OPERATIONS RESEARCH ANALYST

Air Force Elements, U.S. Transportation Command; Shiloh (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Department of Defense—Air Force Elements, U.S. Transportation Command, Transportation Command—seeks an Operations Research Analyst (GS-1515-13) to support the DP3 program.

The role involves using mathematical and statistical methods to diagnose problems, forecast outcomes, and drive data‑driven decisions for domestic and international shipments, storage, and transport analysis. You will collaborate with business owners to understand requirements, perform rapid in‑depth analyses, ensure data

Qualifications

• Experience applying mathematical, statistical, and operations research methods.

Responsibilities

• Perform quantitative analysis to identify trends, forecast outcomes, and inform decisions.
• Lead data integration and pipelining efforts; ensure data quality and accessibility.
• Create technical reports, dashboards, and visualizations using DoD Advana tools (Databricks, Iquery, Qlik) and Microsoft Office.
• Extract large data sets from diverse sources and transform silos into usable data assets.

Job description

This position is being filled under the memorandum from the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (USD(P&R)) "Expansion of Direct Hire Authority for Certain Personnel of the Department of Defense," dated August 19, 2024 This position is part of the Air Force Elements, U.S. Transportation Command, Transportation Command.

This position is being filled under the memorandum from the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (USD(P&R)) Memorandum,"Direct Hire Authority for Certain Personnel of the Department of Defense," June 23,2023. As a OPERATIONS RESEARCH ANALYST at the GS-1515-13 some of your typical work assignments may include: This position in the Data and Analytics Office supports the Defense Personal Property Program (DP3) and its subsequent programs, encompassing customer shipments (domestic and international), household goods storage, vehicle storage and transport, transportation rate and financial, and customer satisfaction analysis. Utilize mathematical, statistical, and operations research techniques to troubleshoot, solve complex problems, and develop new solutions. Perform quantitative analysis to identify trends, forecast outcomes, and inform decision-making. Collaborates with business owners to understand requirements, diagnose problems, and performs tailored in-depth rapid analysis delivering actionable insights and supports data-driven decision making. Ensures data and analysis are accurate, reliable, and readily consumable. Works with and extracts large data sets from diverse data sources. Leads data integration and pipelining efforts, implements data quality measures, applies business rules, conducts data testing, validation, identifies trends, and finds creative opportunities for program improvement and optimization. Create technical reports, dashboards, and data visualizations using Mircrosoft Office Suites and DoD's Advana software suite (Databricks, Iquery, Qlik coding in Python, SQL, R) to track program performance, query data, visualize trends and transforms silos of information into data assets, including reporting, dashboards, and other technical reports and presentations.