Role Description The Intern position is designed to give a college student meaningful, hands-on exposure to the inner workings of a federal small-business government contractor. The intern will support a flexible mix of business activities: - Reviewing and updating Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) - Assisting with responses to Requests for Information (RFIs) and proposals - Reviewing proposal materials - Rotating through other company activities as opportunities arise The position is intentionally broad to help the intern build a working understanding of how a federal contractor operates day-to-day and discover where their strengths and interests align with EKASYS's mission. Qualifications - Currently enrolled as a college student (undergraduate or graduate), or recent graduate within the last six months - Strong written and verbal communication skills in English - Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook (or equivalent Google Workspace experience) - Comfortable working independently in a remote setting with regular check-ins - Ability to handle confidential business information with professional discretion - U.S. work authorization - Academic coursework or interest in business, government, public policy, technology, communications, English, or a related field (preferred) - Prior experience editing or formatting professional documents (preferred) - Exposure to project tracking tools (e.g., Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Trello, Asana) (preferred) - Curiosity about how federal contracting works (preferred) Requirements - Read, review, and propose updates to existing EKASYS Standard Operating Procedures - Assist EKASYS proposal teams across the full response lifecycle - Participate in internal proposal review (color-team) cycles as a junior reviewer - Rotate through and assist with additional EKASYS company activities as workload and learning opportunities dictate - Submit a Weekly Activity Report to the EKASYS staff lead by close-of-business each Friday Benefits - Compensation of $20.00 per hour, paid on EKASYS's standard payroll cycle - Intern classified as non-exempt and paid only for hours actually worked - Collaboration tools, document repositories, and any company-issued accounts provided Company Description EKASYS, Inc. is an SBA-certified 8(a), Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB) and Economically Disadvantaged Woman-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB) headquartered in Herndon, Virginia. EKASYS delivers federal information technology services across Navy, Army, DoD and federal civilian customers under GSA Multiple Award Schedule (47QTCA20D006Z), 8(a) STARS III (47QTCB22D0524), and SeaPort-NxG contract vehicles.

• Lead end-to-end process improvement initiatives, from discovery and root-cause analysis through design, implementation, and measurement. • Map current-state workflows, surface bottlenecks, and quantify the impact of inefficiencies using data. • Design and document future-state processes, including standard operating procedures, controls, and success metrics. • Partner with cross-functional stakeholders across operations, product, finance, and other teams to align on priorities and secure buy-in. • Facilitate workshops and working sessions to gather input, build consensus, and drive decisions. • Define and track KPIs to measure the effectiveness of process changes and report progress to leadership. • Identify opportunities for automation and tooling to reduce manual effort and improve consistency. • Coach and enable teams to sustain improvements after rollout.

• Collaborating with sales and channels teams to define/execute strategic projects to increase revenue, productivity, and efficiency • Partnering with IT to drive alignment and execute initiatives. • Supporting continuous improvement of systems process and user experience for sellers and partners • Supporting data governance to improve data hygiene and usefulness. • Establishing formal and informal processes for collecting feedback, requirements, and enhancement requests related to sales process/tools • Supporting cross-functional initiatives and collaborating closely with sales, pre-sales, marketing, and finance.

• Drive performance management and reporting to leadership across Ladder: you will be a hub for business data and communication, and act as the primary point of contact for product and performance data. When we over- or underperform, you’ll know why • Develop new analytics and data processes: understand Ladder’s data processes and dashboards, work internally with engineering, data science, and other stakeholders to optimize • Lead or program manage multiple strategic initiatives at any given point. Some examples include: drafting business cases for a new product idea, evaluating the impact of a change in our user funnel,, or strategizing to drive further monetization • Prioritize and size initiatives: evaluate impact, resource requirements, and implementation timelines of initiatives • Collaborate and coordinate cross-functionally: you will need to navigate across Ladder’s functions, and gather and analyze data from multiple sources to inform decision-making at all levels • Build efficient processes and implement new systems: you will spot the highest priority business initiatives and improvement areas, and devise new processes or implement new systems to bring those to life.