PROGRAM ANALYST
Naval Sea Systems Command
Posted: March 19, 2026 (0 days ago)
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United States Fleet Forces Command
Department of the Navy
Location
Salary
$127,646 - $165,945
per year
Type
Full-Time
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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).
This job involves analyzing and improving maintenance programs for Navy ships, submarines, and support vessels like barges to ensure they are ready for missions.
The role focuses on developing strategies, providing expert advice to Navy leaders, and coordinating with various commands to enhance equipment reliability and efficiency.
It's a good fit for someone with deep experience in naval engineering and maintenance who enjoys solving complex problems and briefing high-level officials.
You will serve as a Program Analyst in the Aircraft Carrier/Submarine and Naval Shipyard Division (N431) of the Fleet Maintenance Directorate (N43) of COMMANDER US FLEET FORCES COMMAND.
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-13 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.
Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: - Experience with maintenance and repair of a wide range of Hull, Mechanical, and Electrical, safety, and food service systems typically found on Ships, and/or Service Craft, and their overall effect on mission readiness.
- Experience with establishing goals and objectives to improve Ship, and/or Service Craft, material readiness through observation, inspection, trending and analysis of material condition working closely with system commands in strategy and process improvement for systems and equipment under their cognizance.
- Experience preparing and briefing orally and in writing senior Department of Navy authorities concerning Ships, and/or Service Craft (or other similar Navy assets) material readiness, trends, safety, program funding and technical matters of major concern.
- Experience providing expert subject matter representation for ship, service craft, and boat maintenance, new construction, integrated fleet maintenance, availability planning, deployed maintenance, test and inspection, quality assurance, maintenance programs, execution policy, contracted maintenance and procedures.
Provides policy guidance to Type Commanders, System Commands and the Fleet.
- Experience developing fleet-wide maintenance strategies, including, but not limited to, technical approach, work definition, and work authorization.
Interprets, implements, and provides guidance addressing directives from higher authority regarding maintenance and modernization policies and procedures.
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 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:
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