INTERDISCIPLINARY OPERATIONS RESEARCH ANALYST/DATA SCIENTIST

INTERDISCIPLINARY OPERATIONS RESEARCH ANALYST/DATA SCIENTIST

Department: Department of the Navy

Location(s): Patuxent River, Maryland

Salary Range: $143913 - $197200 Per Year

Job Summary: You will serve as an INTERDISCIPLINARY OPERATIONS RESEARCH ANALYST/DATA SCIENTIST in the Air Systems Group of NAVAIRWARCENAC DIV.

Major Duties:

• You will serve as the Readiness and Fleet Analytics (RFA) Division Technical Lead across four independent analytics branches.
• You will provide technical direction, mentorship, and training, including providing hands-on guidance to a diverse and interdisciplinary workforce composed of data scientists, engineers, logisticians, and data analysts.
• You will support and mentor readiness analysts, supply analysts, Smart data analysts, CBM+ IT developers, modeling and simulation developers, and software programmers both within and external to the division.
• You will be responsible for identifying, scoping, and managing innovation initiatives that leverage advanced analytics, machine learning, AI, and modern data science techniques to improve fleet readiness and operational outcomes.
• You will lead the development and submittal of research proposals, securing funding from various sources and overseeing execution.
• You will facilitate and assist the branch heads with the definition of requirements and identification of proper skill sets required to execute products and services within the division for our customers and the fleet.
• You will possess expert-level knowledge of modern data architectures, including enterprise-scale data lakes, cloud-based environments, and associated services.
• You will provide technical leadership in the domain of data engineering, including expertise with extract, transform, and load (ETL/ELT) processes essential to preparing data for analysis.

Qualifications: In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-12/13) or pay band (DP-04) in the federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector as a professional OPERATIONS RESEARCH ANALYST/DATA SCIENTIST. Specialized experience includes: 1) Demonstrates hands-on experience deploying or managing services within an AWS environment on specific projects, shows understanding of core services (e.g., EC2, S3). 2) Clearly describes experience translating complex technical strategies to both technical teams and non-technical leaders. 3) Experience architecting data pipelines or analytics solutions that integrate multiple NAVAIR data source, Understands the complexities of the NAVAIR data ecosystem. 4) Details experience leading complex technical projects (e.g., data migration, system integration), including planning, risk management, and full lifecycle responsibility. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

How to Apply: Click the Apply Online button to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes: 1. Complete resume with relevant experience, job title, duties and accomplishments. Resumes are restricted to no more than 2 pages. Illegible/unreadable resumes will not be considered. Your resume must show complete information for each job entry to support minimum qualifications. The following information should be provided in your resume, but it is acceptable to provide elsewhere in your application package: employer's name, starting and end dates (Mo/Yr), hours per week if experience was less than full time (35-40 hours per week), pay plan, series and grade level (e.g. GS-0201-09) for relevant federal experience. TIP: A good way to ensure you include all essential information is to use the Resume Builder in USAJOBS to create your resume. 2. Supporting documentation Failure to submit a complete application package will result in an ineligible rating and loss of consideration. Your complete application must be received by 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 01/22/2026. Applications received after 01/22/2026 will generally result in an ineligible rating and loss of consideration. If more than one resume is received, only the last resume received and processed will be reviewed. NOTE: To check the status of your application or return to a previous or incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS account: https://mydon.usajobs.gov/Account/Login select Application Status, and click on the more information link under the application status for this position. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process so please plan appropriately. You are encouraged to apply online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the status of your application. Do not email or send hard copy resumes/applications to the Contact Information or Agency Information listed in this vacancy announcement. All resumes/applications received at the addresses listed in the Contact Information or Agency Information will be destroyed and will not be considered for this vacancy announcement. It is the applicant's responsibility to verify that all information in their resume and documents are legible and accurate. HR will not modify answers/documents submitted by an applicant.

Application Deadline: 2026-01-22