Operational Analyst -Strategic Analysis & Integration

Why Work at APL?

Requirements

• Have a Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in a relevant field such as operations research, mathematics, the physical or social sciences, engineering, economics, or a related discipline.
• Have at least seven years of relevant experience conducting technical, operational, or national security analysis.
• Have experience conducting national security analyses focused on operations, mission risk, force structure, readiness, sustainment, or related operational challenges.
• Have demonstrated ability to frame complex and ambiguous national security problems into tractable analytic questions and develop defensible approaches for addressing them.
• Have demonstrated experience leading technical or analytic tasks, projects, or multidisciplinary teams and are prepared to take increasing responsibility for project leadership.
• Have demonstrated ability to collaborate across organizations and analytic disciplines.
• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience communicating technical results to sponsors and stakeholders.
• Have demonstrated sound judgment, initiative, and accountability in complex analytic or project environments.
• Are willing and able to travel on an occasional basis.
• Are able to obtain an Interim Secret security clearance by your start date and can ultimately obtain a Top Secret security clearance. If selected, you will be subject to a government security clearance investigation and must meet the requirements for access to classified information. Eligibility requirements include U.S. citizenship.
• Have a Master’s degree or Ph.D. in a relevant analytic or technical discipline.
• Have demonstrated project leadership experience for analytic efforts from formulation through execution, including development of analytic approaches, team building, sponsor engagement, schedule and budget management, and delivery of results.
• Have experience applying a DOTMLPF or equivalent framework to complex operational problems and new capabilities.
• Have experience integrating operational analysis with modeling and simulation, mission engineering, or other quantitative analytic approaches.
• Have experience building and leading multidisciplinary technical teams and mentoring less-experienced staff.
• Have experience developing new analytic opportunities, proposals, or follow-on work and building sustained sponsor relationships.
• Have experience leveraging data-driven or AI-enabled tools to enhance analytic insight while maintaining operational realism.
• Possess an active Secret clearance or higher.