Job Description

Synectic Solutions is seeking an experienced Operations Research Analyst to support the NAVAIR Sustainment Group (NSG) at Patuxent River, MD. The selected candidate will be dual-hatted, 50/50, as the Reliability Control Board (RCB) Tech Lead and the Sustainment Analytics Tech Lead The candidate will provide analytical and decision-support capabilities to the Analytics Division Director and senior Naval Aviation Enterprise (NAE) leadership. This position is required to be in-person, on-site at NAVAIR Headquarters building # 2272. This is a temporary duty position with the expectations of 8 – 12 months duration and will be replaced by a government civilian. The candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI eligible security clearance.

Salary Range: $125k - 140k

Responsibilities

• Support development and alignment of data, metrics, and analytical tools for NAE Flag Officer/SES forums and NAE North Star performance metrics, ensuring readiness and sustainment alignment across NAVAIR, Business Units, and PEOs.
• Provide subject matter expertise with the NAE Center for Analytics at NAVAIR Headquarters.
• Support development of Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) strategies and conduct Logistics Support Assessments (LSAs) to translate logistics data into actionable insights for leadership.
• Develop & align: data, metrics, analytical tools & processes in direct support of the NAE Flag Officer/SES forums and the NAE North Stars/HUDs led by Sustainment Group.
• Align the readiness & sustainment metrics across NAVAIR, Business Units, PEOs to higher echelon requirements to achieve desired outcomes (CAA, P2P, NIF, GFM, NSB, SPB).
• Develop and improve logistics forecasting/analysis methods, tools, databases, and processes.
• Identify the kind and degree of logistics support changes required to optimize readiness and logistics support effectiveness for in-service support of naval aviation weapons systems.
• Provide in-depth advice and consultation in the process of developing Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) strategies, phase-in schedules, procedures and ILS in-puts to optimize resources and readiness.
• Senior analyst supporting the Reliability Control Board (RCB) Technical Operations and Data Analytics team, applying engineering principles and advanced analytics to enterprise readiness and reliability efforts.
• Provides analytical leadership in support of RCB execution, including degrader analysis, root cause assessment, corrective action evaluation, and development of decision-quality products for RCB forums.

Requirements:

• U.S. Citizen with an active Secret Clearance.
• Master’s degree in management, Technical, or Scientific discipline from an accredited institution.
• Substitution: Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field plus four (4) additional years of relevant experience.
• Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in engineering or operations analysis, including 3 years supporting DoD systems.
• Experience with Tableau and/or Qlik data visualization tools.
• Familiarity with Databricks and Advana / Jupiter data environments.
• Experience using AI-enabled analytics tools is a plus.

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About Synectic Solutions, Inc. (SSI)
Synectic Solutions, Inc. (SSI), is an award-winning, 20-year government contracting agency focused on the areas of logistics, engineering, management, and information technology. SSI is a growing organization committed to exceeding customer expectations, to continually improving all products, services, and processes, and to perform all work with the commitment to upholding the highest standards and ethics.