Operations Research Analyst

About the role

Join a high-impact team shaping the future of the Cyberspace Operations Force through advanced analytical integration and concept development. Support development, refinement, and validation of cyberspace concepts and perform quantitative gaps, risk, and performance analysis. Close collaboration with planners, intelligence analysts, wargame designers, and stakeholders across the Joint Force is required.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate data, optimize data usage, and promote information sharing
• Analyze operational metrics and develop data-driven recommendations
• Translate findings into decision-ready insights
• Prepare detailed analytic reports
• Conduct concept refinement, validation, or doctrinal assessment
• Develop Measures of Effectiveness (MOEs), Measures of Performance (MOPs), and analytic frameworks for wargames and experimentation
• Perform force design analysis, gap analysis, or comparative evaluation of capability alternatives
• Support senior-leader decision products such as read-aheads, issue briefs, and strategic summaries
• Use advanced analytic tools such as Python, R, or MATLAB for quantitative modeling, risk analysis, and data interpretation

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience as an Operations Research Analyst
• Experience advising and collaborating with stakeholders
• Knowledge of the Joint Planning Process
• Ability to analyze operational metrics, develop data-driven recommendations, and translate findings into decision-ready insights
• Ability to prepare detailed analytic reports
• Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take a polygraph exam
• Bachelor’s degree

Qualifications

• Experience conducting concept refinement, validation, or doctrinal assessment
• Experience developing Measures of Effectiveness (MOEs), Measures of Performance (MOPs), and analytic frameworks for wargames and experimentation
• Experience performing force design analysis, gap analysis, or comparative evaluation of capability alternatives
• Experience supporting senior-leader decision products such as read-aheads, issue briefs, and strategic summaries
• Experience with advanced analytic tools such as Python, R, or MATLAB used for quantitative modeling, risk analysis, and data interpretation

Skills

• Advanced analytical skills
• Data analysis and interpretation
• Collaborative problem-solving
• Quantitative modeling and risk analysis
• Wargaming and experimentation
• Force design analysis
• Senior leader decision support
• Advanced analytic tool proficiency

Benefits

Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. These include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Recognition awards acknowledge exceptional performance and superior demonstration of values.

Pay

The projected compensation range for this position is $86,900.00 to $198,000.00 (annualized USD).

Schedule

Work primarily at a Booz Allen office or customer facility, with occasional visits to customer facilities.