Operations Research Analyst

Full Job Description

About the Position: This position is a DOD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) personnel system position in the Excepted Service under 10 USC 1599f.

Employees occupying CES positions are in the Excepted Service and must adhere to U.S. Code, Title 10, as well as Department of Defense Instruction 1400.25. This position is located at Ft.

Meade, Maryland. CYBER EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITIONS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE TWO-PAGE RESUME LIMIT.

YOUR FULL RESUME WILL NEED TO BE UPLOADED TO YOUR USAJOBS PROFILE USING THE DOCUMENT TYPE "OTHER DOCUMENTS".

This position is in the Professional work category at the Senior work level within the CES Occupational Structure.

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job.

You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected.

See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

Army CES positions apply Veteran's Preference to preference eligible candidates, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 3005, "CES Employment and Placement".

If you are a veteran claiming veterans' preference, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., you must submit documents verifying your eligibility with your application package.

In order to qualify, you must meet the experience and education 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.

To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe one-year specialized experience that demonstrates the possession of knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies necessary for immediate success in the position.

Such experience is typically in or directly related to the work of the position to be filled.

Specialized experience would be demonstrated by utilizing operations research analysis (ORA) concepts and quantitative techniques to conduct complex cyberspace operations planning and assessment studies; planning and conducting strategic assessments to include planning the objectives, documenting and reporting findings both orally and in writing, to a wide range of audiences; translating program objectives into feasible studies, while managing timelines and financial constraints to document impact, risk, and feasibility.

AND Basic Requirements: Degree: in operations research; or 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. Major Duties:

• As an analysis leader or consultant on application of operations research analysis (ORA) methods and tools on a larger study team, conducts and makes substantive contributions to complex cyberspace operations planning and assessment studies.
• Represents the J8 and Command at appropriate venues to influence selection of additional assessment topics and in-depth analysis of complex issues where it is difficult for subject matter experts to achieve common understanding.
• Engages in and contributing substantively to iterative discussions with relevant stakeholders, which often yield additional insights and complicating features that must be incorporated into ORA models.
• Contributes to integration of strategic assessment findings into the specific forms required by the DoD program planning process.
• Defines and executes project plans for the conduct of own strategic assessments, as well as those requiring team effort.
• Maintains awareness of and, as appropriate, integrates other DoD strategic assessments that would potentially inform assigned efforts to avoid duplicating underway assessments or regenerating already-available findings.