SOC 15-2031 · Job decomposition
Operations Research Analysts
What this job actually does, classified into Automate, Augment, and Human-only. Decomposed from 6 canonical roles mapped to this SOC across Nuvepro's real-world JD corpus.
108,510
U.S. employment
BLS OEWS
$88,940
Median annual wage
BLS OEWS
43%
AEI exposure
Anthropic Economic Index
89
Distinct tasks
From 6 roles
Task mix (by distinct task)
Automate · 6 (7%)
Augment · 68 (76%)
Human-only · 15 (17%)
Automate
6 of 6
AI does it end-to-end
- Validate incoming data against established standards and criteria.6 jobs · 1 role · 83% confidence
- Schedule data acquisition activities to ensure timely data availability.4 jobs · 1 role · 100% confidence
- Cleanse data to ensure high quality and accuracy.3 jobs · 1 role · 67% confidence
- Create analytical reports for technical and business owners.3 jobs · 1 role · 100% confidence
- Gather data needed to maintain continuous communication during critical issues.3 jobs · 1 role · 100% confidence
- Maintain analytical reports used by technical and business owners.3 jobs · 1 role · 100% confidence
Augment
12 of 68
Human + AI together
- Write Operations Orders as required.12 jobs · 1 role · 100% confidence
- Identify, analyze, and evaluate complex Operations Orders, SOPs, policies, processes, and instrumentation related to WFXs, Risk Reduction Events, and steady state operations.10 jobs · 1 role · 100% confidence
- Support the planning, preparation, execution, and assessment of the Warfighter Exercise (WFX) program.10 jobs · 1 role · 100% confidence
- Use analytical tools to produce After Action Reports (AARs).10 jobs · 1 role · 90% confidence
- Produce digital SCP as required.9 jobs · 1 role · 100% confidence
- Produce orders cross-walks.9 jobs · 1 role · 100% confidence
- Maintain documentation of data sources, extraction processes, and flow diagrams.6 jobs · 1 role · 100% confidence
- Analyze system performance to ensure optimal processing efficiency.5 jobs · 1 role · 100% confidence
- Develop and administer software packages used to analyze system and batch performance.5 jobs · 1 role · 100% confidence
- Identify tuning opportunities to improve run-time optimization.5 jobs · 1 role · 100% confidence
- Leverage AI tools to improve efficiency in data acquisition.5 jobs · 1 role · 100% confidence
- Perform problem determination and analysis.5 jobs · 1 role · 100% confidence
Human-only
12 of 15
Judgment, taste, accountability
- Cross-train as workstation controller when feasible.12 jobs · 1 role · 100% confidence
- Oversee solutions delivered for the Army’s warfighter program.9 jobs · 1 role · 56% confidence
- Serve as the WFX point of contact (POC).9 jobs · 1 role · 100% confidence
- Oversee constructive training work for the Army’s warfighter program.6 jobs · 1 role · 100% confidence
- Oversee constructive training work.5 jobs · 1 role · 100% confidence
- Support business continuity activities.5 jobs · 1 role · 100% confidence
- Advise Navy leaders on surface warfare issues and readiness improvements.4 jobs · 1 role · 100% confidence
- Participate in stakeholder meetings to gather data requirements and understand project objectives.4 jobs · 1 role · 75% confidence
- Take ownership of assigned project tasks.4 jobs · 1 role · 100% confidence
- Train and mentor junior researchers on data acquisition and management practices.4 jobs · 1 role · 100% confidence
- Act as a contact point for stakeholders outside the immediate function.3 jobs · 1 role · 100% confidence
- Guide team members.3 jobs · 1 role · 100% confidence
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