🗺️ DMV Ecosystem Navigator - START HERE

Purpose: Master hub for navigating the entire DMV job market ecosystem via graph view and direct links.

How to use: This note links to everything in the vault, creating a central hub in Obsidian’s graph view. Click any link to explore, or use graph view to visualize the entire ecosystem.

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🎯 Job Search Central

Main Dashboards

• Job Targeting Dashboard - COMPLETE (100+ Orgs) - Master ranking of all 105 organizations
• Job Targeting Dashboard - 60 Companies - Original private sector focus
• 60 Company Master Directory - Quick reference guide
• Daily Research Workflow - Your daily job search routine

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📊 By Sector (8 Complete Sectors)

Private Sector

1. Data Centers & AI Infrastructure - AWS, Azure, GCP, Snowflake, Databricks (7 orgs)
2. Defense & Intelligence Contracting - Primes, SIs, FFRDCs (24 orgs)
3. Finance, Trading, and Quant Firms - Banks, GSEs, credit unions (6 orgs)
4. Cloud, SaaS & Enterprise Tech - SaaS platforms, enterprise software (13 orgs)
5. Healthcare Analytics & Health Systems - Hospitals, health tech, pharma (10 orgs)

Public & Nonprofit Sector

6. Government Agencies & Federal Employers - IC, civilian agencies, federal tech (20 orgs)
7. Institutions, Think Tanks & Research Organizations - Policy research, FFRDCs (15 orgs)
8. NGOs, Nonprofits & Advocacy Organizations - Humanitarian, environmental, advocacy (10 orgs)

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🏢 Top 30 Organizations (By Strategic Fit)

Tier 1: Immediate High Priority (1-5)

1. Amazon Web Services - Herndon, VA - tier1-comp no-clearance cloud
2. Capital One - McLean, VA - tier1-comp no-clearance finance
3. Booz Allen Hamilton - McLean, VA - tier2-comp clearance-required defense
4. MITRE Corporation - McLean, VA - tier5-comp clearance-required ffrdc
5. Leidos - Reston, VA - tier2-comp clearance-required defense

Tier 2: High Value (6-10)

6. Freddie Mac - McLean, VA - tier2-comp no-clearance finance
7. Northrop Grumman - Falls Church, VA - tier3-comp clearance-required defense
8. RTX Corporation - Arlington, VA - tier3-comp clearance-required defense
9. Cvent - Tysons, VA - tier2-comp no-clearance saas
10. Inova Health System - Falls Church, VA - tier5-comp no-clearance healthcare

Tier 3: Strong Secondary (11-20)

11. SAIC - Reston, VA - tier3-comp clearance-required defense
12. General Dynamics IT - Reston, VA - tier3-comp clearance-required defense
13. CACI International - Reston, VA - tier3-comp clearance-required defense
14. Peraton - Herndon, VA - tier3-comp clearance-required defense
15. Accenture Federal Services - Arlington, VA - tier3-comp clearance-some consulting
16. Deloitte Federal - Rosslyn, VA - tier3-comp clearance-some consulting
17. Microsoft Azure Government - Reston, VA - tier1-comp clearance-some cloud
18. Oracle - Reston, VA - tier3-comp no-clearance cloud
19. Navy Federal Credit Union - Vienna, VA - tier2-comp no-clearance finance
20. Pentagon Federal Credit Union - McLean, VA - tier2-comp no-clearance finance

Defense Primes (21-24)

21. Lockheed Martin - Bethesda, MD - tier3-comp clearance-required defense
22. BAE Systems - Arlington, VA - tier3-comp clearance-required defense
23. Noblis - Reston, VA - tier5-comp clearance-required nonprofit-ffrdc
24. Appian - McLean, VA - tier3-comp no-clearance saas

Additional High-Value (25-30)

25. Fannie Mae - Washington, DC - tier2-comp no-clearance finance
26. Salesforce - Reston, VA - tier1-comp no-clearance saas
27. Google Cloud - Reston, VA - tier1-comp clearance-some cloud
28. MedStar Health - D.C. - tier5-comp no-clearance healthcare
29. Johns Hopkins Medicine - Baltimore, MD - tier5-comp no-clearance healthcare
30. Deltek - Herndon, VA - tier3-comp no-clearance saas

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🏛️ Government Agencies (31-50)

