Total 80 science rd research job vacancies in fort belvoir virginia

• Supervises a staff of Market Analysts, Program Analysts, Material/Industrial Engineers, and Economists.
• Places exceptional emphasis on implementing and administering regulations governing the safeguarding of classified information, assuring that subordinates are trained and fully comply with the provisions of security regulations.
• Provides leadership and management to a staff of highly technical professionals responsible for coordinating, developing, and maintaining plans for the operation of Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Strategic Materials.
• Analyzes and modifies short-and-long-range plans, programs, and objectives, recommending major changes to ensure the best possible level of support to the customer, stakeholders, and organization.
• Serves as the primary focal point on numerous issues related to the identification of strategic and critical material requirements and major application areas, and development of cost effective and responsive risk mitigation plans.
• Works closely and collaborates with high level management/personnel from DLA, Military Services, Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD), Joint Staff, other Department of Defense (DoD) and federal entities, US and foreign industry and governments.
• Keeps the Administrator informed on marketing factors such as changes in supply/demand, production, consumption, imports/exports, prices and stock levels and their influence on markets for stockpile materials sales program.

As a Research Civil Engineer (Highway), you will:

• Plan, conduct, and manage research studies utilizing engineering principles and knowledge in the areas of digital project delivery and asset management.
• Utilize engineering principles and knowledge of the digital transformation of infrastructure project delivery to better enable owner agency’s decision-making.
• Develop and promote research and analysis tools and methods to link project delivery and asset management, and improve the understanding of impacts and opportunities of technology (including autonomous vehicles) on the nation’s infrastructure.
• Participate in Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA’s) asset management, digital project delivery, and digital infrastructure programs to assess needs and help advance a lifecycle approach to data management.
• Collaborate with work groups across Department of Transportation (DOT) modes as well as across other Federal agencies, such as the USDOT’s Digital Infrastructure and connected /autonomous vehicle groups.

The ideal candidate:

The ideal candidate for this position is a mid-level professional with extensive expertise and direct experience in methods, practices, data standards, and procedures related to infrastructure project delivery and lifecycle-based asset management. They have an excellent understanding of highway agency needs, challenges and opportunities as the industry undergoes a digital transformation. They also have experience in planning, conducting, managing, and "Continued under Additional Info".

This Operations Research Analyst position is located Security Operations, Administrative Services, Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Duties include but are not limited to:

• Applies experience and advanced technical know ledge of operations research analysis to lead complex analyses and small studies on a quantitative or qualitative basis, formulate overall concepts, evaluate findings, and recommend solutions for determining the effectiveness of field program or operations to meet established goals, measures, and objectives.
• Plans, coordinates, and conducts analytical studies using large volumes of data to projects the likelihood of a terrorist attack and leverages analytical results to improve programmatic operations.
• Participates in the selection and application of mathematics, economics, econometrics, and statistics appropriate to conducting Risk Analytics.
• Provides technical guidance and coordinates efforts involved in carrying out various aspects of assignments, the design of samples and experiments, and the design of evaluation and program monitoring techniques. Monitors, evaluates, and documents the results of work activities and prepares final recommendations.
• Participates in meetings, briefings, presentations, and conferences with other management officials to discuss major program changes, performance metrics, projects milestones, formulates, executives and justifications to influence decisions and provide guidance.
• Identifies mathematical applications to improve existing programs, determines types of data to be collected, formulates study methodologies, and assists functional activities in the implementation of operational segments and data analysis.

• You will develop scientific methods and techniques in the discovery, review, selection, experimentation, operations analysis and warfighting assessments of current and emerging capabilities.
• You will conduct advanced Information Warfare (IW) warfighting capabilities, readiness, doctrine and training analyses.
• You will assess Carrier Strike Group (CSG), Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), and Independent Deployer (ID) Post Deployment Reports to gain insight into shortfalls in existing doctrine and training for IW mission areas.
• You will manage and develop the command's capability assessment inputs and operational analysis products.
• You will analyze mid and post deployment briefs, C2X Sitreps, and strike group lessons learned and develop associated complex problem-solving methods to identify warfighting gaps.
• You will develop innovative analytical approaches, to be applied in the assessment of emerging capabilities and innovating solutions to IW problem sets.
• You will analyze IW related experiment and exercise data, mission essential tasks, doctrine and disseminate those products.
• You will function as a technical authority for IW related metrics used to evaluate Fleet IW readiness.
• You will represent Naval Information Warfighting Development Center (NIWDC) in all matters pertaining to operations analysis, concept development, wargaming, experimentation, test and evaluation.
• You will conduct Navy-wide tactical level warfighting effectiveness assessments across the range of military operations and threat spectrum.

