Senior Navy Warfighting Analytics Lead

Heartland Consulting; Norfolk (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Heartland Consulting in Norfolk, VA is seeking a Senior Operations Research Analyst to support Navy warfighting analysis, modeling, and decision-making. The role requires deep expertise in OR, optimization, stochastic modelling, simulation, and systems analysis, with Navy operations experience.

The analyst will develop, evaluate, and present recommendations to senior Navy and Joint leaders on fleet readiness, deployment, and capability development.

Qualifications

• Degree in Operations Research, Mathematics, Statistics, or related field; Master’s preferred.

Responsibilities

• Formulate and conduct quantitative analyses supporting Navy warfighting capability studies, modeling, and experimentation.
• Apply modelling, stochastic processes, optimisation, and simulation to operational problem sets.
• Conduct statistical analysis including data collection, cleaning, and probability-based decision modelling.
• Utilise Python, MATLAB, R, and C++ for simulation and predictive modelling.
• Develop stochastic models (Markov chains, Poisson, queues) to evaluate performance and risk.
• Perform optimisation studies for resource allocation and mission planning.
• Integrate systems analysis into fleet deployment and mission effectiveness studies.
• Prepare technical reports, briefs, and presentations for Navy/DoD leadership.
• Create documentation and analytic justifications for decision processes.

Skills

Operations Research

Stochastic Modelling

Optimization

Simulation

Statistical Analysis

Python

MATLAB

R

C++

Data Cleaning

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Python

MATLAB

R

C++

Job description

Heartland Consulting in Norfolk, VA is seeking a Senior Operations Research Analyst to support Navy warfighting analysis, modeling, and decision-making. The role requires deep expertise in OR, optimization, stochastic modelling, simulation, and systems analysis, with Navy operations experience.

The analyst will develop, evaluate, and present recommendations to senior Navy and Joint leaders on fleet readiness, deployment, and capability development.