and modernization team serving as the primary daily interface with the COR and EXAMS Government staff whileretainingcontractual accountability for delivery quality and security. You will sustain as-is analytics services without interruption run the modernization backlog from process discovery through Government-approved deployment and value measurement and enforce human-in-the-loop AI governance and platform discipline across the teams technical work. You will also staff mentor andretainthe team produce monthly statusreportingand lead program reviews and ensure the teams compliance with SEC IT security privacy records management and Section 508 requirements. This is a full-time opportunity. We can offer a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Delivery COR and Government priorities into assigned tracked work; direct concurrent execution of as-is analytics support (data cleansing loading script development and maintenance examiner requests) and the modernization pipeline.

• Quality and performance and enforce the Quality Control Plan;monitorperformance against all QASP standards; enforce code review version control in SEC-hosted repositories data lineage documentation and documentation as part of the definition of done; detect and correct slippage before it reaches monthly reporting.

• BPR and modernization the modernization backlog lead process discovery effort baselining and re-engineering sessions with examiners and analysts; prioritize candidates with Government staff; oversee recommendation packages and ensure no build begins without Government approval; manage pilots to their time-box and success criteria; own post-deployment value measurement against baseline and report results.

• AI and technical every AI capability is human-in-the-loop validated on Government-labeled samples before operational reliance monitored for drift and documented with a model card; enforce platform discipline AWS for application development Power BI for reporting lowest-complexity solution that meets the requirement no proprietary dependencies without approval; oversee AIOps health incident triage and root cause analysis.

• People mentor andretainthe team; maintain the two-deep cross-training matrix so no service depends on one person.

• Government relationship and the monthly status report (work performed metrics versus standards risks burn rate) and lead monthly program reviews; escalate risks and priority conflicts early with recommended resolutions.

• Security and team compliance with SEC IT security privacy records management and nondisclosure obligations for sensitive nonpublic examination information; support POA&M remediation and security reviews; confirm Section 508 conformance of delivered dashboards and interfaces.

REQUIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE

• Ten (10)years in data analytics data engineering or IT program delivery including five (5)years leading teams of 1025 personnel on federal contracts.

• Working fluency with Python SQL and AWS analytics services (S3 Glue Lambda Step Functions Athena/RedshiftTextractComprehend SageMaker/Bedrock) and Power BI governed reporting (semantic models row-level security).

• Experience delivering AI/ML in a regulated setting: human-in-the-loop design model validation on labeled samples drift monitoring and model documentation.

• Demonstrated experience leading a contract transition-in without servicedisruption andrunning quality programs against QASP-style performance standards.

• Business process re-engineering experience (value-stream mapping effort baselining) andDevSecOpsliteracy (Git-based CI/CD code review security scanning).

PREFERREDSKILLS/EXPERIENCE

• Prior performance at the SEC or another financial regulator (e.g. FINRA CFTC Federal Reserve OCC); active SEC or Secret clearance.

• Hands-on familiarity with securities-industry data: trade blotters order and execution records fee and billing data portfolio holdings and registrant communications.

REQUIRED EDUCATION / CERTIFICATIONS

• Bachelors degree in computer science data science engineering finance or a related quantitative field(Masterspreferred)

• PMP or equivalent program management certification (or Agile leadership certification such asSAFeSPC/RTE PMI-ACP or CSM)

• AWS certification strongly preferred (Solutions Architect or Data Analytics/Data Engineer specialty)

LOCATION

• Remote Based in National Capital Region

CLEARANCE

• U.S. citizenship isrequired

• Ability to obtainSECsecurityclearance

CLIENT

• Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)Division of Examinations (EXAMS)

WORK HOURS

• 40 hours per week

• 8 hours per day

EMPLOYMENT CLASSIFICATION

• Employment Classification Eligibility W2

RELOCATION

• Not eligible for relocation benefits

COMPENSATION

• Salary range:$190000 $200000

• Benefits: Benefits package includes options for health dental and visioninsurance coverage; 401k contribution options

West 4thStrategy is an Equal Opportunity (EEO) employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard torace color creed religion gender sexual orientation ancestry national origin age marital status mental disability physical disability medical condition pregnancy political affiliation military or veteran status or any other basis prohibited by federal or statelaw.

Other Considerations:applicants will be subject to a background investigation. Individuals primary workstationis located inan office area. The noise level in this environment is low to moderate. Regularly required to sit for extended periods up to 80% of the time;frequentlyrequiredto move about to access file cabinets and use office equipment such as PC copier fax telephone cell phone etc. Occasionally required to reach overhead bend and lift objects of up to 10 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include the use of computermonitorscreens up to 80% of the time.