Hawaii Senior Operations Research Analyst & Modeler, MS&A

KBR Careers; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 158,000 - 178,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K plan with company match

medical

dental

vision

life insurance

AD&D

flexible spending account

disability

paid time off

Job summary

KBR’s National Security Solutions team invites an experienced Principal Operations Research Analyst/Modeler to Hawaii to drive mission-level analytical studies for CONOPS and force structure design. You will lead or support analyses for DoW and USPACOM, designing experiments, metrics, and simulation analyses with a multidisciplinary team.

Proficiency in R, MATLAB, Python, JupyterLab/Notebook, and at least one combat modeling framework is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Operations Research, Applied Mathematics, Data Science, or related STEM discipline with 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Strong knowledge of simulation analysis and experiment design & analysis techniques.
• High level of proficiency in R, MATLAB, Python, JupyterLab and/or Jupyter Notebook.
• High level of proficiency in at least one mission-level combat modeling & simulation framework such as AFSIM, SAFE-SiM, or NGTS.
• Demonstrated technical leadership or study lead experience.
• Competent understanding of model-based systems engineering (MBSE) diagrams and techniques.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a small, high-performance team environment.
• Strong collaborative skills with experience working in expert-driven, multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead or support the conduct of mission-level analytical studies for operational- and senior-level military decision makers, technology developers, and acquisition professionals for use in CONOPS development, force structure design, resource allocation, and targeted technology insertion.
• Design experiments, define metrics, and analyze simulation outputs to produce actionable insights.
• Conduct pre- and post-simulation analyses as needed.
• Collaborate directly with military operations subject matter experts, planners, and distributed teams to develop and refine trustworthy, scalable models, behaviors, and scenarios.
• Develop reusable model components and behaviors and maintain clear technical documentation.
• Produce high-impact deliverables (briefings, visualizations, reports) for senior DoW stakeholders.
• Work independently in a forward environment while coordinating with a reach-back team in the NCR.

Skills

Simulation analysis

Experiment design

R

MATLAB

Python

JupyterLab/Notebook

Combat modeling framework

MBSE diagrams

Leadership

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Operations Research/Applied Math/Data Science

Master’s degree (preferred) in related STEM

Tools

AFSIM

SAFE-SiM

NGTS

Job description

KBR’s National Security Solutions team invites an experienced Principal Operations Research Analyst/Modeler to Hawaii to drive mission-level analytical studies for CONOPS and force structure design. You will lead or support analyses for DoW and USPACOM, designing experiments, metrics, and simulation analyses with a multidisciplinary team.

Proficiency in R, MATLAB, Python, JupyterLab/Notebook, and at least one combat modeling framework is required.