Operations Research Analyst 2

Analyzes management and operational problems and formulates mathematical or simulation models of problems for solution by computers or other methods. Defines data requirements, gathers and validates information, as well as applying judgment and statistical tests. Performs verification and testing of model to ensure adequacy, or determines the need for reformulation. Prepares reports defining the problem, evaluation, and possible solutions. Assists in evaluating implementation and effectiveness of research. Assists in the design, conduct and evaluation of operational models where limited data exists to formulate a model.

Required Skills

• Research architectures
• Gathers Data needed to run models
• Develop mathematical or simulation modeling prototypes
• Maintain/update scenario runs
• Run the selected mathematical or simulation models
• Prepare reports defining the problem, its evaluation, and possible solutions
• Evaluate implementation and effectiveness of research
• Design and evaluate operational models where limited data is available
• Propose potential mathematical or simulation modeling approaches to be applied to a specific problem
• Conduct analyses of management and operational problems
• Formulate mathematical or simulation models of problems for solution by computers or other methods
• Apply statistical tests to validate information
• Recommend to the M&S Team specific manipulative or computational methods to be applied to the models
• Perform validation and testing of models to ensure adequacy, or determines the need for reformulation
• Prepare reports defining the problem, its evaluation, and possible solutions

Desired Skills

Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university in Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, or Management Science. Ten (10) years of experience in conducting analyses of management and operational problems using Operations Research techniques is required; or Master's degree from an accredited college or university in Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, or Management Science. Eight (8) years of experience in conducting analyses of management and operational problems using Operations Research techniques is required; or Doctorate degree from an accredited college or university in Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, or Management Science. Six (6) years of experience in conducting analyses of management and operational problems using Operations Research techniques is required.

• Four (4) years' experience in the application of M&S to Decision Analysis problems;
• Four (4) years' experience in the application of M&S to Cost/Benefit Analysis problems;
• Four (4) years' experience in using at least five (5) of the following products:
• PANDAS, R, EXCEL/VBA, ARENA, OCTAVE, Tableau, Gurobi/CPLEX, EXTEND SIM, SAS, NETICA, statsmodels, Stata, MATLAB, SPSS.