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

• Generate alternatives for DoD and IC force structures and concepts of operations.
• Evaluate proposed DoD and IC force structures, fully accounting for adversary capabilities.
• Formulate and compute risks to missions and risks to forces for various conflict scenarios and force alternatives.
• Develop new and modify existing mathematical models of military activities and interactions.
• Characterize the uncertainties of future conflicts and develop robust alternatives across various futures.
• Construct and execute analysis plans, potentially managing small teams of analysts.
• Work with government sponsors as either a lead or supporting analyst.

Requirements

• Minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 5 years with a Master's degree; or a PhD with 3 years' experience; or equivalent combination of 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.
• Ability to learn and operate large-scale quantitative models.
• Ability to analyze complex data sets and present statistically valid results: orally, numerically, and graphically.
• Comfortable with scientific programming in languages such as MATLAB, R, Python, Java, etc.
• 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 clearance.
• Advanced degree in Operations Research, Mathematics, Statistics, Systems Engineering, or other data sciences.
• Experience leading analytical efforts yielding impactful results at high levels of government or industry.
• Expertise in developing, coding, and operating advanced math programming applications.
• Ability to develop and apply stochastic models, cost analyses, and data visualization techniques.
• Prior experience modeling and analyzing DoD weapons systems or operations.

Benefits

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