MITRE Corporation - Colorado Springs, CO

posted about 2 months ago

Full-time - Entry Level
Colorado Springs, CO
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

At MITRE, we are seeking a creative Operations Research Analyst, Statistician, or Data Scientist to join our Operations Research department. This role is an opportunity to work within a large team of over 60 operations research professionals, including nearly 30 PhDs, who are dedicated to providing thought leadership on a variety of strategic and technical issues. Our team performs analyses that enable our sponsors to make more effective decisions, leads internal research and development activities to introduce new technical capabilities into the public sector, and serves as trusted advisors to government sponsors on various technical topics. In this position, you will apply advanced analytical and mathematical techniques to address complex policy and acquisition decisions, maximizing operational effectiveness and efficiency while achieving high-quality engineering solutions. You will be responsible for presenting results in an intuitive and actionable manner that can be understood by all sponsor audiences, regardless of their technical expertise. The role requires both independent work and collaboration with a team of technical staff, and you will need to thrive in a hybrid work environment that necessitates in-person presence. Our work spans various sectors, including military logistics, radio-spectrum frequency management, healthcare delivery, cybersecurity analytics, fraud detection, satellite planning, homeland security, and civilian aviation. We utilize advanced analytic techniques such as longitudinal analysis, large-scale integer programming, metaheuristics, agent-based modeling, reinforcement learning, predictive modeling, mathematical modeling, forecasting, machine learning, optimization, statistics, probability modeling, Bayesian analysis, and various types of simulation to tackle the nation’s toughest challenges. If you are passionate about project-based operations research work in the public interest, this is the right place for you.

Responsibilities

  • Apply advanced analytical and mathematical techniques to make difficult policy and acquisition decisions.
  • Maximize operational effectiveness and efficiency to achieve high-quality engineering solutions.
  • Present results in an intuitive, actionable manner that can be understood by all sponsor audiences, regardless of technical expertise.
  • Work independently and/or collaborate with a team of technical staff.
  • Work successfully in a hybrid environment with in-person presence.

Requirements

  • Typically requires less than 1 year of related experience with a related Bachelor's degree, or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
  • Degree in Operations Research, Mathematics, Industrial Engineering, or equivalent knowledge and skills in a related field.
  • Passionate about applying operations research, statistics, and data analytics to real-world problems.
  • Willing to adapt and learn.
  • Knowledge of principles, concepts, methods, and tools for conducting operations research, statistical analysis, or data analytic studies.
  • Experience in using tools and techniques for mathematical modeling, optimization, statistics, probability modeling, and simulation.
  • Demonstrated ability to use at least one modern programming language (e.g., RStudio, MATLAB, Python, Java).
  • Demonstrated ability to use at least one simulation, optimization, or business intelligence platform (e.g., Gurobi, CPLEX, Stella, Simio, Arena, AnyLogic, SimPy, RSimmer, SAS, Tableau).
  • Must be capable of obtaining & maintaining secret security clearance.

Nice-to-haves

  • Preference given to qualified candidates with active clearance.
  • Experience working with/for agencies and/or departments of the US Government (e.g., FAA, DoD, DoE, DHS, Treasury, IRS).

Benefits

  • Competitive benefits
  • Exceptional professional development opportunities
  • Culture of innovation that embraces diversity, inclusion, flexibility, collaboration, and career growth
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