Intelligence Community

• NSA (National Security Agency) - Fort Meade, MD - tier4-comp clearance-required government
• CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) - Langley, VA - tier4-comp clearance-required government
• NGA (Nat’l Geospatial-Intelligence) - Springfield, VA - tier4-comp clearance-required government
• NRO (Nat’l Reconnaissance Office) - Chantilly, VA - tier4-comp clearance-required government
• DIA (Defense Intelligence Agency) - Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling - tier4-comp clearance-required government

Federal Tech & Innovation

• CISA (Cybersecurity & Infrastructure) - Arlington, VA - tier4-comp clearance-some government
• DARPA - Arlington, VA - tier4-comp clearance-some government
• U.S. Digital Service (USDS) - Washington, D.C. - tier4-comp no-clearance government
• 18F (GSA) - Washington, D.C. - tier4-comp no-clearance government

Science & Research

• NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - Greenbelt, MD - tier4-comp no-clearance government
• NIH (National Institutes of Health) - Bethesda, MD - tier4-comp no-clearance government
• FDA (Food & Drug Admin) - Silver Spring, MD - tier4-comp no-clearance government
• CDC (Centers for Disease Control) - Regional presence - tier4-comp no-clearance government

Data & Economics

• Census Bureau - Suitland, MD - tier4-comp no-clearance government
• Bureau of Labor Statistics - Washington, D.C. - tier4-comp no-clearance government
• Federal Reserve Board - Washington, D.C. - tier4-comp no-clearance government
• IRS (Internal Revenue Service) - Washington, D.C. - tier4-comp no-clearance government

Health & Services

• CMS (Centers Medicare/Medicaid) - Baltimore, MD - tier4-comp no-clearance government
• Social Security Admin - Baltimore, MD - tier4-comp no-clearance government
• NOAA - Silver Spring, MD - tier4-comp no-clearance government

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🎓 Think Tanks & Research (51-65)

Elite Think Tanks

• Brookings Institution - Washington, D.C. - tier5-comp no-clearance think-tank
• RAND Corporation - Arlington, VA - tier5-comp clearance-some think-tank
• Urban Institute - Washington, D.C. - tier5-comp no-clearance think-tank
• CSIS (Center for Strategic & Int’l Studies) - D.C. - tier5-comp no-clearance think-tank
• Carnegie Endowment - Washington, D.C. - tier5-comp no-clearance think-tank

Economic Research

• Peterson Institute for International Economics - D.C. - tier5-comp no-clearance think-tank
• Resources for the Future (RFF) - Washington, D.C. - tier5-comp no-clearance think-tank
• New America - Washington, D.C. - tier5-comp no-clearance think-tank

Research & Evaluation

• Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) - Alexandria, VA - tier5-comp clearance-required ffrdc
• CNA Corporation - Arlington, VA - tier5-comp clearance-required ffrdc
• Mathematica - Washington, D.C. - tier5-comp no-clearance research
• Abt Associates - Rockville, MD - tier5-comp no-clearance research
• Westat - Rockville, MD - tier5-comp no-clearance research
• RTI International - Washington, D.C. office - tier5-comp no-clearance research
• Kaiser Family Foundation - Washington, D.C. - tier5-comp no-clearance research

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🌍 NGOs & Nonprofits (66-75)

Humanitarian & Development

• CARE USA - Washington, D.C. - tier6-comp no-clearance ngo
• Save the Children - Fairfax, VA - tier6-comp no-clearance ngo
• American Red Cross - Washington, D.C. - tier6-comp no-clearance ngo
• International Rescue Committee - D.C. - tier6-comp no-clearance ngo

Environmental & Conservation

• World Wildlife Fund (WWF) - Washington, D.C. - tier6-comp no-clearance ngo
• The Nature Conservancy - Arlington, VA - tier6-comp no-clearance ngo
• Conservation International - Arlington, VA - tier6-comp no-clearance ngo
• Environmental Defense Fund - Washington, D.C. - tier6-comp no-clearance ngo

Advocacy & Rights

• Human Rights Campaign - Washington, D.C. - tier6-comp no-clearance ngo
• Amnesty International USA - Washington, D.C. - tier6-comp no-clearance ngo

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🗺️ Visual Maps & Ecosystem Analysis

