Senior Operations Research Analyst (N)

simisinc; Norfolk (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision

Short-Term Disability

Long-Term Disability

Life Insurance

401(k) Savings Plan

Flex Spending Accounts

Tuition Assistance Program

Professional Development

Paid Time Off

11 Federal Holidays

Job summary

SimIS Inc. seeks a Senior Operations Research Analyst to support NATO SACT with capability requirements development, analysis, and QA of emerging technologies. You will model, analyze, and help integrate advanced methods to inform strategic decision making.

The role is 100% onsite in Norfolk, VA, with a focus on military planning, cost estimation, and performance assessment across multinational environments. A Master’s degree and 8+ years of OR experience are required.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in OR, applied math, or statistics.
• 8 years of experience in military Operations Research, Operational Analysis, or Systems Analysis supporting policy development, capability development, or acquisition.
• 5 years of experience developing operational analysis requirements, scoping problems for study, developing analysis plans, and delivering high quality outputs that influence senior decision makers.
• Experience in gathering evidence and scoring operational effectiveness using various analytical methods and applying assessment frameworks (i.e., MoPs, MoEs, KPIs).
• Experience with cost estimating methodologies, methods, and processes.
• Experience working in a strategic or operational military command or multinational organization.

Responsibilities

• Conduct complex modeling, simulation, and quantitative analysis using tools and methodologies such as Monte Carlo simulation, discrete event simulation, optimization algorithms, predictive modeling, and multi-criteria decision analysis.
• Contribute to course of action (COA) analysis in support of Capability Development in order to mature NATO capability requirements and set programmatic direction.
• Conduct research to study and establish qualitative and quantitative assessments of operational effectiveness, undertake cost-effectiveness and risk-benefit studies and analyses.
• Attend engagements with NATO, National organizations, and / or industry to ensure cost estimation activities are likely to provide outputs of appropriate quality to support analysis.
• Analyze the potential impact of identified individual and aggregated risks and propose possible risk management approaches.li>
• Produce decision briefs / presentations describing the underlying rationale / justification for analytical outcomes.

Education

Master’s Degree in Operations Research, Applied Mathematics, or Statistics

Job description

100% ONSITE

Founded in 2007, SimIS Inc. is an innovative information technology solution Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) that models future environments, requirements, and capabilities, and then secures the enterprise from internal and external threats compliant with Federal, State, and industry standard governance to ensure client mission success. Our performance standard is “excellence,” with an outcomes-based, quality focus in our services and products, guided by our core values of honesty (in word and deed), relationships (confidence and trust with clients and partners), teamwork (shared goals, mission, and purpose), loyalty (allegiance to our client and team), and importance of others (work and win as a team).

SimIS is currently recruiting for the listed position.

Job Description

NATO HQ Supreme Allied Command Transformation (NATO SACT) is seeking contract support to access to leading-edge capabilities necessary to adapt to future threats, integrate advanced technologies to modernize the force, explore long-term military strategy to shape how NATO's forces will operate in the future, and promote interoperability between current and next-generation platforms. To support our NATO customer, SimIS seeks a Senior Operations Research Analyst to support the capture, development, architecture, analysis, and quality assurance of capability requirements, and guiding the development and integration of emerging technologies to support NATO force design and strategic decision making.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Operations Research, Applied Mathematics, or Statistics.
• 8 years of experience in military Operations Research, Operational Analysis, or Systems Analysis supporting policy development, capability development, or acquisition.
• 5 years of experience developing operational analysis requirements, scoping problems for study, developing analysis plans, and delivering high quality outputs that influence senior decision makers.
• Experience in gathering evidence and scoring operational effectiveness using various analytical methods and applying assessment frameworks (i.e., MoPs, MoEs, KPIs).
• Experience with cost estimating methodologies, methods, and processes.
• Experience working in a strategic or operational military command or multinational organization.

Responsibilities

• Conduct complex modeling, simulation, and quantitative analysis using tools and methodologies such as Monte Carlo simulation, discrete event simulation, optimization algorithms, predictive modeling, and multi-criteria decision analysis.
• Contribute to course of action (COA) analysis in support of Capability Development in order to mature NATO capability requirements and set programmatic direction.
• Conduct research to study and establish qualitative and quantitative assessments of operational effectiveness, undertake cost-effectiveness and risk-benefit studies and analyses.
• Attend engagements with NATO, National organizations, and / or industry to ensure cost estimation activities are likely to provide outputs of appropriate quality to support analysis.
• Analyze the potential impact of identified individual and aggregated risks and propose possible risk management approaches.li>
• Produce decision briefs / presentations describing the underlying rationale / justification for analytical outcomes.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision
• Short-Term Disability (at no cost to you) & Long-Term Disability
• Life Insurance
• 401(k) Savings Plan
• Flex Spending Accounts
• Tuition Assistance Program
• Professional Development
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 11 Federal Holidays each year

SimIS, Inc. is an EOE / M / F / Disability / VET / Drug Free Employer