Operations Researcher

2 months ago

McLean, United States MITRE Full time

Why choose between doing meaningful work and having a fulfilling life? At MITRE, you can have both. That's because MITRE people are committed to tackling our nation's toughest challenges—and we're committed to the long-term well-being of our employees. MITRE is different from most technology companies. We are a not-for-profit corporation chartered to work for the public interest, with no commercial conflicts to influence what we do. The R&D centers we operate for the government create lasting impact in fields as diverse as cybersecurity, healthcare, aviation, defense, and enterprise transformation. We're making a difference every day—working for a safer, healthier, and more secure nation and world. Our workplace reflects our values. We offer competitive benefits, exceptional professional development opportunities, and a culture of innovation that embraces diversity, inclusion, flexibility, collaboration, and career growth. If this sounds like the choice you want to make, then choose MITRE—and make a difference with us.

The Adversary Intelligence Department (N926) has the mission to provide deep technical and regional analysis on emerging threats to the United States and its interests in support of USG policy, strategy, integrated capabilities, test & evaluation, and resource investments. Our vision is to enable national security policymakers to anticipate and prepare for future adversarial threats by revolutionizing intelligence analysis and capabilities, empowering them to see beyond the horizon and confidently navigate emerging national and global challenges. This Operations Research position, based in McLean, VA, will support our sponsor through research and data analysis related to future critical Intelligence Community (IC) needs in the space and ground domains.

Roles & Responsibilities:

  • Evaluating proposed IC and DoD future overhead architectures
  • Ability to formulate and compute capability trade-offs and risks to missions in various scenarios
  • Constructing and executing analysis plans for the responsibilities listed above, to include working within or leading small teams
  • Working with senior government sponsors as either a lead or supporting analyst
  • Apply operations research, statistics, and data analytics concepts and approaches to real world problems
  • Present results in an intuitive, actionable manner that can be understood by all sponsor audiences, regardless of technical expertise

Basic Qualifications:

  • Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph
  • Typically requires a minimum of 10 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 7 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 4 years’ experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience
  • Familiarity with space-based ISR systems and capabilities
  • Previous experience working for OSD Cost Assessment & Program Evaluation (CAPE) as a government employee, military officer, or contractor
  • Demonstrated knowledge of principles, concepts, methods, and tools for conducting operations research, statistical analysis, mathematical modeling, or data analytic studies
  • Demonstrated experience leading analytical efforts and yielding impactful results at high levels of government and/or industry
  • Demonstrated ability to analyze complex data sets and present statistically valid results: orally, numerically, and graphically
  • Strong critical thinking, analytic, and problem-solving skills – comfortable working in dynamic settings where task objectives may evolve or need to be shaped, or creative solutions to task impediments must be identified
  • Excellent interpersonal and technical communication skills, with the ability to write technical reports, present briefings, and persuasively speak to audiences of all backgrounds, including executives or senior sponsors
  • This position requires a minimum of 4 days a week on-site.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Certified Defense Financial Manager (CDFM) or Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM)
  • Advanced degree in in Operations Research, Mathematics, Statistics, Systems Engineering, or other data sciences

This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):

Top Secret/SCI/Polygraph

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):

Top Secret/SCI/Polygraph

Work Location Type:

Hybrid

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