Operations Research Analyst

Job Description

Operations Research Analyst | United States Department of Defense

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at the United States Department of Defense, located in various negotiable locations across the USA, primarily within the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA). The Department of Defense works to provide the military forces needed to deter war and ensure our nation’s security. This role supports mission assurance and contract management by applying advanced analytical techniques to improve government processes and decision-making for critical defense operations. The position involves working with sophisticated, leading-edge applications and requires preparing comprehensive technical reports for senior decision-makers.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person – USA

• Mission: This person solves problems and improves management processes within Mission Assurance and Contract Management Systems by applying operations research and quantitative analysis to support procurement software and related areas.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Operations Research: Perform professional work in mathematics, operations research, and systems analysis for Mission Assurance and Contract Management System applications and procurement software.
• Project Participation: Participate with decision-makers in setting goals and defining conditions for multiple projects, including expectations, metrics, and outcomes.
• Advanced Analysis: Analyze and research sophisticated, leading-edge Mission Assurance and Contract Management System applications and procurement software.
• Method Development: Apply advanced statistical and quantitative evaluation methods to develop and recommend courses of action, management methodologies, and action implementation plans in directed recurring studies.
• Reporting & Presentation: Prepare comprehensive technical reports, assuring adequate correlation of data and substantiation of conclusions, and present oral briefings and written reports to senior staff.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s Degree or higher in operations research, or a minimum of 24 semester hours in a combination of operations research, mathematics, probability, statistics, mathematical logic, science, or subject-matter courses requiring substantial competence in college-level mathematics or statistics. At least 3 of these 24 semester hours must have been in calculus. Acceptable courses include optimization, mathematical modeling, queueing theory, engineering, physics (excluding descriptive or survey courses), econometrics, computer science, or other comparable quantitative analysis courses for which college-level mathematics or statistics is a prerequisite.
• Experience: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level, or equivalent in Federal, military, or private sector service. This experience must include applying advanced analytical, mathematical, or statistical theories, principles, concepts, methods, and techniques in one or more specialized areas of operations research and statistical or regression analysis. It also requires applying new analytical developments and methodologies to broad studies in knowledge management areas, and researching, developing, and carrying out studies of contract management core functional competencies to formulate strategies.
• Skills: Application of advanced analytical and mathematical theories; statistical and regression analysis; scientific methods for improving management processes; quantitative evaluation methods; technical report preparation and oral presentation; participation in goal-setting and defining project conditions.