Joint Operations Research Analyst, Lead (Joint and Services Center)

MITRE Corporation - McLean, VA

Full-time - Mid Level

McLean, VA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Joint Operations Research Analyst, Lead position at MITRE involves conducting in-depth analysis of military operations and developing strategies for national security systems. The role requires collaboration with various disciplines to assess and generate alternatives for U.S. national security forces across multiple conflict domains. The analyst will utilize quantitative models and analysis tools to inform decision-making for senior leaders in the Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC).

Responsibilities

• Generating alternatives for DoD and IC force structures and concepts of operations.
• Evaluating proposed DoD and IC force structures, fully accounting for adversary capabilities.
• Formulating and computing risks to missions and forces for various conflict scenarios and force alternatives.
• Developing new and modifying existing mathematical models of military activities and interactions.
• Characterizing uncertainties of future conflicts and developing robust alternatives across various futures.
• Constructing and executing analysis plans, potentially managing small teams of analysts.
• Working with government sponsors as either a lead or supporting analyst.

Requirements

• Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 5 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD with 3 years' experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• Active Secret clearance with the ability to maintain a DoD Top Secret clearance with access to Secure Compartmented Information (TS/SCI).
• Experience with mathematical optimization and simulation.
• Demonstrated ability to learn and operate large-scale quantitative models.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze complex data sets and present statistically valid results: orally, numerically, and graphically.
• Comfortable with scientific programming in computer languages such as MATLAB, R, Python, Java, etc.
• A desire to continually learn and master new concepts and technologies.
• Ability to manage product deliverables with a high level of self-sufficiency.
• Strong critical thinking, analytic, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and technical communication skills.

Nice-to-haves

• Current/active DoD TS or TS/SCI
• Advanced degree in Operations Research, Mathematics, Statistics, Systems Engineering, or other data sciences.
• Demonstrated experience leading analytical efforts and yielding impactful results at high levels of government and/or industry.
• Demonstrated expertise in developing, coding, and operating advanced math programming applications.
• Ability to develop and apply stochastic models, cost and cost-benefit analyses, analyses of alternatives, Monte Carlo simulation, design of experiments, regression methods, statistical methods, and/or data visualization.
• Prior experience modeling and analyzing DoD weapons systems, networks, or operations.

Benefits

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