DoD Military Analyst
About The Position
Charles River Analytics, a GRVTY company, is seeking a Military Analyst to work on-site with a client on a defense innovation project. The role serves as a technical simulation expert, configuring, adapting, troubleshooting, and enhancing military simulation capabilities in support of wargaming, experimentation, analysis, training, and operational decision-making. The analyst will connect customer mission and analysis needs with simulation-system configuration and model behavior, translating operational questions into executable simulation scenarios. The role also involves extending or modifying simulation models and scenario configurations, identifying performance or fidelity issues, and gathering actionable product feedback. The position supports joint operational and strategic planning, including integrated military operations across the Indo-Pacific region, and requires work in a military customer environment under applicable classification and data-handling rules.
Requirements
- Graduate degree in engineering or a related field.
- Over 10 years of experience in joint operational strategic planning and the Pacific theater.
- Active TS/SCI clearance.
- Demonstrated expertise in joint operational and strategic planning, including work with joint planning leadership and command.
- Hands-on experience generating military plans using multiple data, simulation, quantitative, and qualitative information sources to support data-driven command-level decision-making.
- Experience working with diverse technical teams to identify challenges and opportunities in the joint planning process and support advanced AI planning enhancements.
- Ability to diagnose issues in data and information sources, including model behavior, data issues, and system integration issues.
- Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional teams of joint planners and subject matter experts developing plans and guidance for integrated military operations across the Indo-Pacific region.
- Ability to collaborate with operators, analysts, planners, trainers, and subject matter experts to clarify mission context.
- Experience documenting assumptions, limitations, data pedigree, measures, uncertainties, and risks related to interpretation.
- Ability to work in a military customer environment and follow classification and data-handling rules while maintaining customer trust.
Nice To Haves
- Recent experience supporting joint planning teams, with knowledge of current planning challenges, opportunities, and command priorities.
- Deep understanding of current Pacific theater best practices and exercise conduct.
- Experience in military wargaming, campaign analysis, mission-level simulation, constructive simulation, or agent-based simulation.
- Familiarity with military operations, joint or coalition planning, force structure, command and control, weapons and sensors, logistics, or mission analysis.
- Experience leading multinational and multi-service planning teams.
- Experience with response plans for forward-deployed military forces in the Western Pacific theater.
- Experience briefing joint planning leadership and command.
Responsibilities
- Configure, adapt, troubleshoot, and enhance advanced military simulation capabilities.
- Translate customer operational questions and mission needs into executable simulation scenarios.
- Extend or modify simulation models and scenario configurations as needed.
- Identify performance, fidelity, data, model behavior, and system integration issues.
- Gather actionable feedback on the simulation product.
- Generate military plans using multiple data, simulation, quantitative, and qualitative information sources to support data-driven command-level decision-making.
- Work with technical teams to identify challenges and opportunities in the joint planning process and support development of AI planning enhancements.
- Lead cross-functional teams of joint planners and subject matter experts in developing plans and guidance for integrated military operations across the Indo-Pacific region.
- Collaborate with operators, analysts, planners, trainers, and subject matter experts to clarify mission context.
- Document assumptions, limitations, data pedigree, measures, uncertainties, and risks related to interpretation.
- Operate in a military customer environment while adhering to classification and data-handling rules and maintaining customer trust.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation, bonus, and retirement contribution.
- 100% employer-paid medical and dental insurance.
- Vision insurance.
- Life insurance.
- Disability insurance.
- Paid maternity and paternity leave.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Monthly gym allowance.
- Free parking.
- Generous paid time off.
- Flexible work arrangements and emphasis on work-life balance.
- Casual environment.
- Access by public transportation.
- Employee ownership.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
