Operations Research and Systems Analyst and Planner, Senior

Operations Research and Systems Analyst and Planner, Senior

The Opportunity:
As an expert in defense missions, your unique background inspires you to think bigger, push further, and ask questions others don’t. We need your extensive industry knowledge and advisory skills to solve some of our clients’ most complex problems and find solutions that keep our nation safe.

As an ORSA and defense mission expert, you’ll bring your planning and analysis expertise to inform a command on progress towards campaign objectives and the feasibility, suitability, and acceptability of specified plans. Through thorough research and methodologically sound analysis, you’ll use your skills to develop and apply methods such as wargaming, modeling and simulation, campaign analysis, mission engineering, and other suitable methods to assess the risk and return on investment associated with operations, activities, and investments (OAIs).

What You’ll Work On:

• Work with us to develop and apply methods to evaluate the effectiveness of the portfolio of OAIs at the operation or campaign level.
• Analyze the actual and predictable interacting operational activities of a military, governmental, or business system to obtain a quantitative, rational basis for decision-making or resource allocation.
• Provide work leadership to junior employees, as needed.
• Design, develop, implement, and lead multiple analysis efforts across multiple teams and staff directorates.
• Identify, design, and execute multi-disciplinary approaches, including mathematical, research, technical, and visualization approaches, and translate them into cohesive analysis results.
• Verify and validate data, models, and analysis results, serve as the primary interface between a multi-disciplinary research and analysis team and government client, serve as a theater-wide environmental analysis expert, and integrate contextual understanding of the operational environment into analysis findings and reports.
• Author highly distilled and high-fidelity reports that inform command decision processes, implement computerized visualization software to articulate analysis results, design multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) processes, and coach subordinate staff to execute these processes.

Further your career while creating mission-forward solutions that matter.

Join us. The world can’t wait.

You Have:

• 5+ years of experience with ORSA
• Experience with the design, development, and visualization of mathematical, statistical, and econometric methods and techniques
• Experience with wargaming, campaign analysis, or mission engineering
• TS/SCI clearance
• Bachelor’s degree

Nice If You Have:

• 7+ years of experience with the design, development, and visualization of mathematical, statistical, econometric, and other scientific methods and techniques
• Experience in the military, including special operations or joint operations
• Experience with special technical operations, special operations sensitive activities, and other specialized capabilities
• Experience with a military operations research center such as the Center for Army Analysis, RAND, OPNAV N81, or similar
• Experience leading the implementation of wargames, campaign analyses, or mission engineering within the Department of War
• Master’s degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Operations Research, or a related field preferred; Doctorate degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Operations Research, or a related field a plus

Clearance:

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance is required.

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $86,800.00 to $198,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

Identity Statement

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Candidate AI Usage Policy

AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.

Work Model
Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration, whether it occurs in person or virtually. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.

• Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.

• Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen facility frequently, in alignment with leadership expectations and the needs of the role. You may also be required to work from or visit a customer facility.

• Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed at a Booz Allen office or customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.