Operations Research Analyst

Overview

Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc. (SPA) delivers high-impact, technical solutions to complex national security issues. With over 50 years of business expertise and consistent growth, we are known for continuous innovation for our government customers, in both the US and abroad. Our exceptionally talented team is highly collaborative in spirit and practice, producing Results that Matter. Come work with the best! We offer opportunity, unique challenges, and clear-sighted commitment to the mission. SPA: Objective. Responsive. Trusted.

The Joint, Office of the Secretary of War, Interagency Division provides expert support services to a range of customers spanning across the Department of Defense, Federal Civilian, and international markets. JOID provides a diverse portfolio of analytical and programmatic capabilities to help our customers make informed decisions on their most challenging issues.

Group W provides wargaming, warfare modeling and simulation, software development, data analytics, and operations research/system analysis support to the national security mission. As a leader in the fields of campaign, mission, and wargaming analysis we embrace the cycle of research paradigm, continually seeking to improve the multi-method application of tools, data, methods, and techniques to generate credible and resilient insights to inform decisions on the Department's most challenging issues spanning CONOPs, acquisitions, force structures, tactics, and strategies. Group W is the developer and maintainer of the Synthetic Theater Operations Research Model (STORM), the authoritative M&S tool accepted by the Joint Analytic Community for analysis of theater-level, multi-domain, joint warfare. Similarly, we developed and manage the Standard Wargame Integration and Facilitation Tool (SWIFT) for OSW as an adaptable environment to support joint force combatants' wargaming requirements.

SPA has an immediate need for an Operations Research Analyst (STORM Developer/Analyst) to support the OSW client onsite out of Alexandria, VA.

Responsibilities

The Operations Research Analyst will employ knowledge of modeling/operations research techniques to inform a variety of Department of War (DoW) focused analyses and wargames using a range of software tools. The analyst will apply their skills to solve highly complex problems using statistical analysis, parametric and non-parametric analysis, computer modeling, simulation, and regression analysis. Will be responsible for developing and executing analytical models and methods that support warfighting analyses spanning the DoW analysis challenges including capability trades, systems trades, and force structure analyses. Will be responsible for developing and executing campaign-level representations in STORM and analyses of U.S., allied, and adversary forces executing warfighting concepts of operation.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, Data Science, or other technically-related areas of study
• 1+ year of experience in the analysis, development, and implementation of software, study planning, and execution
• Strong desire to expand modeling, simulation, and analysis expertise
• Active TS/SCI clearance
• Able to work full-time at the OSW client site (Arlington, VA - Mark Center, Pentagon)

Desired:

• Master's degree
• Experience or familiarity with the Synthetic Theater Operations Research Model (STORM)
• Experience working with Python, R, MySQL/DuckDB, C++