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# Research Support Specialist at Swift

- **Company:** Swift
- **Location:** Baltimore, MD
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-04-10
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-13
- **Apply:** https://jobs.gem.com/the-swift-group/am9icG9zdDpikPNf71LoVUvnqM6iy4js

## Job description

Swift is a privately held, mission-driven and employee-focused services and solutions company headquartered in Reston, VA. Our capabilities include Software Development, Engineering & IT, Data Science, Cyber Enablement, Logistics, and Training. Founded in 2019, Swift supports Civilian, Defense, and Intelligence Community customers across the country and around the globe.

We are looking for a Research Support Specialist to join a dynamic team in College Park, MD.

Research Support Specialist – Level 1 Research Support Specialist provides administrative and basic security support to ensure efficient daily operations within a research environment. This role serves as a key point of coordination between internal teams, external partners, and government stakeholders, supporting both administrative functions and facility operations.

Key Responsibilities:

- Provide administrative and operational support for research activities and facility functions.
- Coordinate visitors, travel, meetings, and special arrangements for VIP guests in collaboration with Government staff.
- Answer phones, greet and log visitors, and manage incoming and outgoing mail.
- Procure supplies and materials to support research lab operations.
- Serve as a liaison between organizations (e.g., government, academic, and contractor teams) to support researchers with administrative needs.
- Perform basic security functions, including maintaining visitor logs, processing clearance information, and serving as an alternate point of contact for security matters.
- Prepare facility planning reports and support facility-related documentation.
- Manage and maintain time accounting systems.
- Coordinate schedules, meetings, facility tours, and travel arrangements, including expense tracking.
- Recommend administrative procedures in alignment with Government-approved processes.
- Maintain records and ensure proper documentation management.
- Coordinate with Government personnel to schedule facility maintenance and support operational readiness. Qualifications:
- Minimum of 5 years of experience providing administrative support in a professional environment.
- Strong organizational, communication, and coordination skills.
- Experience supporting operations in a structured or regulated environment is preferred.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and interact effectively with a variety of stakeholders.
- Familiarity with basic security procedures and administrative systems is a plus.
- US citizenship and an active TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance required

## About Swift

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: The Swift Group provides national security technology and mission support by combining experienced field operatives with expert technologists.
- **Entity Type**: Private (no disclosed funding stage)
- **Headquarters**: Reston, VA, USA
- **Founded**: 2019
- **Founders**: Not publicly disclosed

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: National security, defense, intelligence, cybersecurity, high-performance computing, training and logistics.
- **Target customers**: U.S. Civilian, Defense, and Intelligence Community agencies (B2G).
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “When national security leaders need something built quiet that hits loud, they turn to Swift.” — The company pairs field operators with technologists to solve complex national security challenges with speed, discretion, and precision.

## Products & Services
For each major offering:
- **HPC Research & Technical Advisement**: Specialized advisement for revolutionary high-performance computing systems supporting data-intensive missions.
- **Software Development & Data Solutions**: Rapid prototyping, agile development, and applied data science tailored to mission needs.
- **Cyber Enablement**: Network defense, offense, threat analysis, and resilience for enterprise and operational environments.
- **Operations**: Mission planning and execution support delivered shoulder-to-shoulder with client teams anywhere in the world.
- **Training & Mission Support**: Operator-led instruction and technical training across the full mission lifecycle.
- **Energetics**: Advanced research, advisory, and deployment of energetic materials to improve system performance and operational effect.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (privately held).
- **Key Metric**: Over **126 open positions** currently listed on the careers page, signaling rapid growth.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly disclosed.
- **Growt Signals**: Founded in 2019, now has multiple offices (Reston, Annapolis Junction, Chantilly, McLean, etc.) and supports customers across the U.S. and globally. High volume of active job postings.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Operator-led approach**: Combines real-world field experience with cutting-edge engineering, reducing the gap between mission needs and technical solutions.
- **Integration**: Unified teams of operators, engineers, and analysts work together, avoiding siloed tools.
- **Discretion and trust**: Emphasizes low-profile, off-the-record work, earning deep trust from national security clients.
- **Acountability**: Company culture of owning outcomes, with a flat, agile structure.

## Strategic Focus
- **Current priorities**: Expanding capabilities in cyber, HPC, and data science while maintaining operator-driven agility. Continued support for sensitive, high-stakes missions across civilian, defense, and intelligence domains.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Mission-driven, employee-focused, with a strong sense of purpose. Values include transparency, integrity, service, and innovation.
- **Work environment**: Low-profile, high-impact. Roles often require clearance and on-site presence at client locations (e.g., Chantilly, Annapolis Junction, Reston). Not fully remote; likely hybrid or on-site.
- **Bnefits**: Comprehensive healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, education, and time-off benefits.
- **Success stories**: Clear career progression from analyst to chief architect, with wide pay bands (e.g., $50k–$290k) indicating room for growth and specialization.

## Sources
1. [theswiftgroup.com/company](https://theswiftgroup.com/company/)
2. [theswiftgroup.com](https://theswiftgroup.com/)
3. [careers.theswiftgroup.com](https://careers.theswiftgroup.com/)
4. [jobs.gem.com](https://jobs.gem.com/the-swift-group)

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