• Serve as a senior Operations Research Analyst and serves as an advisor to the branch chief and division director regarding the performance, operation, and cost of the purchased care system.
• Ensure that the organization’s strategic plan, mission, vision, and values are integrated into the assigned projects’ strategies, goals, objectives, work plans and work products and services.
• Responsible for development and implementation of complex analytical studies pertaining to existing and proposed programs.
• Lead and conduct quantitative/qualitative analysis of policies, programs, and processes related to health care and resource management.
• Direct and perform very complex research and acquires knowledge and understanding of new or revised programs to improve control of costs within the purchased care system
• Use advanced statistical packages specifically including SAS, SAS data tools, SAS Macro language, Stata, and SQL.
• Utilize business intelligence tools Cognos and Business Objects to manipulate large and complicated health data systems, to conduct business case analyses to track cost, utilization, and compliance across the entire spectrum of TRICARE services.
• Contribute to the development of project plans, operating plans and supporting budgets.

This position is being filled under Direct-Hire Auth (Certain DoD Personnel), PL 118-31, Sec 1250B(i)(2), 12/22/2023

As a INTERDISCPLINARY COMPUTER ENG/OPERATIONS RESEARCH ANALYST/COMP SCI at the GS-0854/1515/1550-14 some of your typical work assignments may include:

• Performs a broad range of assessment; analyses; or experimentation of fielded or emerging capabilities/technologies associated with Command, Control, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C2ISR) supporting the Joint commands with national or international responsibilities.
• Is responsible for planning and conducting assessments to include defining purpose, objectives, critical operational issues, metrics; methodology, analysis of results, and providing end-state deliverables as required by customers and sponsors.
• Leads or participates in assessment, integration, and/or interoperability project teams.

• Discuss edited drafts with authors to explain suggested changes in content or format.
• Tactfully explain reasons for any needed changes to authors to secure their cooperation.
• Review manuscripts to assure consistency, and understand and apply necessary copyright laws and permissions, and analyze conclusions to ensure they are consistent with the facts presented.
• Edit written material for use at national and international medical and scientific meetings in support of the broad mission of the Borden Institute.
• Determine and recommend advisability of reorganization, condensation or deletion, and rewriting to clarify confusing passages, and adjust stylistic and logical approaches, refine research methods, and select appropriate information to present.
• Ensure compliance of reprinted material with copyright law and respond to problems or inquiries relating to assigned manuscripts or policy interpretation.
• Edit entire textbooks with an average of 25 chapters on different subjects, as well as visual technical information including tables and figures.

As a Operations Research Analyst (Cost Estimating), GS-1515-13, your typical work assignments may include:

• Advising the Undersecretary for Management (USM), Chief Readiness Support Officer, Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Component Chief Administrative Officers (CAOs) and Senior Real Property Officers on facility and infrastructure cost estimating and analysis issues.
• Leading the Department in cost estimating and analysis policy, policy implementation, and guidance.
• Developing Independent Cost Estimates (ICEs) and assessments of all aspects of facility planning, design and construction engineering to inform the Resource Decision Authority.
• Reviewing, analyzing, and evaluating Program of Requirements and Life Cycle Cost Estimates.
• Conducting compliance reviews to validate project costs and ensure requirements are in alignment with strategic priorities for submittal to the Portfolio Transformation Investment Board and CFO to support facility investments and resource decisions.

• Responsible for formulating and guiding the identification, acquisition, sustainment, and deployment of test technologies, simulations, instrumentations, test support networks, test control systems for operational testing and experimentation.
• Oversees a validation, verification, and accreditation program, employing a risk-based approach to support and inform test technology requirements.
• Applies knowledge of systems engineering/ systems analysis concepts, simulation and data collection technologies, mathematics, and statistics.

• You will manage the internal operations of the International Science Program, to include an internal battle rhythm for a worldwide Department, regular reporting and communications, knowledge management, and research project quality assurance.
• You will orchestrate the annual development and curation of the International Science Program Plan, feeding into the Global Engagement Plan (GEP).
• You will oversee the International Science Program’s Strategic Communication Plan, to include regular reporting and communications to flag/general officers and senior government officials.
• You will maintain regular channels of communications within the International Science Program, through formal and informal interaction, collaboration, and coordination with the Regional Chief Scientists and the Science Directors.
• You will establish new and strengthen existing relationships across ONR and the Naval Research and Development Establishment.
• You will represent the International Science Program in the absence of the Program Manager and conduct other duties as assigned by the International Science Program Manager.

• You will assist in managing and directing the work of 23 Science Advisors that are deployed to operational fleet/ force commands across the globe.
• You will facilitate, coordinate, track and monitor SA program activities.
• You will conceive, organize plans, and assist in the execution of SA program events.
• You will monitor and strengthen relationships and collaboration across Naval resourcing, acquisition, development, and operational organizations.
• You will represent the SA program office in meetings and events.

