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Join a team dedicated to safeguarding our nation through advanced tech and innovative solutions. Since 1968, we’ve been a trusted partner to the Department of Defense, delivering cutting-edge projects that make a real impact. Dive into exciting opportunities in Cybersecurity, IT, Data Analytics and more. Propel your career forward and be part of something extraordinary. Your journey starts now-protect and innovate with MANTECH!\nMANTECH seeks a motivated, mission-focused, and analytically rigorous OPERATIONS RESEARCH ANALYST to support Marine Corps mission engineering, warfighting analysis, and capability development efforts in QUANTICO, VA.\nThis is an on-site position supporting government and USMC customers in the evaluation of concepts, capabilities, technologies, and operational approaches through data-driven modeling, simulation, and analysis.\nResponsibilities include but are not limited to:\nConduct quantitative and qualitative analysis of Marine Corps warfighting concepts, mission threads, weapon system capabilities, and concepts of operation in support of mission engineering and operational assessments.\nSupport mission engineering activities by helping define analytic problems, formulate research questions, and develop study plans that model Marine Corps capabilities in warfighting scenarios to assess system effectiveness and performance.\nDevelop and apply analytical methods, run matrices, and evaluation frameworks to assess mission effectiveness, interoperability, capability gaps, integration issues, and trade-space options across Marine Corps, Naval, and joint systems and concepts.\nInterpret analytic results to identify trends, risks, capability gaps, and mission impacts, then translate findings into actionable recommendations that inform experimentation, capability development, and requirements development.\nPrepare and deliver technical research reports, briefings, visualizations, and other analytic products for government stakeholders, warfighters, engineers, and senior leaders.\nCollaborate effectively across cross-functional teams and as needed, serve as a program or project lead for small analytic teams supporting mission-focused studies and related efforts.\nMinimum Qualifications:\nBachelor’s degree in operations research, mathematics, statistics, data science, engineering, physics, computer science, or a related analytical discipline and at least 4 years of experience conducting quantitative analysis, developing analytical models, or supporting modeling, simulation, and analysis efforts. A total of 10 years experience without a degree.\nExperience applying structured analytical methods to complex problems involving multiple variables, objectives, constraints, and uncertainties.\nProficiency with analytical and technical tools such as Python, R, MATLAB, SQL, SAS, SPSS, AFSIM, and data visualization platforms.\nExperience writing technical research reports, , analytic briefings, and visualizations for stakeholders and decision-makers.\nAbility to work effectively with analysts, engineers, weapon system operators, and subject matter experts in a collaborative environment.\nPreferred Qualifications:\nAdvanced degree in Operations Research, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, or related analytical discipline.\nExperience supporting Marine Corps, Navy, or joint warfighting analysis, mission engineering, concept development, experimentation, capability assessments, or requirements development.\nFamiliarity with mission engineering methodology, including mission architectures, mission threads, measures and metrics, and scenario-based analysis.\nExperience conducting trade-off studies, sensitivity analysis, optimization, interoperability assessments, operational effectiveness analysis, or mission-level capability evaluations.\nFamiliarity with simulation modeling environments, data management practices, and traceable analytic products that support decision-making.\nClearance Requirements:\nMust have a current/active TS/SCI security clearance.\nPhysical Requirements:\nOffice work environment with occasional travel to outdoor test and evaluation sites. Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time.\nNeeds to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, meeting spaces, and collaborative work areas.\nThe projected compensation range for this position is $114,600.00-$190,200.00. There are differentiating factors that can impact a final salary/hourly rate, including, but not limited to, Contract Wage Determination, relevant work experience, skills and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location (For Remote Opportunities), education and certifications as well as Federal Government Contract Labor categories. In addition, MANTECH invests in its employees beyond just compensation. 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