• DMV Ecosystem - Strategic Insights Map - 5 strategic visualizations showing talent flows, comp tiers, clearance landscape
• DMV Ecosystem - 60 Company Expanded View - Mermaid diagram of private sector
• DMV Ecosystem - 10 Company Overview - Original visualization

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🎯 By Your Priorities

Maximum Compensation ($150K-$300K+)

• Amazon Web Services - Herndon, VA
• Snowflake (Remote/DMV)
• Databricks (Remote/DMV)
• Palantir - McLean, VA
• Microsoft Azure Government - Reston, VA
• Google Cloud - Reston, VA
• Salesforce - Reston, VA

No Clearance Required (40+ orgs)

• All cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, Snowflake, Databricks)
• All finance (Capital One - McLean, VA, Freddie Mac - McLean, VA, Fannie Mae - Washington, DC, Navy Federal Credit Union - Vienna, VA)
• All SaaS (Cvent - Tysons, VA, Appian, Deltek, ServiceNow)
• All civilian federal (Census, IRS, NASA, NIH, FDA, BLS)
• All think tanks (Brookings, Urban Institute, Peterson Institute)
• All NGOs (WWF, Nature Conservancy, CARE, Red Cross)

Mission-Driven / Public Service

• MITRE Corporation - McLean, VA - Systems engineering FFRDC
• Government Agencies & Federal Employers - Federal civil service
• Institutions, Think Tanks & Research Organizations - Policy research
• NGOs, Nonprofits & Advocacy Organizations - Humanitarian/environmental

National Security / Intelligence Community

• NSA, CIA, NGA, NRO, DIA (direct federal)
• Booz Allen Hamilton - McLean, VA, CACI International - Reston, VA, Peraton - Herndon, VA (IC contractors)
• Northrop Grumman - Falls Church, VA, Lockheed Martin - Bethesda, MD, RTX Corporation - Arlington, VA (defense primes with IC work)

Data Engineering & Cloud (Your Skills)

• Amazon Web Services - Herndon, VA - Perfect fit
• Capital One - McLean, VA - 100% AWS, data-heavy
• Freddie Mac - McLean, VA - ML, analytics, cloud migration
• Cvent - Tysons, VA - AWS-native SaaS
• Palantir - Data platforms
• NSA - SIGINT data processing
• Census Bureau - Big data, differential privacy
• Snowflake, Databricks - Cloud data platforms

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📚 Guides & Resources

• README - COMPLETE VAULT GUIDE - Full vault overview
• Daily Research Workflow - Daily job search routine
• Graph View Enhancement Guide - How to use Obsidian graph view effectively

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🏷️ Tag Filter Guide (for Graph View)

Compensation Tiers:

• #tier1-comp - $150K-$300K+ (AWS, Snowflake, Databricks, Palantir, Google, Microsoft, Salesforce)
• #tier2-comp - $120K-$200K (Capital One, Freddie Mac, Booz Allen, Leidos, Navy Federal)
• #tier3-comp - $100K-$160K (Defense primes, mid-tier contractors, consulting)
• #tier4-comp - $90K-$150K (Federal GS-15 cap, excepted service IC)
• #tier5-comp - $70K-$130K (Think tanks, FFRDCs, research orgs)
• #tier6-comp - $60K-$110K (NGOs, nonprofits)

Clearance:

• #no-clearance - No security clearance required
• #clearance-some - Some roles require clearance, many don’t
• #clearance-required - Most/all roles require Secret minimum
• #clearance-tssci - TS/SCI required for most roles
• #clearance-poly - Full scope polygraph required

Sectors:

• #cloud - Cloud platforms and providers
• #defense - Defense contractors and primes
• #finance - Banking, GSEs, credit unions
• #saas - SaaS and enterprise software
• #healthcare - Health systems and health tech
• #government - Federal agencies
• #think-tank - Policy research and think tanks
• #ngo - Nonprofits and advocacy organizations
• #ffrdc - Federally Funded R&D Centers

Skills:

• #data-engineering - Data engineering focus
• #systems-engineering - Systems engineering roles
• #ai-ml - AI/ML and data science
• #cybersecurity - Cybersecurity and InfoSec
• #cloud-engineering - Cloud infrastructure engineering

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Graph View Tips:

1. Click this note in graph view to see all connections radiating out
2. Filter by tag (e.g., show only #no-clearance or #tier1-comp)
3. Follow links between companies to see competitive clusters
4. Use local graph on any company to see its immediate ecosystem

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