Senior Operations Analyst for Undersea Warfare

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory•Laurel, MD

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About The Position

The Senior Operations Analyst for Undersea Warfare provides technical contributions and leadership on complex national-security problems supporting the U.S. Navy Sea Control Mission and all-domain and joint warfare superiority. The role analyzes and evaluates Concepts of Operations (CONOPs) for Surface Warfare (SUW), Undersea Warfare (USW), and Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) platforms and sensors. The analyst contributes to problem definition, requirements and metrics development, system assessment, mission-success analysis, and documentation. Working with analysis teams and systems authorities, the role evaluates measures of performance and effectiveness for SUW, USW, and ASW systems. It also assesses system performance, logistics requirements, costs, operational impacts, and potential CONOPs, documenting findings in reports and annotated briefs for Department of War sponsors. The position interacts with Department of War and/or Navy staff to support task execution and work prioritization, and briefs sponsors or command staff on findings. It may involve participation in field tests or sea trials for relevant platforms and sensors. Occasional travel, including multi-day trips or week-long tests, is required.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree and ten or more years of relevant USW/ASW operational or technical experience.
Technical and analytical orientation, curiosity about current and future SUW/USW/ASW systems, and ability to work effectively in a team.
Proven ability to lead small teams.
Initiative, motivation, flexibility, and strong analytical, operational, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
Willingness and ability to travel, including occasional two- to three-day trips or week-long tests.
Ability to work on dynamic projects and prioritize concurrent taskings.
Active Secret security clearance and ability to ultimately obtain a TS/SCI clearance.
U.S. citizenship and eligibility for access to classified information.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in Engineering, Physics, Applied Mathematics, Operations Research, or a relevant technical field.
Experience holding Commander Command, Major Command, and/or sequential Command responsibilities.
Experience working under a Combatant Command Staff and understanding of operational planning, battle management command and control, and joint planning processes, procedures, and functions.
Experience working on Navy or Joint staffs and familiarity with acquisition processes.
Demonstrated understanding of data features and patterns that identify system or component characteristics and behaviors.
Current Top Secret or higher-level security clearance.
Good understanding of potential adversary defensive and offensive capabilities.

Responsibilities

Analyze and evaluate CONOPs for SUW, USW, and ASW platforms and sensors.
Contribute to problem definition, requirements and metrics development, system assessment, analysis of mission success, and documentation.
Work with analysis teams and systems authorities to evaluate measures of performance and measures of effectiveness for SUW, USW, and ASW systems.
Evaluate system performance, logistics requirements, costs, operational impacts, and potential CONOPs.
Prepare reports and annotated briefs for Department of War sponsors.
Interact with Department of War and/or Navy staff to facilitate task execution and prioritize work.
Brief sponsors or Department of War command staff on findings and insights.
Participate in field tests or sea trials for SUW, USW, or ASW platforms and sensors as needed.