Program/System Analyst

Roles/Responsibilities:

• Perform a variety of routine Operations, Test and Evaluation (T&E) analytical tasks designed to provide experience and familiarization with T&E methodologies, practices, and programs.
• Works under the guidance and direction of an engineer; assignments screened for unusual or difficult problems and techniques; procedures to be applied to the solution of problems will be selected by an engineer or supervisor.
• Provide professional T&E support within task resources allocated.
• Perform portions of T&E tasks under the detailed direction of an engineer.
• Provide administrative support performing tasks that are specific and broad in scope but increasing in complexity; tasks are designed to enable increasing independent accomplishment; assignments are screened for unusual or difficult problems and techniques.
• Apply commonly used equations and techniques to evaluate and solve assigned problems or systems.
• Coordinate with others to ensure all safety, security, environmental, and community concerns are adequately addressed.
• Serves as an expert in programming and data reduction and analysis scripts in Perl (preferred) and/or Python.

Required Skills and Education: Multiple M&S positions available from mid-level to senior roles.

• Minimum of:
  • Associate's Degree in Business or other closely related technical discipline.
  • Ten (10) or more years of progressively responsible experience in the management of acquisition programs to include - one (1) year as the team leader of an acquisition project, and an additional three (3) years as a practicing analyst responsible for a functional area of an acquisition program. Experience must demonstrate one (1) or more of the following:
  • Knowledge of the Material Solution Analysis, Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction, Engineering and Manufacturing Development, and Production and Deployment phases of the acquisition process.
  • Sufficient familiarity with modern qualitative and quantitative analysis tools to apply to the solution of problems and to provide guidance on the selection and use of such tools.
  • Knowledge of modeling and measuring techniques, mathematics, statistical methods, engineering methods, operational mathematics techniques, and other principles of scientific and economic disciplines in determining solutions.
  • Knowledge with systems integration techniques, system trade-off analysis, and/or program planning.

Preferred Experience:

• Experience in integrated test philosophy, test regulations, and coordinated test and evaluation programs.
• Familiar with drawings, specifications practices, formats, and procedures.
• Proficiency in programing Perl or Python to:
  • Maintain existing Perl/Python scripts.
  • Developing new Perl/Python scripts, as needed, for analysis.
• Script scenarios on provided M&S tools (i.e. SPTK).
• Oral and written communication such as briefings, authoring technical papers, etc.

Security Clearance:

• SECRET security clearance is required.

When you work for JRAD you will never be just a number. We put people before profits!

JRAD is committed to the health and well-being of its employees. We offer more paid time off than the average company upon hire and the following benefits are available to all full-time employees:
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Life & Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
Section 125 Flexible Spending Accounts for unreimbursed medical & dependent day care
Disability Insurance
401K Plan
Tuition Reimbursement

JRAD is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

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