This position is being filled under DoD Modified Direct-Hire Auth (Certain DoD Personnel), PL 118-31, Sec 1250B(i)(2), 12/22/2023

As a INTERDISCIPLINARY OPERATIONS RESEARCH ANALYST/COMPUTER SCIENTIST at the GS-1515/1550-14 some of your typical work assignments may include:

• Within Wargaming Branch, incumbent supports the analysis and evaluation of joint future concepts and their associated ways and means, incorporates computer hardware and software in the analysis and evaluation of joint future concepts via wargaming to improve delivery of U.S. operational capabilities to the future joint force.
• Participates in the development of experimentation and wargaming events, data collection and analysis plans, to ensure results that will best determine the value of and enable implementation of validated joint concepts and capabilities.
• Conducts research and analysis of joint concept and future capability issues and formulation of recommendations related to the development of Service, multinational, and CJCS level events.
• Participates in developing analyses and feedback for further refinement of joint concepts, white papers, concept required capabilities, and supporting documents within the context of classified Defense Planning Scenarios and associated future threats and technology trends.
• Lead the development and implementation of models, systems, hardware, and software for purposes of wargame adjudication, visualization, and game player processes

As a OPERATIONS RESEARCH ANALYST at the GS-1515-14 some of your typical work assignments may include:

• Provides advice and analysis to senior staff and managers within the Joint Staff, Combatant Commands, and Services, regarding operational issues of major importance to the Department of Defense (DoD) for joint capability development and implementation.
• Leads matrixed personnel involved in major analysis, assessments, and evaluations in support of joint capability development and implementation for senior staff.
• Identifying and integrating related projects or initiatives; identifying issues in need of remediation; conducting
  cost benefit analyses; identifying alternative operational approaches to solving future joint warfighting challenges
• Performs analyses for difficult-to-define, futurist, innovative and new approaches, functions, or processes with major impact on the development of capabilities required by the future Joint Force.
• Performs tasks assigned through use of the Electronic Task Management System (ETMS) to include development of staff packages, documenting proper processing procedures, and the importance of meeting internal and external suspense time frames.

This position starts at a salary of $139,395.00 (GS-14, Step 1) to $181,216.00 (GS-14, Step 10) with promotion potential to $181,216.00 (GS-14 Step 10).

The Intelligence Research Specialist in this position has program planning, direction, or evaluation responsibilities for the research or collection operations of a major geographical area of a functional program with world-wide implications; and they also serve as Government-wide experts in broad fields of research or operation.

Major Duties include but are not limited to:

• Applying a full range of analytical processes and tradecraft to provide and oversee finished intelligence products in support of operations.
• Guiding and usage of Structure Analytic Techniques (SATs) and analytic tradecraft to address unusual problems, which do not appear to be susceptible to treatment by accepted methods.
• Ensuring that the appropriate intelligence disciplines and methodologies are identified and applied to exploitation of information from a variety of sources to generate intelligence products that reveal the following: potential threat identities, associations, and travel/movements; organizational composition, tactics, techniques, and procedures; and threat activities, chronologies, capabilities, resources, and patterns.
• Applying safeguarding procedures and proper handling techniques when working with classified and sensitive but unclassified information.

As a Auditor (Performance), GS-0511-15 MP, you will perform the following duties:

• Serves as OAIE's Director of Innovation, Quality, and Resolution (IQR) reporting directly to the AIG.
• Provides oversight and direction in government-conducted performance audits and reviews.
• Supervises a team that advises AIG on the latest federal oversight practices and recommends innovative approaches for performing OAIE's oversight mission.
• Provides expert counsel to team members on unique, complex, and ambiguous areas.
• Advises senior OIG leaders on project needs or modification to ensure compliance with auditing standards, policy and procedural guidance, and other applicable professional standards and requirements.
• Sets short-term priorities and directs the development, preparation, and completion of annual quality assurance planning, Internal Audit Standards Quality Assurance Reviews, external peer reviews, and special project initiatives.

• Conducts ongoing advanced research into new and innovative approaches to audit work.
• Develops and cultivates relationships with other innovators in the Inspector General community to exchange ideas and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of OAIE audits, inspections, and other oversight activities.
• Consults with Directors and staff within OAIE to gain a better understanding of their work and to brainstorm ideas for process and quality improvements.
• Interprets changes to or new legislation or regulations for impact on OAIE work processes and advises the AIG if such changes necessitate policy or practice adjustments.
• Reviews, updates and/or rewrites OAIE-wide policies to ensure they reflect changing requirements and inform how OAIE work is conducted.

• Ensures that OAIE Quality Assurance (QA) practices are proactive.
• Builds and implements continuous QA measures into all facets of OAIE internal work processes.
• Oversees the design and implementation of processes that ensure OAIE outputs maintain the highest standards of quality.

• Leads OAIE's resolution program to ensure that appropriate and timely action is taken by NSF, grantee or contract management officials in response to all report findings and recommendations.
• Maintains expert knowledge of OMB, NSF, and OIG policies and procedures that govern the resolution and follow-up process.
• Develops and maintains professional working relationships with NSF and National Science Board officials and staff involved in the resolution and implementation process.
• Conducts regular and frequent meetings with high-level NSF officials to discern and ensure that corrective action plans are developed and implemented.