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Research and Operations Specialist

Company:
Fusion Innovation
Location:
Herndon, VA
Posted:
December 03, 2025
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Description:

FusionInnovation's recent growth has earned us a top spot in the Inc 5000 FastestGrowing Private Companies in America and in Washington Business Journal's BestPlaces to Work multiple years in a row. Our team members are passionate abouttheir work and are empowered to contribute their unique skills and perspectivesto our projects. Here at Fusion, we put people first. When you join us, youdon't just join a company, you join a family. If you are ready to be part of afun and engaging team where your innovative ideas are heard, supported, andmake ever lasting mission impacts for our Nation's most sensitive programs, youhave come to the right place.

Position Overview

Fusion Innovation is seeking a full-time Research Operations Specialist (Senior) that has six years or more of experience in conducting comprehensive searches within client repositories, as well as searching archived records in response to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Privacy Act requests, Congressional inquiries, and in support of Office of General Council investigations. We desire candidates with significant work experience in the Intelligence Community (IC).

The mission of the team is to run queries and do in-depth searches to provide retrievable copies of document(s) collected or produced by the customer, that will be used by our team of Information Review and Release Analysts,

The right candidate must have significant prior customer knowledge and relatable experience that they are able to utilize in order to perform the searches. He or she will then analyze the results to determine applicability of the documents to the requests, providing results in accordance with customer guidelines.

Typical Duties include, but are not limited to:

Review, organize, and analyze documents for production in response to requests for information from government agencies, commercial entities and private citizens

Ensures the searches cover the entire scope of the request

Reduces or eliminates duplicate records/documents

Documenting details of queries/searches performed and record the results

Submits requests to the scanning team to scan any documents needed for research

Assists with the training of newly hired search team members, as requested

Collaborates with supervisory client POCs to recommend and implement changes that improves processes, workflows and standard operating procedures

Infrequently provides surge support outside of normal office hours for short-fused emergent requests Required Skills

Active Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph.

Six or more years of experience searching/querying databases with the ability to quickly adjust to new systems

A Bachelor's degree in any liberal arts, scientific or technical discipline will be considered equivalent to three (3) years of relevant experience

A Master's degree is equivalent to an additional year of experience

A driven self-starter who collaborates with client QA/QC staff and has the capability to recommend and to adapt to new processes

Participates in the training of newly assigned search team members

Must be a team player willing to collaborate and develop robust relationships with clients, colleagues and technical teams

Skilled in time management with the ability to prioritize competing tasks and multitask in order to meet tight deadlines

Goal oriented individual who is able to apply critical thinking and provide out of the box solutions

Experience with data calls and quick reaction tasks

Ability to communicate effectively with peers and various management levels delivering a proactive experience and approach to high quality services for all stake holders

Please note that all applicants mustbe U.S. citizens and require additional screening from our clients.

Fusion Innovation LLC is an EqualOpportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

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