Computational Modeling Data Analyst

Innovative Reasoning, LLC; Quantico (VA); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Innovative Reasoning, LLC seeks an on-site Computational Modeling Data Analyst to support the Marine Corps Combat Development Command at Quantico, VA. The role blends data science, analytics, and domain expertise to inform maritime expeditionary warfare decisions.

You will develop dashboards and perform risk/simulation analyses, presenting findings to leadership using Power BI, R Shiny, or Python. Collaboration with cross‑functional teams is expected.

Qualifications

• Must be comfortable presenting work to audience; must have ability to present and engage in a technical presentation to a non-technical audience.

Responsibilities

• Reporting and dashboards: extract information from web or Excel, present via dashboards and papers to inform leaders.
• Simulation modeling and analysis: apply quantitative data science techniques to analyze capability performance and optimization.
• Risk analysis: conduct qualitative and quantitative risk analyses, probabilistic risk assessment, and cost-benefit decisions.
• Probability and statistical analysis: provide models and summaries, confidence intervals, hypothesis tests, regression, and time-series analyses.

Skills

Public speaking

Data storytelling

Education

BS in Data Science/Analytics/Math/Statistics/Engineering

BS in Computational Modeling & Data Analytics

Tools

R Studio

Python

Power BI

R Shiny

Tableau

Job description

Provide on-site Computational Modeling Data Analysis, and subject matter expertise in support to Maritime Expeditionary Warfare, Headquarters Marine Corps, Deputy Commandant for Combat Development & Integration, Marine Corps Combat Development Command, located at Quantico, VA.

Responsibilities/Duties:

• Reporting and Dashboards:
  • Identify and extract essential information from web instances or Excel files.
  • Once identified, data must be shown effectively/efficiently through presentations, working papers, and various dashboard technologies to inform leaders.
• Simulation modeling and analysis:
  • Apply quantitative data science techniques (statistics, mathematics, computer science, and physics) to analyze naval capability portfolio performance, cost and optimization, multi-objective decision-making, sensitivity analysis.
• Risk Analysis:
  • Apply Qualitative, quantitative and decision risk analysis techniques for risk identification/evaluation, risk handling, risk monitoring and risk management.
  • Conduct Quantitative Risk Analysis including:
    • Probabilistic Risk Assessment of platform performance, cost, and schedule.
    • Decision Risk Analysis includes applying risk and cost benefit techniques in decision making associated with significant risk or uncertainty.
• Probability and statistical analysis:
  • Provide analytic process models, including various probability distributions (normal, binomial, Poisson, exponential, lognormal), probabilistic measures of system performance, data summaries (graphical and numerical), confidence intervals, hypothesis tests, regression analysis (single and multiple predictors), single-factor analysis of variance, and basic time-series analysis.

Supplemental Duties:

• Provide essential actions required to develop relational databases and management systems using Microsoft Excel, Access, or other Department of Defense-approved database tools.
  • Includes extracting information from multiple and diverse large data sets, as well as storing, retrieving, managing, and controlling data.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• None

Education:

REQUIRED

• Bachelor of Science (BS) in Data Science/Analytics, Mathematics, Statistics, or Engineering.

PREFERRED

• BS in Computational Modeling & Data Analytics.

Skills/Qualifications And Certifications:

• Must be comfortable presenting work to audience; must have ability to present and engage in a technical presentation to a non-technical audience.

Experience:

• Experience in RStudio (preferred), or Python.
• Experience in building dashboards: Power BI, R Shiny, Tableau, etc.

Location: The primary workplace will be the Marine Corps Combat Development Command, General Raymond G. Davis Center (Bldg. 3300), 3300 Russell Rd, Quantico, VA 22134.

Work Environment:

• On-site Office Environment, amongst mixed military/civilian/contractor personnel.
• Employees will be exposed to a wide variety of people with differing functions, personalities, and abilities.
• Remote work may be authorized, in coordination with client.

Physical Demands:

• Work is generally sedentary; there could be a requirement to assist in moving and