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Senior Operations Research/Data Science

Monterey, California🌐 Remote💼 Full-time💰 $190,000–$190,000🗓 2026-09-18 → 2026-09-26

Core

Design and optimize defense systems and data analysis products for the Department of Defense (DoD) using operations research, machine learning, and data science methods.

Role type

Senior Operations Research/Data Scientist (IC)

Builds

Data-driven decision analysis products, interactive analytics dashboards, and optimized testing/evaluation capabilities for DoD modernization.

Domain

National Security / Defense / Operations Research

Deliverable

production ML models | dashboards & analysis | client delivery

Required skills

Operations research methods, Python, R, SQL, Jupyter Notebooks, RShiny/pyShiny/Dash, time series analysis, geospatial data analysis, statistical modeling, custom algorithm development, data mining, stakeholder requirement gathering, technical documentation, hands-on tool training.

Preferred skills

Military ORSA experience, DoD lab computing restrictions experience, knowledge of military force structure/tactical messaging, JADC2 event experience, JSF acquisition program experience, TENA/JMETC knowledge, DoD cybersecurity policy knowledge.

Responsibilities

Analyze DoD Test & Evaluation data to provide insights for decision-making; develop and interpret analytic products using supervised/unsupervised methods; operate and demonstrate CHEETAS tools to stakeholders; gather requirements and provide feature requests for tool development; conduct impromptu hands-on training for end users; communicate analysis results to technical and non-technical audiences.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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