Senior Operations Analyst Undersea Warfare

Do you have experience investigating and solving complex issues, and conveying analysis to a variety of audiences?

Are you interested in applying your skills to critical problems supporting national security?

If so, we 're looking for someone like you to join our team at APL.

We are seeking an experienced operations analyst to provide technical contributions and leadership to support continued American all-domain and joint warfare superiority. We are a hardworking team of analysts and operators who apply the latest technology to important problems supporting the US Navy Sea Control Mission. Our group strives to cultivate an environment of innovation and collaboration while working on complex technical challenges that contribute to the security of the United States!

• Your primary responsibility will be to analyze and evaluate Concepts of Operations (CONOPs) of Surface Warfare (SUW), Undersea Warfare (USW) and Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) platforms and sensors.
• You will provide technical contributions in the form of problem definition, requirements and metrics development, system assessment, analysis of mission success, and documentation.
• You will work with analysis team and systems authorities to evaluate and assess measures of performance and measures of effectiveness for SUW, USW and ASW systems.
• You will conduct evaluation of factors such as system performance, logistic requirements, costs, operational impacts, and potential CONOPs, the results of which will be detailed in reports and annotated briefs for delivery to Department of War (DoW) sponsors.
• You will interact with DoW and or Navy staff to facilitate task execution and work prioritization. This includes briefing the sponsor or DoW command staff on the insights of the work and possible participation in field tests or sea trials for SUW, USW or ASW platforms and sensors.

You meet our minimum qualifications for the job if you...

• Have a Bachelor 's Degree with ten or more years of relevant USW/ASW operational/technical experience.
• Are technically and analytically oriented and possess curiosity about both current and future SUW/USW/ASW systems and work well in a team environment with a proven ability to lead small teams.
• Have initiative, motivation and flexibility, and possess strong analytical, operational, problem-solving and organizational skills.
• Are willing and able to travel (i.e., occasional 2-3 day trips or week long tests), are willing to work on dynamic projects, and can prioritize a number of concurrent taskings.
• Hold an active Secret security clearance and can ultimately obtain a TS/SCI level 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.

You 'll go above and beyond our minimum requirements if you...

• Have a Master's degree in Engineering, Physics, Applied Mathematics, Operations Research or relevant technical field.
• Have held Commander Command, Major Command and/or sequential Command responsibilities.
• Have worked under a Combatant Command Staff and have understanding of Operational Planning and battle management command and control and joint planning processes, procedures and functions.
• Have experience working on Navy or Joint staffs and have familiarity with acquisition processes.
• Have demonstrated understanding of features and patterns in data that identify the characteristics and behaviors of systems or components.
• Have a current Top Secret or higher level security clearance.
• Possess a good understanding of potential adversary defensive and offensive capabilities.

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