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Booz Allen Hamilton

Wargaming Specialist

El Segundo, CA

$86K - $198K/yr

Wargaming Specialist The Opportunity: Space has evolved from a peaceful environment into a contested and congested domain. The U.S. Space Force is rapidly expanding to address global threats. Booz ...

Booz Allen Hamilton

Wargaming Specialist

El Segundo, CA · On-site

$86K - $198K/yr

You Have:Experience in wargaming, experimentation, and capability gap assessments for DoW customersExperience with Excel features, including data modeling and PowerPivotExperience performing ...

JANUS Research Group

NY · On-site

$85K - $90K/yr

Career Opportunities withJANUS Research Group Exercises, Experimentation, and Wargaming Analyst Candidates must have an active Top Secret clearance and verify, before applying, that you meet the ...

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Wargaming Specialist

El Segundo, CA • On-site

Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc.
IT Services • 10K+ employees
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$86K - $198K/yr

Full-time

Medical, Life, Retirement, PTO

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Job description

Wargaming Specialist
The Opportunity:
Space has evolved from a peaceful environment into a contested and congested domain. The U.S. Space Force is rapidly expanding to address global threats. Booz Allen enables mission success through advanced technology and enabling services to deliver speed to outcomes.
Our team is sought out to solve the most difficult and amorphous problems. We are seeking prior service members with understanding of how the defense enterprise works and a willingness to problem solve issues big and small. Our teams are tasked with designing, standing up, operating, and optimizing organizations. We're tasked with identifying advanced tools and technology that can expedite military outcomes or reduce staff burden. We're tasked with managing the byproducts of change through project implementation. Each project we take on presents new opportunity.
Join us. The world can't wait.
You Have:
  • Experience in wargaming, experimentation, and capability gap assessments for DoW customers
  • Experience with Excel features, including data modeling and PowerPivot
  • Experience performing prioritization assessments and risk assessments
  • Experience with coding
  • Knowledge of analysis techniques using Python, MATLAB, or R
  • Ability to support general staff functions, including travel planning for senior leaders
  • Ability to travel up to 25% of the time
  • TS/SCI clearance
  • Bachelor's degree

Nice If You Have:
  • Experience as a 15A, FA49, or GS 1515
  • Experience leveraging advanced ORSA tools, including their strengths, weaknesses, and situational applicability
  • Experience formally briefing senior military leaders on complex topics
  • Experience interfacing with external organizations, including Combatant Commands, Field Commands or Major Commands, and the Joint Staff
  • Experience leveraging the DoW's Task Management Tool (TMT)
  • Experience supporting the space military or intelligence communities
  • Knowledge of the U.S. Space Force
  • Master's degree

Clearance:
Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance is required.
Compensation
At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen's benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.
Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual's particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $86,800.00 to $198,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen's total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.
Identity Statement
As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.
Candidate AI Usage Policy
AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.
Work Model
Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration, whether it occurs in person or virtually. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.
  • Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.
  • Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen facility frequently, in alignment with leadership expectations and the needs of the role. You may also be required to work from or visit a customer facility.
  • Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed at a Booz Allen office or customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.

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Booz Allen Hamilton is a leading provider of management and technology consulting services to the US government in defense, intelligence, and civil markets. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, the firm also serves major corporations, institutions, and not-for-profit organizations. Founded in 1914 by Edwin G. Booz, the company has a long-standing tradition of helping clients achieve success by delivering a wide range of consulting services that include strategic planning, human capital and learning, communication, systems development, and others. The company's mission is to empower people to change the world, and it has a reputation for maintaining the highest standards of integrity and-excellence.

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It services

Company size

10,000+ Employees

Headquarters location

McLean, VA, US

Year founded

1914

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