Operations Research Analyst

Job Category: Science

Time Type: Full time

Minimum Clearance Required to Start: TS/SCI

Employee Type: Regular-Long Term Assignment

Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 10%

Type of Travel: Outside Continental US

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The Opportunity:

As a CACI-SOAS Operations Research Analyst, you will provide support to data requirements for AFRICOM, its component commands, United States Government (USG) program stakeholders and other coordinating agencies or organizations as directed. Primarily, ORSAs will provide USAFRICOM J802 support for the data requirements of the USAFRICOM campaign assessors and wargame analysts in the J802 branch. J802 performs strategic-level assessments and wargames to inform decisions on resourcing and activities by USAFRICOM and higher headquarters. You will provide sound, robust study products, routine trend assessments, and research of operations drawn from significant volumes across multiple disparate sources, which must be cleaned, collated and warehoused, and once the data review is complete, support will facilitate data storage in a manner that enables recall on demand. Performing these functions will require labor-intensive interaction with multiple disparate software systems. Therefore machine-learning experience is desirable to better build computer-assisted research tools to enable J802 assessments.​​Additionally, ORSAs will answer quick turn relevant RFIs; construct operational surveys of tactical issues; develop data collection and management plans; apply appropriate techniques to facilitate review of collected data; synthesize insights; present and defend research, concepts, scientific approaches, and results of research efforts and enable investigations regarding operations research analysis and evaluation of initiatives within the Command.​​

  Responsibilities:

• The Operations Research Analysts provide data support to AFRICOM, its component commands, CJTF-HOA, SOCAFRICA, Offices of Security Cooperation (OSCs), United States Government (USG) program stakeholders and other coordinating agencies or organizations as directed.​​
• Support development of several work products aligned within the existing task order deliverable categories:​​
• Problem Statement: A short paper laying out the various data sources, along with their uses, constraints, and limitations.​​
• Use-Cases: Extensive documentation on the exact perceived uses and warehousing of all known data sources, down to the exact steps which are required to clean, store, and analyze each of these data. These documents should identify gaps in existing software solutions and must be updated as new information becomes available.​​
• Design Statement: Extensive documentation on the exact implementation of a comprehensive data environment which supports all known use-cases. These documents should explicitly enumerate the process that the user shall employ to execute each use-case in the final product and shall provide for each proposed new software artifact the following information: programming language(s), network location(s), permissions, intended users, explicit sub-set of requirements, and estimated timeline to completion​​.
• Prototype Delivery: a functioning data environment of which the anticipated behavior supports all known use-cases. Enhancements and error-correction must be made incrementally to this product.​​
• Maintain currency on the ACP and J802's measures of effectiveness for assessing USAFRICOM Campaign progress.​​
• Clearly associate all new and historical data with the relevant measure(s) of effectiveness and effects within the ACP.​​
• Develop new ways to store and analyze data, that are assessed to be rigorous and defensible. Any tools developed must be integrated with the existing J802 suite of tools.​

Qualifications:

 

Required:

• Current Top Secret/Specialized Compartmented Information Security Clearance.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Math, Statistics, Engineering, Physics or other related field and 6 years of experience 
• Experience gathering, analyzing, and disseminating multiple streams of qualitative and quantitative data.
• Training and experience utilizing statistical analysis software is required to process technical data.
• Hands-on experience conducting operations analysis and applied operations research and exploratory data analysis and develop data relational models.
• Expert with either R or Python programming languages, as well as able to query data using SQL or similar query languages.
• Prior experience on a joint staff. 

Desired:

• Masters’ Degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent years of experience
• Experience with Data Visualizations Applications such as Microsoft PowerBI and Qlick
• Experience utilizing large scale open-source data analytics engines such as Spark, Dataricks, and ADVANA  

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What You Can Expect:

 

A culture of integrity.

At CACI, we place character and innovation at the center of everything we do. As a valued team member, you’ll be part of a high-performing group dedicated to our customer’s missions and driven by a higher purpose – to ensure the safety of our nation.

 

An environment of trust.

CACI takes pride in fostering a diverse and accessible culture where every individual feels supported to chart their own path. You’ll have the autonomy to take the time you need through a unique flexible time off benefit and have access to robust learning resources to make your ambitions a reality.

 

A focus on continuous growth.

Together, we will advance our nation's most critical missions, build on our lengthy track record of business success, and find opportunities to break new ground — in your career and in our legacy.

 

Your potential is limitless. So is ours.

Learn more about CACI here.

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Pay Range: There are a host of factors that can influence final salary including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications. Our employees value the flexibility at CACI that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives. We offer competitive compensation, benefits and learning and development opportunities. Our broad and competitive mix of benefits options is designed to support and protect employees and their families. At CACI, you will receive comprehensive benefits such as; healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education, and time off benefits. Learn more here.

The proposed salary range for this position is:

$82,100 - 172,400 USD