Senior Operations Research Analyst

at  Acuity Innovations

Acuity Innovations LLC is a small, woman-owned defense contracting company that provides enterprise architecture, solution design, digital engineering, defensive cyberspace operations, system integration, and test and evaluation products and services that improve performance and decrease decision timelines. Our fundamental, repeatable service offering is bound in architecting, designing, securing, integrating, and verifying the operational readiness of data ecosystems.

Do you want to be part of a unique, small business that differentiates itself by:

• Delivering the best products, integrated systems, and mission capabilities for the warfighter
• Building long-term relationships and treating its employees as family
• Deploying small but powerful High-Performance Teams, like elite Special Forces teams to each task
• Collaborating within and across the Acuity Innovations teams as well as with the customer
• Providing a growth path to partnership/ownership opportunities

If you have this type of passion and desire to be part of a collaborative team environment with the innovation, initiative, and confidence to make things better, then Acuity Innovations may be the right place to realize your personal and professional goals.

Package includes:

• Competitive salary
• 3 weeks paid time off
• 11 Federal Holidays
• Flexible Hours
• Benefits
• Career Development/Mentorship Opportunities
• Company Sponsored Social Events

We seek technical individuals who will succeed in a highly collaborative work environment.
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BRIEF JOB DESCRIPTION:

Acuity Innovations is seeking a Senior Operations Research Analyst (ORSA) to join our team at Schriever SFB in Colorado Springs, CO. US citizenship and a TS/SCI clearance are required.
Successful candidates should have a strong understanding of the development and implementation of mathematical and statistical models to solve various problems across multiple domains. Experience and familiarity with the space domain is preferred.

REQUIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCES:

• Bachelor of Science degree in operations research, systems engineering, or related technical field
• 8+ years of experience
• Design of experiments experience
• Ability to lead a team of highly skilled analysts
• Strong quantitative and analytic abilities to integrate and analyze data
• Technical skill in operations research, modeling and simulation, computer science, big-data analytics, or similar disciplines
• Ability to effectively communicate complex concepts to audiences of varying backgrounds
• Willingness to learn new technical and management domains
• The ability to work in a secure, confined location (i.e., SCIF)
• High motivation, creativity, and flexibility to work in a dynamic environment
• US citizenship and a TS/SCI clearance are required

PREFERRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCES:

• A Masters or Ph.D. in operations research or a theoretical science field
• 10+ years of experience
• Experience in DoD space and joint force programs
• Programming experience with Python, MATLAB, R, SQL, VBA
• Experience developing and implementing mathematical and statistical models
• Experience with Excel VBA

• Technical leadership responsibility with oversight of projects which use: applied mathematics, operations research, data analytics, modeling and simulation, and decision analysis
• Determining the level of analytic rigor required for analysis based on the complexity of the mission area being assessed and the uncertainties of the supporting data
• Understanding customer requirements, adjusting analytical efforts to meet those requirements, and effectively communicating results
• Ability to coordinate with senior managers and decision makers to identify and solve a variety of problems and to clarify management objectives
• Work as part of a contractor team working alongside a broader team of government and contract staff