About the Position: Serves as an Operations Research Analyst within the Plans, Analysis, and Integration Office, Management Analysis Branch at Fort Sill, OK. This position is being filled under the Direct Hire Authority for Recent Graduates.

Duties

The duties of this position are for the full performance level. The duties at the GS-09 are the same but with closer than normal supervision. Provide technical advice and assistance to USAG Fort Sill Command Group and staff offices on the preparation and coordination of program reports and initiatives. Develop study plans, policies, and directives for implementation and administration of assigned management programs. Utilize tools such as Excel, Power BI, SPSS, Structured Query Language (SQL), Python, and Tableau and other data analytical tools necessary. Develop illustrations and visualizations of data such as digital dashboards and scorecards, infographics, briefings that can easily be comprehended and simplified for non-technical stakeholder audiences, communicating statistical modeling results. Develop data-based threshold and objective requirements for various Plans, Analysis, and Integration Office related programs and initiatives. Assess data sources to develop and maintain illustrations and visualizations of complex data to contribute to conceptual physical and logical data models. Execute studies of marked difficulty and responsibility that address advanced data modeling techniques and procedures, data trend analysis and the development of mathematical data algorithms. Apply advanced operations research techniques for quantitative and qualitative analysis, statistical analysis, forecasting, predictive modeling, prescriptive analysis, and optimization to validates analysis and outcomes.

Requirements

• A trial or probationary period may be required in accordance with agency policy.
• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: To be eligible for consideration you must meet the definition of Recent Graduate as defined below: Recent Graduate: a person who was awarded a degree by an institution of higher education not more than two years before the date of the appointment of the applicant. Exception: For a person who has completed a period of obligated service in a uniformed service of more than four years, the degree may be awarded by an institution of higher education not more than four years before the date of the appointment of the applicant. In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or 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 education and experience. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Basic Requirement for the Operations Research Analyst: Degree: 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. You MUST submit a copy of your transcript with your application package or you will be rated ineligible. In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes 1) Apply operations research knowledge and/or related disciplines (e.g. mathematics) to analyze problems; 2) Perform calculations and/or computations using operations research and/or related disciplines (e.g. mathematics) scientific methods; 3) Communicate orally and in writing the outcomes of analysis; 4) Use standard software applications and computer operations to collect data. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-07). OR Education: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: Operations Research, Mathematics, Probability, Statistics, Mathematical Logic, Science, or subject-matter field of study that requires substantial competence in college-level mathematics or statistics. OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the first year (total graduate semester hours minus 18) by 18. Add the two percentages.

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Contacts

• Address FS-W6CSAA US ARMY IMCOM-USAG FT SILL DO NOT MAIL Fort Sill, OK 73503 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk