Sr Operations Research Analyst

Sr Operations Research Analyst

Belong. Connect. Grow. with KBR! KBR's National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country's most critical role – protecting our national security.

KBR's work is at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions. Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace. Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.

Come join the ITEA award winning TRMC BDKM team and be a part of the team responsible for revolutionizing how data analysis is performed across the entire Department of Defense.

Key Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be part of the KBR team supporting the Test Resource Management Center's (TRMC) Big Data (BD) and Knowledge Management (KM) Team working on BD and KM systems supporting DoD Test Ranges and various acquisition programs. Responsibilities include:

• Data Driven Analysis: Support customers with insights gained from analyzing DoD Test & Evaluation data. Enable the development of data-driven decision analysis products through the innovative application of data science, machine learning, and operations research.
• Data Mining: Strong experience using data mining and data analysis methods, accessing data stored in various data storage paradigms, developing models using common statistical and machine learning modeling approaches, using and creating custom algorithms, implementing analysis workflows in Python or R, and writing reports and documentation.
• Analytic Experience: Provide analytic consulting services, support analytic workflow and product development and testing, promote the user adoption of methods and best practices from data science, conduct applied methods projects, and support the creation of analysis-ready data.
• Customer-Facing Experience: Serve as the face of the CHEETAS Team and ensure stakeholders have the analytical tools, data products, and reports they need to make insightful recommendations based on data-driven analysis.
• Stakeholder Assistance: Collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders to identify analytic requirements and analysis questions informed through the aggregation and analysis of large data sets collected during test events or exercises.
• Communication: Drive decisions through successful communication, in written or presented form, of data-based insights. Effectively communicate at both a programmatic and technical level.
• Technical Support: Extensive technical expertise in methods from operations research and experience working on Department of Defense problems. Provide reach-back support from software engineering, data science, and system administration teams.
• Independent Work: Self-motivated and capable of working independently with little supervision. Experience using a variety of methods and models to test the effectiveness of different courses of action.

Work Environment

Location: Onsite

Travel Requirements: This position will require travel of 25% with potential surge to 50% to support end users located at various DoD ranges & labs located across the US (including Alaska and Hawaii). When not supporting a site, this position can work remotely or from a nearby KBR office (if available and desired).

Working Hours: Standard, although you potentially may be the only team member physically on-site providing support, you will not be alone.

Basic Qualifications

Security Clearance: Active TS/SCI clearance

Education: An advanced degree in operations research, engineering, applied math, statistics, computer science or information technology with preferred 12+ years of experience within DoD.

DOD Specific Experience: Candidates with 5-10 years of DoD experience will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Experience: Previous experience should include working with end users, gathering requirements and refining/operating data analysis tools or products to meet user needs. Previous experience should include developing and interpreting the results of analytic products with DoD specific data types.

Qualifications Required

Experience using scripting languages (Python and R) to process, analyze and visualize data.

Experience using notebooks (Jupyter Notebooks and RMarkdown) to create reproducible and explainable products.

Experience using interactive visualization tools (RShiny, pyShiny, Dash) to create interactive analytics.

Experience generating and presenting reports, visualizations and findings to customers.

Experience using analysis methods, including supervised and unsupervised methods, to work with time series and geospatial data.

Experience working with Windows, Linux, and containers.

Experience querying databases using SQL.

Ability to make insightful recommendations based on data driven analysis and customer interactions.

Ability to effectively communicate both orally and in writing with customers and teammates.

Ability to speak and present findings in front of large groups.

Ability to document and repeat procedures.

Ability to train novice end users on the use of tools.

Should be self-motivated to design, develop, enhance, reengineer or integrate software applications to improve the quality of data outputs available for end users.

Preferred Qualifications

12+ years of DOD experience.

Experience as a military ORSA.

Experience working in government / defense labs and within their computing restrictions.

Knowledge of military force structure and/or tactical messaging.

Experience working with major DoD experimentation events, such as Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) events.

Experience working with major DoD acquisition programs, such as Joint Strike Fighter (JSF).

Knowledge of the Test and Training Enabling Architecture (TENA), the Joint Mission Environment Testing Capability (JMETC) and distributed testing and training.

Knowledge of DoD cybersecurity policies.

Basic Compensation

$170,100-$255,200 This range is for the Hawaii area only. The offered rate will be based on the selected candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities and/or experience and in consideration of internal parity. Additional Compensation: KBR may offer bonuses, commissions, or other forms of compensation to certain job titles or levels, per internal policy or contractual designation.

Additional compensation may be in the form of sign on bonus, relocation benefits, short term incentives, long term incentives, or discretionary payments for exceptional performance.

At KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture. These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a People First company. That commitment is central to our team of team's philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow. We Deliver – Together. KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.