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Operations Research Analyst - Associate Level

Location: Arlington or Merrifield, VA (Onsite)

Position Type: Full Time

Clearance Required: TS/SCI

At BB6 Defense, we solve problems before they happen, deliver results when it matters most, and thrive in high-stakes environments. We're building a team of mission-driven professionals who bring precision, agility, and expertise to the fight.

We are seeking an Operations Research Analyst - Associate Level to support space defense analysis. In this role, you'll clean, aggregate, and analyze data, build dashboards, and develop the quantitative analysis that gives decision-makers a rational basis for action.

What You'll Be Doing

Cleans, aggregates, and analyzes data in Envision Environment.
Builds dashboards in PowerBI.
Develops and implements new research objectives, establish project priorities, defines methods to approach and execute the study.
Provides scientific conclusions and interpretations.
Analyzes actual and predicted, interacting, and operational activities of a military, governmental, or business system to obtain a quantitative, rational basis for decision-making through the application of logic and scientific or economic disciplines and techniques.
Participates in planning, scheduling, and coordinating selected analytical process phases or assists in working any selection of subcomponents of the process or system under analysis.
Devises modeling and measuring techniques; utilizes mathematics, statistical methods, simulations, operational mathematics techniques (linear programming, game theory, probability theory, symbolic language, etc.) and other principles and laws of scientific and economic disciplines.
Applies extensive technical expertise and has knowledge of other related disciplines.
Guides the successful completion of analysis.
Develops technical solutions to complex problems that require the regular use of ingenuity and creativity.
Work is performed without appreciable direction.
Exercises considerable latitude in determining technical objectives of assignment.

What You Bring to the Fight

Active TS/SCI clearance.
Master's degree in Analysis related field.
7 years of analysis experience.
Experience manipulating data from Excel spreadsheets.
Ability and motivation to self-teach analysis skills aligned with analysis best practices.
Expected to deliver in a fast-paced, team-oriented work environment.
Ability to combine and analyze disparate data for presentation to senior level decision makers.

Nice to Have

Experience with Cyberspace Warfare, Military Communications and Data Management.
Experience with the USSF, USSPACECOM.
Expertise in satellite communications and satellite constellations.
Experience researching, identifying, and making recommendations on resources and emergent technologies that may improve the execution of future year requirements.
Experience developing display metrics generated from automated data sources.
Experience with a cloud computing system such as ADVANA, ENVISION or PALANTIR.
Experience with model-based systems engineering programs SysML, CAMEO, MagicDraw.
Experience programming with Python, MATLAB, C++ and SQL.

Compensation: $120,000.00 - $160,000.00 per year

BB6 Defense - Let's Go!!

BB6 Defense operates as a high-performance force inside the missions that matter most. We bring world-class expertise, embedded deep within your operation — thinking, planning, and executing with the precision and commitment of a team that has everything on the line. Small in footprint. Unmatched in impact.