Senior Defense Analytics & Decision Support Lead

CATHEXIS; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance Bonuses

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Plan

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off

Parental Leave

Job summary

CATHEXIS in Arlington, VA is seeking a Senior Operations Research Analyst to apply quantitative methods to support the DASW(SR) and OUSW(P&R) leadership in evaluating the SSC Fellowship Program and broader SSC portfolio, developing data-driven metrics, decision-support tools, and assessments for senior government leadership.

The position is onsite daily at the Pentagon, requires an active Secret DoW clearance, and demands eight years of OR/data-analytic experience with DoW/military program

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Operations Research, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Data Analytics, or a related quantitative field (or equivalent professional experience)
• Master's degree preferred in a related quantitative field
• Active Secret DoW Clearance required
• Experience with dashboards or decision-support systems for personnel/manpower data
• Experience supporting DoW leadership or military programs

Responsibilities

• Formulate and apply quantitative modeling and statistical methods to support SSC decision-making and policy
• Develop weighted performance metrics and scoring for SSC alignment with the National Defense Strategy
• Conduct SSC degree-granting cost-benefit analysis and evaluate authority
• Develop SSC Fellowship Program grading metric using quantitative and qualitative factors
• Analyze Fellowship RPI data and site visit findings against selection criteria
• Develop dashboard parameters for ILR and CER tracking across military personnel systems

Skills

Quantitative analysis

Data visualization

Policy analysis

Independent work

Education

Bachelor's degree in OR/Math/Stats/Data Analytics

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Tableau

SharePoint

Job description

CATHEXIS in Arlington, VA is seeking a Senior Operations Research Analyst to apply quantitative methods to support the DASW(SR) and OUSW(P&R) leadership in evaluating the SSC Fellowship Program and broader SSC portfolio, developing data-driven metrics, decision-support tools, and assessments for senior government leadership.

The position is onsite daily at the Pentagon, requires an active Secret DoW clearance, and demands eight years of OR/data-analytic experience with DoW/military program