Data/Operations Research Analyst

Amentum is seeking a Data/Operations Research analyst to support our client at MacDill AFB, FL. to provide on-site technical expertise and capability for assessing operations and analyzing plans, including support to contingency operations. Additional position duties include the ability to:

• Provide OR and/or DS/analysis in support of Operations, Campaign, and Strategic Assessments
• Integrate analytical applications (e.g., R programming language, Python), coding language (VBA) and Microsoft applications (e.g., Excel, SharePoint, Access, and Word) to support assessments
• Create data management tools to support statistical/predictive analysis and develop tools and reports that assist users with access and data analysis
• Develop and manage Data Collection and Management Plans (DCMP), developing tools, methods, and processes for data collection
• Use, modify, and tailor Client assessment tools (e.g., Command and Control Information Environment - C2IE)
• Verify and validate data for accuracy to ensure precise analysis results and apply a wide range of analytical data-mining techniques to produce accurate data sets
• Coordinate with operational technical experts to Execute analysis in support of assessments with high visibility, unusual urgency, or program criticality, requiring a variety of OR techniques and tools
• Apply conventional OR methods and techniques to support assessments, exercising sound military and analytic judgment in applying standard professional OR practices
• Exercise creativity and innovation in selecting and applying OR techniques and tools to support assessments, methods, processes, enhance assessment performance, or increase efficiency and effectiveness
• Use statistical analysis, trend analysis and forecasting, data visualization and modeling, risk analysis, or other methods to analyze information and develop practical solutions to fit specific situations
• Initiate, oversee, and/or develop requirements from a project’s inception to conclusion for extremely complex programs
• Define problems, conduct research, develop analysis design, perform data collection and reduction, display data for analysis, examine the underlying relationships, select appropriate methods or techniques, formulate mathematical expressions, construct analytical models for understanding data, draw conclusions and operational insights from assessments, and prepare reports describing and justifying the results
• Work independently or as part of a team to complete projects, potentially as a part of a larger project or a phase of analysis
• Develop and support new analytic capabilities as requirements evolve within the command for assessments (e.g., data mining and analysis, systems analysis, social analysis, data visualization and modeling)
• Provide input and consolidate feedback of past, current, and future activities for the CCJ5, to include, but not limited to, weekly and quarterly updates and executive summaries for the leadership
• Communicate and prepare correspondence and presentations at the 4-Star General Officer level

Job Requirements

• Active TS/SCI security clearance
• 3 years of Data Science and/or Operational Research experience
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical, math, engineering, or science field, including operations research, computer science or a related field (master’s degree preferred)
• Minimum of 1 year of experience of data science/management and/or operational research experience on a Combatant Command staff, Joint or Combined Command Headquarters, or Defense Department equivalent

Desired Qualifications

• Minimum of 1 year of experience with operation assessment preferred.

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