Sr. Operations Research Analyst (N2701)

SimIS Inc.; Norfolk (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision

401(k) Savings Plan

Paid Time Off

Job summary

SimIS Inc. in Virginia is seeking a Senior Operations Research Analyst to enable capability development programme teams and drive evidence-based decision making.

Analysts will combine quantitative and qualitative evidence and facilitate stakeholder engagement to support defensible decisions.

Requires a quantitative degree and 5–10 years of experience in operations research / data science within defense contexts.

Qualifications

• Quantitative degree and relevant experience in OR/OA/Data Science.
• Two specific examples within 5–10 years in military OR/OA/Data Science related to policy or capability development.
• Experience leading structured stakeholder engagements with diverse seniority levels.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to Course of Action analysis using OR methods to mature capability requirements.
• Plan research to assess operational effectiveness and perform cost-benefit analyses.
• Interact with national research entities or industry to assess alternatives.
• Attend engagements with national organizations to ensure quality outputs for analysis.
• Support RFI creation and surveys to NATO nations and industry.
• Identify and propose risk management approaches for identified risks.

Skills

Operations Research

Data Science

Stakeholder Engagement

Cost & Schedule Estimation

Risk Assessment

Defense Experience

Analytical Modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Operations Research, Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, Engineering or equivalent

Job description

Position is 100% Onsite

Position is 100% Onsite

Who We Are

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).

Job Description

SimIS is seeking contract support for the capture, development, architecture, data science and quality assurance of capability requirements and operational analysis necessary to adapt to future threats and explore long-term military strategy to shape how forces will operate in the future. To support our customer, SimIS, Inc. seeks a Senior Operations Research Analyst to enable capability development programme teams to drive and support evidence-based decision making in requirements derivation and programmatic planning. Analysts must be capable of combining quantitative and qualitative evidence and facilitating stakeholder engagement to support defensible decision-making.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree in Operations Research, Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, Engineering or equivalent quantitative degree
• Candidate’s resume must cite two specific examples within the last 5-10 demonstrating experience in military Operations Research / Operational Analysis / Data Science, supporting policy development, capability development or acquisition.
• 5-10 years of experience designing, leading, and facilitating structured stakeholder engagements to elicit objectives, assumptions, measures, risks, preferences and expert judgement in support of defence capability decisions involving technical and non-technical stakeholders across multiple levels of seniority
• 5-10 years of experience determining research requirements, scoping problems for study, developing analysis plans, and delivering high-quality outputs that influence senior decision makers
• 5-10 years of experience of developing data collection and analysis plans or assessment frameworks that include measures of effectiveness and measures of performance
• Experience in gathering evidence and scoring effectiveness through use of operations research and analysis methods to defence domain issues
• Experience identifying, eliciting, assessing, analysing and communicating uncertainty and risk associated with capability / acquisition, project, programme, or portfolio decisions
• Experience of producing or working with cost and schedule estimates, including estimating methodologies, methods and processes
• Experience working in a strategic or operational military command or multinational organization
• Experience supporting project, programme, and / or portfolio decisions through analytical assessment in the past 10 years, within complex and dynamic programme environments

Responsibilities

• Contribute to Course of Action analysis using Operations Research and Analysis methods in support of Capability Development within ACT in order to mature capability requirements and set programmatic direction
• Plan and conduct research to study and establish qualitative and quantitative assessments of operational effectiveness, undertake cost-effectiveness and risk-benefit studies and analyses
• Where necessary and appropriate, interact with National research entities and industries to establish the impact of alternatives on operational effectiveness
• Where necessary and appropriate, attend engagements or workshops with National organizations, and / or industry to ensure cost estimation activities are likely to provide outputs of appropriate quality to support analysis
• Support the creation of Requests for Information and surveys to NATO Nations, Non-Governmental Organizations, and industry
• Impact of identified individual and aggregated risks and propose possible risk management approaches

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