Operations Research Analyst, U. S. CYBER COMMAND – J8 DIRECTORATE Job in Fort Meade

Salary: $121,785 - $166,440 per year.

To qualify for this GG-13 Operations Research Analyst role, you must meet both the core education need and specialized expertise. This is a Cyber Excepted Offering (CES) post unseal to U.S. Citizens. Veterans' preference puts in.

• Degree: in operations research; or at least 24 semester hours in a combination of operations research, mathematics, probability, statistics, mathematical logic, science, or subject-matter courses requiring substantial competence in college-level mathematics or statistics. At least 3 of the 24 semester hours must have been in calculus.
• Specialized background: one year of know-how equivalent to the GG/GS-12 grade level that reveals using operations research analysis (ORA) concepts and quantitative techniques to carry out involved cyberspace operations planning and assessment studies.
• Expertise planning and carrying out strategic assessments, such as planning objectives, documenting and reporting findings both orally and in writing to many audiences.
• Experience translating plan objectives into feasible studies though managing timelines and financial constraints to document bearing, threat, and feasibility.
• Foreign education: if using education finished in foreign colleges or universities, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization specializing in interpretation of foreign education programs and deemed equivalent to accredited U.S. Education.
• This role is in the Expert perform category at the Experienced operate level within the CES Occupational Layout.
• Who May Put in: U.S. Citizens; Veterans; and others who encounter one of the employment authority categories listed in the announcement.
• Army CES positions register Veteran's Preference to preference eligible candidates as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C.

Lead or consult on application of operations research analysis techniques and tools on a larger study group.

• Run and make substantive contributions to complicated cyberspace operations planning and assessment studies.
• Represent the J8 and Command at suitable venues to influence picking of additional assessment topics and in-depth analysis of complex matters.
• Engage in and contribute substantively to iterative discussions with stakeholders to incorporate additional insights and complicating features into ORA models.
• Contribute to integration of strategic assessment findings into the specific forms needed by the DoD program planning routine.
• Define and execute project blueprints for the carry out of own strategic assessments, as well as those requiring crew attempt.
• Keep up awareness of and integrate other DoD strategic assessments to prevent duplicating underway assessments or regenerating already-available findings.

Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a wrapped up background investigation.

• Appointment to this role is subject to a three-year probationary period unless the appointee has previously met the needs as described in DoDI 1400.25 V3005.
• Must undergo and successfully wrap up an early and periodic Counter-Intelligence Polygraph (CI Poly) examination with No Deception Indicated (NDI).
• This is a Drug Testing Designated Role; incumbent must sign a DA Form 5019-R.
• Must be fit to obtain and uphold a Top Secret with access to SCI security clearance.
• Work may occasionally need travel away from the standard responsibility station on military and/or commercial aircraft.
• May be recalled to task, may want to function other than typical duty hours (evenings, weekends, holidays), and may require to perform overtime.
• Male candidates born after December 31, 1959 must finalize a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Solution Registration.
• Straight Deposit of Pay is called for.

Finish gains package as a federal employee, including health insurance, retirement, and paid exit.

• Eligibility for advantages depends on the sort of post (full-time, part-time, or intermittent).
• Recruitment and Relocation incentives MAY be authorized for very qualified candidates.
• Refined In-Hire incentive MAY be approved for extremely qualified candidates.
• Cutting Depart Accrual incentive MAY be authorized for very qualified applicants.

Once the announcement closes, a assess of your submission package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will determine whether you gather the qualification conditions.

• Your resume must obviously outline your related background; if qualifying based on education, transcripts will be needed.
• You’ll be evaluated located on how well you encounter the qualifications above.
• If you inflate your qualifications or know-how, you may forfeit consideration.
• Veterans' preference is applied under DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 3005.

Resume: Cyber Excepted Offering positions aren’t subject to the two-page resume limit. Upload your packed resume to your the authorized submission portal profile using the document type 'Other Documents'. Cover employer label, role title, begin and end dates (month and year), hours worked per week, and a description of responsibilities.

• Responses to the online questionnaire.
• Proof of Eligibility: documents proving you gather one of the employment authority categories (e.g., veteran's preference documentation, if relevant).
• Cover Letter (optional).
• Most latest Performance Appraisal (if suitable).
• If relying on education: transcripts showing degree or course operate. Foreign education must be evaluated for equivalency.
• Don’t involve classified data in your submission package.

To put in, unseal the formal submission portal and with your the authorized submission portal/Login.gov account. Wrap up the online federal submission questionnaire. Attach your federal resume (uploaded as 'Other Documents') and all called for supporting documents. Verify your submission package is finalize and precise, then hand in before 11:59 PM (EST) on 07/28/2026. Your uploaded documents may grab up to one hour.

This is a DOD Cyber Excepted Solution (CES) position in the Excepted Offering under 10 USC 1599f.

• If you’re a present federal path/career-conditional employee, you’ll be placed on an excepted appointment.
• Shortlisting is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
• Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
• Pay contains relevant locality settle or Local Market Supplement.
• Payment of Permanent Adjust of Station (PCS) charges isn’t cleared.
• This is a 36 Profession Field role.
• Agency contact: Army Candidate Assist Desk. Address: KB-W6HWAA US CYBER COMMAND, don’t MAIL, Fort Meade, MD 20755 US.
• If you give an email address, you’ll get an email acknowledging receipt of your submission.

U.S. CYBER COMMAND (USCYBERCOM) is a unified combatant command of the Department of Defense responsible for directing, synchronizing, and coordinating cyberspace planning and operations. The J8 Directorate focuses on tools, assessments, and force development to aid cyber missions. This role lets you contribute directly to strategic cyberspace operations planning and assessment within a critical national security body. U. S. CYBER COMMAND

• J8 DIRECTORATE is named as the hiring organization for the Operations Research Analyst post.

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