Management and Program Analyst

Full Job Description

About the Position: This position is a DOD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) personnel system position in the Excepted Service under 10 USC 1599f.

Employees occupying CES positions are in the Excepted Service and must adhere to U.S. Code, Title 10, as well as Department of Defense Instruction 1400.25.

This position is located at the Fort Meade, Maryland. 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.

Major Duties:

• 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.