Position is 100% OnsiteJob Description:SimIS is seeking contract support for the capture, development, architecture, data science and quality assurance of capability requirements and operational analysis necessary to adapt to future threats and explore long-term military strategy to shape how forces will operate in the future. To support our customer, SimIS, Inc. seeks a Senior Operations Research Analyst to enable capability development programme teams to drive and support evidence-based decision making in requirements derivation and programmatic planning. Analysts must be capable of combining quantitative and qualitative evidence and facilitating stakeholder engagement to support defensible decision-making.
Qualifications:- A Bachelor's degree in Operations Research, Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, Engineering or equivalent quantitative degree.
- Candidate's resume must cite two specific examples within the last 5-10 demonstrating experience in military Operations Research / Operational Analysis / Data Science, supporting policy development, capability development or acquisition.
- 5-10 years of experience designing, leading, and facilitating structured stakeholder engagements to elicit objectives, assumptions, measures, risks, preferences and expert judgement in support of defence capability decisions involving technical and non-technical stakeholders across multiple levels of seniority.
- 5-10 years of experience determining research requirements, scoping problems for study, developing analysis plans, and delivering high-quality outputs that influence senior decision makers.
- 5-10 years of experience of developing data collection and analysis plans or assessment frameworks that include measures of effectiveness and measures of performance.
- Experience in gathering evidence and scoring effectiveness through use of operations research and analysis methods to defence domain issues.
- Experience identifying, eliciting, assessing, analysing and communicating uncertainty and risk associated with capability / acquisition, project, programme, or portfolio decisions.
- Experience of producing or working with cost and schedule estimates, including estimating methodologies, methods and processes
- Experience working in a strategic or operational military command or multinational organization.
- Experience supporting project, programme, and / or portfolio decisions through analytical assessment in the past 10 years, within complex and dynamic programme environments.
Responsibilities:- Contribute to Course of Action analysis using Operations Research and Analysis methods in support of Capability Development within ACT in order to mature capability requirements and set programmatic direction.
- Plan and conduct research to study and establish qualitative and quantitative assessments of operational effectiveness, undertake cost-effectiveness and risk-benefit studies and analyses.
- Where necessary and appropriate, interact with National research entities and industries to establish the impact of alternatives on operational effectiveness.
- Where necessary and appropriate, attend engagements or workshops with National organizations, and / or industry to ensure cost estimation activities are likely to provide outputs of appropriate quality to support analysis.
- Support the creation of Requests for Information and surveys to NATO Nations, Non-Governmental Organizations, and industry.
- Impact of identified individual and aggregated risks and propose possible risk management approaches.
Benefits: - Medical, Dental, and Vision
- Short-Term Disability (at no cost to you) & Long-Term Disability
- Life Insurance
- 401(k) Savings Plan
- Flex Spending Accounts
- Tuition Assistance Program
- Professional Development
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- 11 Federal Holidays each year
