Sr. Technical Advisor, Research Operations

KBR, Inc.•San Antonio, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

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. Qualified candidates will serve on an analysis team of operations research analysts and operational military subject matter experts. The analyst will work as part of a contractor team working alongside a broader team of government and contract staff.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree in operations research, mathematics, statistics, data science, or other technical field
10+ years of experience
High motivation to provide decision-quality information and recommendations to senior leaders
Ability to communicate effectively across multi-functional teams
Strong quantitative and analytic abilities and critical thinking
Familiarity working with complex and unstructured problems
General understanding of the United States Air Force missions and operations
Willingness to learn about DoD aerospace and joint force programs
Creativity and flexibility to work in a dynamic environment
Ability to work well as part of a team
Ability to work in a secure, confined location (i.e., SCIF)
Active TS/SCI clearance

Nice To Haves

Graduate degree in operations research, mathematics, statistics, data science
Knowledge of military operations, capabilities, or experience in DoD aerospace and joint force programs
Familiarity with at least one major USAF or USSF training focus areas and related mission challenges
Executive briefing skills
Experience with Python, R, JMP, or other analytic software
Experience building analytic dashboards with visualizations of the underlying data
Experience with analysis or assessments
In-depth experience with the Air Force missions and operations is highly desired.
Experience with military operational assessments is also highly desired.

Responsibilities

Coordinate with senior managers and decision makers to identify and solve a variety of problems and clarify management objectives.
Develop analysis or assessment plans.
Integrate and analyze data.
Translate customer requirements and objectives into solvable mathematical or computer problems.
Provide decision-quality information and recommendations to senior leaders.
Brief executives.