Operations Research Analyst 3

Responsibilities

• Analyzes management and operational problems and formulates mathematical or simulation models of problems for solution by computers or other methods.
• Defines data requirements, gathers and validates information, applies judgment and statistical tests.
• Verifies and tests models to ensure adequacy, or determines the need for reformulation.
• Prepares reports defining the problem, evaluation, and possible solutions.
• Affords assistance in evaluating implementation and effectiveness of research.
• Affords assistance in the design, conduct and evaluation of operational models where limited data exists to formulate a model.
• Develops technical trainings to help enrich the skills set of the client personnel as well as help support other project teams.
• Conducts data elicitation sessions and project scoping meetings as needed.
• Prepares summary briefings that describe project problem statements, modeling approaches and proposed solutions.
• Participates in regular customer engagement.

Qualifications

• TS/SCI security clearance with Full Scope polygraph.
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Management Science, or related discipline.
• At least fifteen (15) years of experience in conducting analyses of management and operational problems using Operations Research techniques.
• Master's degree from an accredited college or university in Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, or Management Science.
• At least ten (10) years of experience in conducting analyses of management and operational problems using Operations Research techniques.
• Doctorate degree from an accredited college or university in Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, or Management Science.
• At least eight (8) years of experience in conducting analyses of management and operational problems using Operations Research techniques.

Other Preferred Skills

• At least six (6) years' experience in the application of M&S to Decision Analysis problems.
• At least six (6) years' experience in the application of M&S to Cost/Benefit Analysis problems.
• At least six (6) years' experience in using at least five (5) of the following: PANDAS, R, Python, EXCEL/VBA, ARENA, OCTAVE, Tableau, Gurobi/CPLEX, EXTEND SIM, SIMIO, SAS, NETICA, statsmodels, Stata, MATLAB, SPSS.
• Experience leading a project team of 2 people or more.
• Experience in a few of the following areas: Gathering data needed to run models, Developing mathematical or simulation modeling prototypes, Preparing reports defining the problem, its evaluation, and possible solutions, Designing and evaluating operational models where limited data is available, Proposing potential mathematical or simulation modeling approaches to be applied to a specific problem, Applying statistical tests to validate information.