Senior Undersea Warfare Operations Strategist

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory; Laurel (MD); On-site; USD 105,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) seeks an experienced Senior Operations Analyst to support undersea warfare analysis. You will evaluate CONOPs for SUW/USW/ASW platforms, lead small teams, and develop metrics and documentation for DoW sponsors.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years of related experience and an active security clearance, with occasional travel and collaboration across DoW and Navy staff. A Master’s degree and prior joint staff exposure are a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree with 10+ years of USW/ASW operational/technical experience.
• Analytically oriented with curiosity about current and future SUW/USW/ASW systems; proven ability to lead small teams.
• Initiative, motivation, flexibility; strong analytical, operational, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• Willingness to travel 2-3 day trips or week-long tests; able to manage dynamic projects and multiple tasks.
• Active Secret clearance and eligibility to obtain TS/SCI; U.S. citizenship required.
• Master's degree and senior leadership experience in Command or Joint staff are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and evaluate CONOPs of Surface, Undersea and Anti-Submarine Warfare platforms and sensors.
• Provide technical contributions: problem definition, requirements and metrics, system assessment, mission success analysis, and documentation.
• Collaborate with analysis team and system authorities to evaluate performance and effectiveness measures for SUW, USW and ASW.
• Evaluate factors such as system performance, logistic requirements, costs, operational impacts, and potential CONOPs; document findings in reports and annotated briefs for DoW sponsors.
• Interact with DoW and Navy staff to facilitate task execution and briefing; participate in field tests or sea trials when requested.

Skills

Operations analysis

Team leadership

Requirements analysis

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Master's degree in Engineering/Physics/OR/Operations Research

Job description

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) seeks an experienced Senior Operations Analyst to support undersea warfare analysis. You will evaluate CONOPs for SUW/USW/ASW platforms, lead small teams, and develop metrics and documentation for DoW sponsors.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years of related experience and an active security clearance, with occasional travel and collaboration across DoW and Navy staff. A Master’s degree and prior joint staff exposure are a plus.