Senior Nuclear Enterprise Systems Analyst

We have multiple openings for a Senior Nuclear Enterprise Analyst to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment. You will work with multi-disciplinary teams to deliver software and analytic capabilities on topics of importance to the nuclear enterprise including infrastructure workforce and stockpile modeling and modernization program planning. These positions support the Associate Program Leader for Nuclear Weapons Evaluation and Planning within the Weapons Infrastructure Program and reports administratively to the System and Policy Analysis Group in the Computational Engineering Division within the Engineering Directorate.

Depending on your assignment these positions may offer a hybrid schedule blending in-person and virtual presence. You may have the flexibility to work from home one or more days per week.

These positions will be filled at either level based on knowledge and related experience as assessed by the hiring team. Additional job responsibilities (outlined below) will be assigned if hired at the higher level.

You will

• Work closely with a team of systems analysts engineers computer scientists and program management to design and productionize nuclear enterprise analytics tools including those for current stockpile modernization programs.
• Translate ambiguous sponsor and customer problem statements into clear analytical objectives success criteria data requirements and executable analysis plans.
• Lead and support efforts to collect catalog and interpret data for use in mathematical models including population of databases and use of visualization tools.
• Develop and apply optimization simulation and risk-informed analysis methods including scenario and sensitivity/uncertainty analyses to support decision-making under uncertainty.
• Build and maintain effective collaborations and working relationships with the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and Department Of War (DOW) enterprise modeling communities including assisting in engagement of relevant decision makers.
• Lead development of software tools such as native applications dashboards and web-based tools that support systems analysis operations nuclear stockpile infrastructure and workforce domains.
• Independently execute and perform quality assurance (QA) complex analyses and post-processing under limited direction delivering tailored final reports and briefings that translate technical results into actionable decisions for senior sponsors.
• Participate in the Systems Analysis Group Nuclear Enterprise Working Group and engage other team members to share relevant knowledge opinions and recommendations.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Additional job responsibilities at the SES.4 level

• Develop creative program growth opportunities through interactions with current and potential sponsors and creation of proposals.
• Serve as project coordinator and/or principal investigator for high-visibility efforts with competing priorities and loosely defined deliverables establishing scope milestones decision points and acceptance criteria to ensure on-time high-quality delivery.
• Build and maintain senior-level collaborations with NNSA DOW and other stakeholders by directly engaging relevant decision makers and aligning concepts to national priorities.
• Build lead and manage multiple technical teams and supervise analysts to execute work balance competing customer and partner priorities and meet deadlines.
• Serve as prime consultant or technical point of contact to senior-level management and external sponsors by communicating technical milestones and providing technical input to refine new concepts.

Qualifications :

• Ability to secure and maintain a U.S. DOE Q-level security clearance which requires U.S. citizenship.
• Bachelors degree in operations research engineering physics applied mathematics computer science economics or a related field or an equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• Significant experience managing and/or motivating multidisciplinary teams and collaborating across disciplines and/or organizations to achieve project objectives; partnering with other laboratories and/or external organizations as necessary.
• Significant experience as a project coordinator and/or principal investigator of projects with competing priorities loosely defined deliverables and high visibility.
• Advanced knowledge and significant experience in independently executing analyses performing post-processing and delivering tailored reports and final deliverables under limited direction applying strong analytical problem-solving and decision-making skills to solve complex problems.
• Significant experience developing software applications and performing analysis with either Python SQL TypeScript Go or C within Windows or Linux environments.
• Demonstrated ability to translate ambiguous problem statements into analytical approaches including defining objectives success criteria data needs and analytical methods.
• Advanced written and verbal communication skills to prepare present and document technical information to diverse audiences.
• Significant experience working with multidisciplinary teams of scientists engineers analysts and project managers to develop and apply capabilities that inform decisions.
• Ability to travel off-site for sponsor and customer interaction.

Additional qualifications at the SES.4 level 

• Highly advanced experience developing project management plans that address scope schedule and budget.
• Demonstrated highly effective leadership of multidisciplinary teams in end-to-end loosely defined systems analysis efforts including framing decision problems developing alternatives executing trade studies and briefing recommendations to sponsors/customers.
• Expert communication facilitation and collaboration skills to effectively present explain and advise senior management external partners and sponsors.
• Expertise in one or more computational disciplines such as risk analysis systems analysis decision analysis data analytics statistical modeling modeling and simulation control systems or systems engineering.

Qualifications We Desire

• Masters degree or PhD in operations research engineering physics applied mathematics computer science economics or a related field or an equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• Significant experience collaborating with the DOE NNSA and DOW and/or other interagency partners.
• Significant experience and interest in applying AI tools in technical workflows including evaluation of outputs for correctness bias/hallucination risk protection of sensitive information and integration into repeatable processes.
• Experience mentoring and developing junior staff.

Pay Range

$175530 - $267060 Annually

$175530 - $222564 Annually for the SES.3 level

$210630 - $267060 Annually for the SES.4 level

This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting; pay will not be below any applicable local minimum wage. An employees position within the salary range will be based on several factors including but not limited to specific competencies relevant education qualifications certifications experience skills seniority geographic location performance and business or organizational needs.

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