JHNA is seeking an Operations Analyst (Deputy Study Lead) - ORSA to join our growing team in Alexandria, VA.

Office of the Undersecretary for Defense for Research and Engineering Mission Integration Division (OUSD(R&E)) mission engineering, analysis, and integration expertise to produce objective insights and analytic justification to inform future technology and capability investment decisions within the Planning, Programming, and Budgeting Execution (PPBE) process and aid in the prioritization, alignment and validation of requirements within Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) to deliver modernized capabilities that enable an all domain joint force aligned with future Joint Warfighting Concepts. The team constructs, manages, and conducts discrete mission engineering and analysis study tasks to evaluate the efficacy of legacy architectures and new technologies and capabilities applied in new mission concepts of employment to meet evolving joint mission objectives.

Employee will serve as the senior operations analyst on a team of analysts, engineers and modelers conducting Mission Engineering studies for OUSD R&E in accordance with the Mission Engineering Guide (https://ac.cto.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/MEG-v40_20201130_shm.pdf). In this role, he/she will assist in developing the study plan, identifying needed resources (personnel, modeling tools, etc.), socializing the study with stakeholders, executing the study, and authoring the study final report.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in a recognized mathematics, operations research, statistics, computer science, management science or physics discipline that is relevant

Desired Qualifications:

• Masters Degree
• Bachelors from War College or equivalent, in a recognized discipline that is relevant
• 15 years operational experience
• Experience working in the Joint Staff
• Experience analyzing system solutions to complex and challenging DoD problems.
• Experience defining operational problems within the fighting forces and using statistical analysis, simulations, predictive modeling, or other methods to analyze it and develop practical solutions.
• Experience developing and executing analysis and study plans that address complex problems, examine trade-offs and sensitivities, and produce data and information rich products and artifacts.
• Expertise in Joint Force design, development and application, operational constraints, concepts of operations, concepts of employment, development and execution of CCMD operation plans, threat tactics and responses, logistics approaches.

Clearance Requirements:

• TS/SCI clearance