Operations Research Analyst

Title

Operations Research Analyst

K ’s National Security Solutions team provides high‑end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country’s most critical role – protecting our national security.

• Innovative Projects: K ’s work is at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions.
• Collaborative Environment:
  Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.
• Impactful Work:
  Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.

• Data Driven Analysis:
  Support customers with insights from analyzing DoD Test & Evaluation data; develop data‑driven decision analysis products using data science, machine learning, and operations research methods.
• Data Mining:
  Use a variety of data mining and analysis methods, access data stored in multiple storage paradigms, develop models with statistical and machine‑learning approaches, implement workflows in Python or R, and produce reports.
• Analytic
  
  Experience:
  
  Provide analytic consulting services, support workflow and product development, promote user adoption of best practices, identify process or workflow optimization opportunities.
• Customer‑Facing
  
  Experience:
  
  Serve as the face of the CHEETAS Team, ensuring stakeholders have the analytical tools, data products, and reports needed for insights.
• Stakeholder Assistance:
  Collaborate with technical and non‑technical stakeholders to identify analytic requirements and questions from large data sets collected during test events.
• Communication:
  Drive decisions through written and presented data‑based insights at both programmatic and technical levels.
• Technical Support:
  Run and operate CHEETAS and related tools on‑site; demonstrate tools to stakeholders and VIPs, adapt tools, gather use cases, and provide feedback to the development team.
• Independent Work:
  Work independently with little supervision, using diverse methods and models to evaluate courses of action.

• Location:
  
  Onsite
• Travel Requirements: 25% travel, potentially up to 50% for DoD ranges & labs across the US.
• Working Hours:
  
  Standard.

• Security Clearance:
  Active TS/SCI clearance.
• Education:
  
  Advanced degree in operations research, engineering, applied math, statistics, computer science or IT; preferred 10+ years of DoD experience.
• DOD Specific
  
  Experience:
  
  5–10 years of DoD experience considered on a case‑by‑case basis.
• Experience:
  
  Working with end users, gathering requirements, operating data analysis tools, developing analytic products with DoD‑specific data types.

• Experience with Python and R for data processing, analysis and visualization.
• Experience using Jupyter or RMarkdown notebooks to create reproducible products.
• Experience with interactive visualization tools (RShiny, py Shiny, Dash).
• Experience generating and presenting reports, visualizations and findings to customers.
• Experience with supervised and unsupervised methods for time series and geospatial data.
• Experience with Windows, Linux and containers.
• SQL database querying.
• Ability to make insightful recommendations based on data‑driven analysis.
• Excellent oral and written communication with customers and teammates.
• Ability to present findings to large groups.
• Documentation and repeatable procedures.
• Training novice end users on tools.
• Self‑motivated to design, develop, enhance, reengineer or integrate software applications.

• 10+ years of DoD experience.
• Experience as a military ORSA.
• Experience in government/defense labs with computing restrictions.
• Knowledge of military force structure, tactical messaging.
• Experience with Major DoD experimentation events (JADC2).
• Experience with major DoD acquisition programs (JSF).
• Knowledge of TENA, JMETC, distributed testing and training.
• Knowledge of DoD cybersecurity policies.

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