Principal Enterprise Schedule Analytics & Operations Research Analyst

About Peraton

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extends to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees solve the most daunting challenges that our customers face. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.

About The Role

Join Peraton in advancing the safety, efficiency, and modernization of the National Airspace System (NAS) through the FAA's Brand New Air Traffic Control System (BNATCS) contract. As a trusted partner to the Federal Aviation Administration, Peraton helps deliver the systems and services that keep our nation's skies safe and connected. We're looking for innovative professionals who thrive in mission-critical environments and are passionate about shaping the future of air traffic management. This is your chance to make an impact on one of the world's most vital transportation infrastructures, working alongside leaders in aviation, engineering, data science, and systems integration. At Peraton, you won't just support the mission - you'll define it.

Primary Responsibilities

• Analyze enterprise Integrated Master Schedules containing hundreds of thousands to millions of activities.
• Audit schedule health using critical path, total float, free float, logic density, open-end analysis, constraints, baseline variance, and schedule integrity metrics.
• Identify missing predecessors/successors, out-of-sequence progress, resource conflicts, hidden dependencies, and enterprise schedule risks.
• Perform trend analysis, milestone forecasting, and cross-program dependency assessments.
• Develop optimized Courses of Action (COAs) to improve enterprise schedule performance.
• Perform what-if analyses, trade studies, predictive modeling, simulation, and sensitivity analyses.
• Quantify impacts of proposed schedule changes before implementation.
• Develop recovery strategies and recommend optimal sequencing of work.
• Conduct independent studies assessing vendor production capacity, raw material availability, manufacturing throughput, installation sequencing, workforce utilization, resource constraints, and supply chain impacts.
• Evaluate enterprise business rules and cross-program impacts.
• Support strategic planning through quantitative and qualitative analysis.
• Develop executive dashboards, visualizations, decision packages, and analytical briefings.
• Translate complex technical findings into concise recommendations for executive leadership.
• Support executive governance boards, FAA integration sessions, and program reviews.
• Collaborate with Program Managers, schedulers, systems engineers, risk managers, logistics personnel, and government stakeholders.
• Identify and resolve schedule friction points in enterprise solutioning efforts.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship Required.
• Ability to obtain / maintain a Public Trust clearance.
• Bachelor's degree and 8 years of experience or Master's degree and 6 years of experience or Associates Degree and 10 years of experience or HS diploma/equivalent and 12 years' experience.
• Experience supporting large, complex government, aerospace, or defense programs.
• Experience analyzing Integrated Master Schedules using scheduling tools.
• Experience with statistical analysis, optimization, predictive analytics, simulation, or operations research.
• Experience developing executive-level briefings and decision support products.
• Strong analytical thinking, written communication, and presentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to FAA programs or NAS systems.
• Experience with FAA systems, federal modernization efforts, or mission-critical environments.
• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Operations Research, Systems Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Business Analytics, Engineering, or related STEM discipline.
• FAA, DoD, or Federal modernization program experience.
• Experience with SQL, Python, R, Power BI, Tableau, Acumen Fuse, Acumen Risk, Safran Risk, Primavera P6 or similar analytical platforms.
• Knowledge of DCMA 14-Point Assessment, IPMDAR, MIL-STD-881, and schedule risk methodologies.
• Experience with AI-enabled analytics, digital engineering, and knowledge graph technologies.
• PMP, PMI-SP, AACE, INCOSE, or equivalent professional certification.

#BNATCS Details

Target Salary Range: $104,000 - $166,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual's experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

Benefits Statement

Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.