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Senior AFSIM Modeler/Operations Research Analyst
Belong. Connect. Grow. with KBR!
KBR’s National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country’s most critical role – protecting our national security.
KBR is seeking a Senior AFSIM Modeler/Operations Research Analyst who possesses innate curiosity, creativity, adaptive, problem-solving mindset to join our team supporting an exciting and dynamic effort for Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) on location in Reston, VA. The Senior AFSIM Modeler/Operations Research Analyst supports a multi-disciplinary team of operational military subject matter expert, operation research analysts and modelers conducting sponsored directed studies and analyses of complex kill webs.
Why Join Us?
The offered rate will be based on the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities and/or experience and in consideration of internal parity.
KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development.
At KBR, we are passionate about our people, sustainability, and our Zero Harm culture.
These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a more inclusive and diverse company. That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and fosters an environment of real collaboration across cultures and locations. Our individual differences and perspectives bring enhanced value to our teams and help us develop solutions for the most challenging problems. We understand that by embracing those differences and working together, we are more innovative, more resilient, and safer.
KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
R2098931
Senior AFSIM Modeler/Operations Research Analyst
Belong. Connect. Grow. with KBR!
KBR’s National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country’s most critical role – protecting our national security.
KBR is seeking a Senior AFSIM Modeler/Operations Research Analyst who possesses innate curiosity, creativity, adaptive, problem-solving mindset to join our team supporting an exciting and dynamic effort for Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) on location in Reston, VA. The Senior AFSIM Modeler/Operations Research Analyst supports a multi-disciplinary team of operational military subject matter expert, operation research analysts and modelers conducting sponsored directed studies and analyses of complex kill webs.
Why Join Us?
- Innovative Projects: KBR’s work is at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions.
- Collaborative Environment: Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.
- Impactful Work: Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.
- Develop architecture, platform, weapon, system and behavior models.
- Develop and execute an experiment design approach, identify key metrics for simulation output, analyze results, generate insights and information and present findings to DOD Senior Leaders.
- Conduct pre-and post-simulation analyses as needed.
- Apply data analysis techniques to complex simulation output.
- Support the conduct of studies for senior level military decision makers, technology developers, acquisitions professionals for use in CONOPS development, force structure design, resource allocation and target t3echnology insertion.
- Lead technical teams and or tasks
- Location: On-site
- Travel Requirements: Minimal
- Working Hours: Standard
- An active Top Secret clearance with Sensitive Comparted Information (SCI) eligibility is required; additionally must be Special Access Program (SAP) eligible
- High Level of proficiency in AFSIM development/modeling/scripting, to include both implicit and explicit modeling techniques
- Proficient in data analyses tools such as Python, JupyterLab R, MATLAB, etc.
- Strong technical project management skills
- Ability to think creatively and function as part of a high preforming team
- Ability to coordinate with government and external contractor stakeholders to identify and solve a variety of problems and to clarify objectives
- Ability to lead and mentor a technical team
- Excellent communication skills
- BA in Computer Science, Operations Research, Applied Mathemetics, Probability or related field with a minimum of 12 years of relevant experience
- Experience implementing AFSIM models and scenarios to information executive decision making
- Understands software/systems engineering principles and can identify data exchange requirements between software modules and or subsystems
- Familiarity with one of more mission level modeling and simulation environments such as NGTS, ITASE, etc. In addition to AFSIM proficiency
- Knowledge and experience in Joint warfighting capabilities, advance weapons, and current and future operational concepts as we as modeling and simulation of the same
- Experience supporting complex studies
- Experience with C and development of AFSIM APIS
- Experience working within a Linux environment
- Master's degree in computer science, Operations Research, Applied Mathematics, Probability or related field with a minimum of 12 years of relevant experience
The offered rate will be based on the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities and/or experience and in consideration of internal parity.
KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development.
At KBR, we are passionate about our people, sustainability, and our Zero Harm culture.
These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a more inclusive and diverse company. That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and fosters an environment of real collaboration across cultures and locations. Our individual differences and perspectives bring enhanced value to our teams and help us develop solutions for the most challenging problems. We understand that by embracing those differences and working together, we are more innovative, more resilient, and safer.
KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
R2098931
Salary : $168,000 - $182,000
