Senior DoD Operations Research & Optimization Lead

Phase2 Technology; Stafford (VA); Hybrid; USD 87,000 - 198,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton in Virginia is seeking an Operations Analyst to explore root causes, analyze data, and develop actionable recommendations for DoD clients. You will lead a multidisciplinary team of analysts and data scientists to evaluate data assessment strategies and deliver solutions.

The role emphasizes modeling, statistics, and data-driven decision making, with opportunities to build briefs and presentations for senior DoD leadership, and to advance impactful programs through

Qualifications

• 7+ years of data exploration, cleaning, analysis, visualization, and mining.
• 7+ years with analytics methodologies including statistics, modeling, forecasting, and optimization.
• 5+ years developing analytics or wargaming solutions.
• Experience translating findings to leadership reports for non-technical audiences.
• Experience in Python or R.
• Ability to analyze, report, and advise on data related to operational metrics.
• Ability to collaborate with decision-makers on issues and solutions.
• Secret clearance required.
• Bachelor's degree in Data Science, OR/CS/Math/Stats or related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead teams to evaluate data assessment strategies and apply techniques to deliver solutions.
• Prepare graphs, charts, reports, and presentations for stakeholders and leadership.
• Analyze and interpret programmatic and cost data to inform decisions.
• Develop briefs and documentation to support DoD leadership decisions.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and participate in program meetings to improve efficiency.
• Utilize modeling and statistical methods to inform missions.

Skills

Data exploration

Data cleaning

Data analysis

Data visualization

Data mining

Statistics

Data modeling

Forecasting

Optimization

Python

R

Operational metrics

Stakeholder collaboration

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Operations Research, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or a Quantitative field

Tools

ADVANA applications (EDL, Databricks, Qlik, Data Robot)

Power BI

SQL

SAS

Job description

Booz Allen Hamilton in Virginia is seeking an Operations Analyst to explore root causes, analyze data, and develop actionable recommendations for DoD clients. You will lead a multidisciplinary team of analysts and data scientists to evaluate data assessment strategies and deliver solutions.

The role emphasizes modeling, statistics, and data-driven decision making, with opportunities to build briefs and presentations for senior DoD leadership, and to advance impactful programs through