Management and Program Analyst

Duties
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• Provides leadership and facilitates technical and functional subject matter experts in selecting and applying project management disciplines.
• Performs Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) duties and supports the Contracting Officer (CO) by providing technical and project-specific inputs for contract documentation.
• Develops procurement strategies, defines source selection criteria, and participates in source evaluation activities.
• Leads SMEs in the review, assessment, and refinement of capabilities development strategies, specifications, and plans.
• Provides project management oversight for software and hardware development.
• Identifies and resolves program/project management or technical obstacles.
• Briefs senior management on recommendations and rough orders of magnitude (ROM) for budget and schedule projections.
• Conducts assessments and analyses to maximize value, and to identify/implement cost-saving strategies.
• Leads and manages definition, validation, justification, and execution of resources for projects.
• Identifies and assess cost, schedule, performance, and risk issues, and to deliver acquisition expertise.

Requirements
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Conditions of employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Three year trial/probationary period may be required.
• May be recalled to duty, may be required to work other than normal duty hours, which may include evenings, weekends, and/or holidays, and may be required to work overtime.
• May occasionally require travel away from the normal duty station on military and/or commercial aircraft.
• This position has been designated as a Testing Designated Position (TDP). Employee must pass initial and periodic random drug testing.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a TOP SECRET SCI clearance as a condition of employment and must complete a counterintelligence scope polygraph exam.
• Must meet NSA personnel security requirements outlined in NSA/CSS Policy 5-1.
• This position has a Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of 10% of the time.
• This is an Army Acquisition, Logistics and Technology Workforce position. Selectee must meet position requirements for (Program Management) certification within 60 months as of entrance on duty.
• This is a Defense Acquisition Workforce (AWF) position. The employee must meet the DoDI 5000.66 requirements applicable to the Career Category/Functional Area and the Career Level Certification assigned.
• Advanced Career Level Certification must be met within 4 years.
• See "Additional Information"

Qualifications

CYBER EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITIONS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE TWO-PAGE RESUME LIMIT. YOUR FULL RESUME WILL NEED TO BE UPLOADED TO YOUR USAJOBS PROFILE USING THE DOCUMENT TYPE "OTHER DOCUMENTS".

Who May Apply:
Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

Army CES positions apply Veteran's Preference to preference eligible candidates, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 3005, "CES Employment and Placement". If you are a veteran claiming veterans' preference, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., you must submit documents verifying your eligibility with your application package.

In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document .

This position is in the Professional Work Category at the Senior Work Level within the CES Occupational Structure.

To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe 1 year of specialized experience that demonstrates the possession of knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies necessary for immediate success in the position. Such experience is typically in or directly related to the work of the position to be filled.

Specialized experience would be demonstrated by 1) Experience with regulation and/ or execution of a ride range of IT management activities that typically extend and apply to an entire organization; 2) identifies and resolves program/project management or technical obstacles such as workforce planning, policy and standards development, and information security planning and management; 3) advise management on thorough analysis and consideration of alternative approaches for system design, resource management, and strategic planning; and 4) report on functionality of system interrelationships, optimal software and hardware configurations, data storage, and classification needs.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

• If you are a current federal career/career-conditional employee, you will be placed on an excepted appointment.
• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
• You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
• Direct Deposit of Pay is required.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance.
• Incumbent (or Selectee) is required to satisfactorily complete the appropriate training and obtain the required certification/recertification for this position as outlined in DoDM 8140.03 Cyberspace Workforce Qualification and Management Program dated 15 February 2023.
• Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
• If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet.
• This is a(n) Management and Program Analysis Career Field position.
• Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
• Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
• When you perform a Civilian Permanent Change of Station (PCS) with the government, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) considers the majority of your entitlements to be taxable. Visit https://www.dfas.mil/civilianemployees/civrelo/Civilian-Moving-Expenses-Tax-Deduction/ for more information.
• Permanent Change of Station (PCS) allowances may be authorized, subject to the provisions of the Joint Travel Regulations and an agency determination that a PCS move is in the Government Interest.
• Relocation/Recruitment incentive MAY BE authorized to highly qualified candidate. Must sign a service agreement if incentive(s) is/are authorized
• Student loan repayment, advanced leave accrual, and advanced in-hire rate may be authorized.
• This position may allow for "situational" telework