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Johns Hopkins APL is hiring a mid-level Business Analyst in the operations function based in Laurel, MD. The posting calls out experience with Python, pandas, NumPy, Git and roughly 3+ years of relevant work. Listed education preference: a bachelor's degree or equivalent.

Role: Business Analyst
Function: operations
Level: mid
Track: Individual contributor
Location: Laurel, MD
Experience: 3+ years
Education: Bachelor's degree
Visa: Not sponsored
Department: Systems Engineering
Posted: May 14, 2026

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Systems Analyst role analyzing Weapon Control System modeling and simulation results to evaluate combat system performance. Requires BS in technical field, 3+ years experience, and proficiency in MATLAB/Python. Involves root cause analysis, tool development, documentation, and presentations to leadership.

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Job description

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Description

Are you passionate about applying your analytical skills to help defend our nation against air and missile threats?

Are you looking to work in a challenging, collaborative, and rewarding environment?

If so, we 're looking for someone like you to join our team at APL!

We are seeking a highly motivated Systems Analyst to support combat system performance analysis studies. You will be joining a hardworking team of engineers who are passionate about providing high-impact analysis solutions to support our warfighters. Our team is committed to taking on challenging problems with technical excellence and we strive to foster an environment of collaboration, innovation, and sustained professional growth.

As a Systems Analyst...

You will analyze Weapon Control System (WCS) Modeling & Simulation (M&S) results to evaluate system performance in support of fleet studies, flight test events, and system engineering studies. You will characterize system capabilities and limitations, identify trends and outliers, and perform root cause analysis.
You will contribute to WCS analysis efforts by reviewing requirements, assessing system design, and evaluating algorithms.
You will support concept and feasibility studies to assist in the development of future combat system capabilities and requirements.
You will develop tools in Python and MATLAB to analyze combat system performance and visualize data in innovative ways.

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