Operations Research Analyst, Associate

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Why choose between doing meaningful work and having a fulfilling life? At MITRE, you can have both. MITRE people are committed to tackling our nation’s toughest challenges—and we maintain a long-term focus on employee well‑being. As a not‑for‑profit corporation serving the public interest, our R&D centers deliver lasting impact in cybersecurity, healthcare, aviation, defense, and enterprise transformation. We offer competitive benefits, career‑growth opportunities, and a culture of innovation that values adaptability, collaboration, technical excellence, and partnership.

This is an opportunity for a creative Operations Research Analyst to join MITRE’s Operations Research department. We are a large group of over 60 OR professionals, including more than 20 PhDs, who provide thought leadership on strategic and technical issues, conduct analysis that enables sponsors to make more effective decisions, lead internal R&D activities, and serve as trusted advisors to government sponsors.

We apply problem‑solving skills to complex interdisciplinary problems that occur within or at the intersection of organizations, operations, and technology. We support sponsor projects across the defense and public sectors—including military logistics, radio‑spectrum frequency management, health care delivery, cybersecurity analytics, fraud detection, satellite planning, homeland security, and civilian aviation. We use advanced analytic techniques such as long‑run analysis, large‑scale integer programming, meta heuristics, agent‑based modeling, reinforcement learning, predictive modeling, mathematical modeling, forecasting, machine learning, optimization, statistics, probability modeling, Bayesian analysis, and simulation.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Apply advanced analytical and mathematical techniques to inform policy and acquisition decisions, maximizing operational effectiveness and efficiency, and achieving high‑quality engineering solutions.
• Present results in an intuitive, actionable manner that can be understood by sponsors of all technical levels.
• Work independently and/or collaborate with a team of technical staff.
• Work successfully in a hybrid environment with a minimum of 50% on‑site presence.

Basic Qualifications

• Degree in Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, or equivalent knowledge in a related field.
• Typically requires less than 1 year of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree.
• Be passionate about applying OR, statistics, and data analytics to real‑world problems.
• Be willing to adapt and learn.
• Show evidence of knowledge of principles, concepts, methods, and tools for conducting OR, statistical analysis, and data analytic studies.
• Have experience using tools and techniques for mathematical modeling, optimization, statistics, probability modeling, and simulation.
• Demonstrated ability to use at least one optimization package (e.g., Gurobi, CPLEX, PuLP, AMPL).
• Demonstrated ability to use at least one modern programming language (e.g., Python, R, Java).
• Demonstrated ability to use at least one simulation platform (e.g., Stella, Simio, Arena, Any Logic, Sim Py, RSimmer).
• Must be a U.S. citizen capable of obtaining and maintaining a U.S. security clearance.
• Per the U.S. Government’s eligibility requirements, you must be a U.S. Citizen to be considered for a security clearance.
• GPA must be listed for all degrees received within the past 3 years.

Preferred Qualifications

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

This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s)

None

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s)

Secret

Salary compensation range and midpoint

$77,500 - $97,000 - $116,500 Annual

Work Location Type

Hybrid

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