OPERATIONS RESEARCH ANALYST

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Duties

At the GS-13 you will perform the below duties: You will coordinate the development and management of data science and artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) projects, including objectives, project plans, schedules, and support requirements. You will work with analysts, engineers, commanders, staff representatives, agency executives, customers, and appropriate organizations. You will translate naval safety questions and operational needs into analytical studies, determine data collection requirements, select and adapt methodologies, organize project phases, and derive conclusions and recommendations. You will design and implement relational or dimensional data models and repeatable data pipelines to extract, integrate, clean, transform, and validate data for analysis. You will develop, test, and document reusable analytical code using tools such as Python and SQL in environments such as Databricks. You will initiate and conduct complex research on safety-related topics, including those with limited precedent, and develop, train, and validate machine learning models for prediction, classification, and risk analysis. You will use statistical analysis and appropriate evaluation methods to assess model performance, assumptions, uncertainty, and limitations. You will evaluate and coordinate requests for data science and machine learning analysis, advise stakeholders on feasibility, and adapt analytical approaches or propose alternative data sources to address data limitations and time constraints. You will develop reports of analytical findings and model conclusions, including charts, tables, dashboards, and presentations. You will provide recommendations that help technical and nontechnical audiences, including senior leaders, make informed safety and risk decisions. At the GS-12 level you will perform the below duties: You will develop reports on model conclusions including charts, tables, dashboards, and presentations. You will be responsible for receiving, coordinating, and modifying requests for modeling simulation to conform to available data. At the GS-11 level you will perform the below duties: You will work under senior analyst's indirect supervision in project development and management, justification, plans, schedules, study plan development and support requirements. You will evaluate knowledge to identify meaningful knowledge.