Job opening: Operations Research Analyst
Salary: $139 395 - 181 216 per year
Published at: Feb 02 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain DoD Personnel to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.
About the Position: Direct the performance of a broad range of studies and analyses related to Army force mobilization, deployment, and enabler force demands and capability mixes for the Center for Army Analysis (CAA). Serve as a consultant and technical advisor to senior agency officials.
Duties
Conduct analytical studies in areas of mobilization and deployment, as well as force structure and enabler force requirements.
Serve as a consultant and technical advisor to senior agency officials responsible for broad program operations.
Perform tradeoff analysis involving force structure options to determine the proper balance of demands for capabilities.
Advise and answer difficult questions posed by senior leaders about future Army force requirements.
Brief organization leadership, study sponsors, and high-level officials on progress and conclusions of studies.
Requirements
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
Qualifications
Who May Apply: US Citizens
In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.
Education: A bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in operations research; or a degree with at least 24 semester hours in a combination of operations research, mathematics, probability, statistics, mathematical logic, science, or subject-matter courses requiring substantial competence in college-level mathematics or statistics. At least 3 of the 24 semester hours must have been in calculus. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.)
And
Experience: One-year specialized experience equivalent to GS 13 grade level in the federal service which includes; utilizing quantitative and qualitative approaches to support studies and serve as a consultant/technical advisor; conducting analytical studies in mobilization, deployment, and enabler force structure requirements; developing alternative campaign courses of action on enabler force structure initiatives that are critical to present and future capabilities.
Education
Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.
Contacts
- Address AS-APF-W3WCAA CENTER FOR ARMY ANALYSIS
DO NOT MAIL
Fort Belvoir, VA 22060
US
- Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
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