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Posted: January 30, 2026 (1 day ago)

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ADMINISTRATIVE/TECHNICAL SPECIALIST

Naval Sea Systems Command

Department of the Navy

Fresh

Location

Salary

$106,437 - $163,514

per year

Closes

February 9, 2026

GS-13 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $88,520 - $115,079

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-12. Expert-level knowledge in field.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This role involves managing and supporting projects related to strategic munitions in the Navy, including planning schedules, handling budgets, and coordinating teams across different departments to ensure everything runs smoothly.

It's ideal for someone with experience in technical project management who enjoys leading complex defense-related initiatives and improving operational efficiency.

A good fit would be a detail-oriented professional comfortable with government processes and cross-functional collaboration.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of specialized experience at GS-11/12 level or equivalent, focusing on analyzing technical project resources, planning schedules, milestones, and deliverables
  • Ability to lead and coordinate multiple projects in research, development, design, manufacturing, testing, evaluation, upgrades, sustainment, acquisition engineering, and life-cycle support
  • Experience managing budgets, tracking expenditures, and handling data calls from project managers and sponsors
  • Skills in coordinating workloads across internal organizations and providing technical leadership on project execution
  • Proficiency in performing audits of project execution, quality factors, and participating in meetings and working groups related to strategic missile defense
  • Familiarity with federal service or equivalent private/public sector experience in program operations

Full Job Description

You will serve as an ADMINISTRATIVE/TECHNICAL SPECIALIST in the Strategic Munitions and Materials Analysis Branch (JXRL), Experimentation and Assessment Division (JXR), of NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER.

The salary range shown above represents all of the positions within the band, including high grade positions.

This is not a high grade position; therefore, the salary may be limited to a GS-13 Step 10 (currently $138,370).

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the NT-04 (GS-11/12 equivalent) pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: analyzing and evaluating technical project resource requirements to develop, plan and execute project schedule, milestones and deliverables to improve efficiency and execution of program operations.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series The Secretary of Defense has ordered a department-wide hiring freeze subject to certain limited exceptions.

This position is subject to the DoD hiring freeze. Offers of employment related to this vacancy announcement will not be executed until the position has an approved exemption.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. Major Duties:

  • You will provide support for Strategic Munitions Evaluation Programs in the Strategic Munitions Branch.
  • You will lead and coordinate multiple projects with core government functions, such as research, development, design, manufacturing, test, evaluation, upgrade, sustainment, acquisition engineering, and life-cycle support.
  • You will be responsible for managing overall Branch and Division Level Strategic Missions Projects.
  • You will manage the overall budget and related data calls from Technical Project Manager(s) and Sponsor(s) and provide budget tracking monthly to Technical Project Manager(s), Sponsor(s), and Customer(s).
  • You will coordinate workload between the many internal Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane organizations performing work in support of the Project.
  • You will provide technical leadership and guidance on overall execution of the Project where appropriate.
  • You will perform audits of Project execution and factors affecting quality as required, participating in various Strategic Missile Defense related meeting and working groups in support of the Project.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 1/30/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 1/31/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: ST-12875453-26-LJD