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Program Analysis Officer (Readiness Governance Lead)

Joint Activities

Department of the Army

Fresh

Salary

$143,913 - $196,689

per year

Type

Closes

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SES Pay Grade

Base salary range: $147,649 - $221,900

Typical requirements: Executive-level leadership experience. Senior executive qualifications required.

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

Job Description

Summary

This job involves leading efforts to develop policies and processes that ensure the U.S.

Cyber Command's cyber forces are ready for worldwide operations, including identifying gaps in readiness and recommending fixes to support decision-making.

It requires supervising a team to optimize reporting and coordination between different groups.

A good fit would be someone with strong experience in military or cyber operations analysis, leadership skills, and a background in government or defense who enjoys strategic planning and problem-solving.

Key Requirements

  • One year of specialized experience in reviewing and analyzing readiness processes to identify shortfalls and recommend solutions
  • Experience assessing, consolidating, and reporting on readiness processes and improvements to senior staff
  • Proven ability to lead teams in defining and optimizing processes with a focus on collaboration and coordination
  • Eligibility under specific employment authorities, such as current DoD CES, DCIPS, or Army civilian employee status
  • Knowledge of U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) operations, Cyber Mission Force (CMF), and Joint Force Provider (JFP) roles
  • Supervisory and personnel management experience in a senior-level work category
  • Familiarity with DoD policies, including Title 10 U.S. Code and DoD Instruction 1400.25

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 with U.S.

Cyber Command J3 Directorate, J344 Readiness Campaign Plan Branch, Office of the J3 (B1D), 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".

This position is in the Supervision/Management Work Category at the Senior Work Level within the CES Occupational Structure.

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.

Current Army Cyber Excepted Service (CES) Employee Current Army Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Employee Current Civilian Employees of the Organization Applying to Cyber Excepted Service (CES) Positions Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Applying to Cyber Excepted Service (CES) Positions Current DoD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) Employee (non-Army) Current Permanent DoD Civilian Employee (non-Army) Applying to Cyber Excepted Service Positions Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Applying to Cyber Excepted Service Positions 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.

To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe one year 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) reviewing and analyzing the impact of current readiness processes to identify shortfalls and recommending solutions; 2) assessing, consolidating, and reporting readiness processes and proposed improvements to senior staff; and 3) leading a team to define and optimize processes, focusing on collaboration and coordination between internal and external customers.

Major Duties:

  • Develop Readiness policies that will drive USCYBERCOM, as the Joint Force Provider (JFP), governance of readiness reporting for effective decision making that supports full spectrum cyber operations worldwide.
  • Drives policy, orders, and processes to optimize Cyber Mission Force (CMF) readiness reporting and operational outcomes in alignment with the Commander USCYBERCOM’s intent.
  • Identifies policy and governance gaps in the readiness of presented forces.
  • Assists in refining specialized analytical data to identify limits of the projected cyber workforce resources to generate and present cyber mission forces capable of addressing operational requirements in steady state, crisis, and contingency.
  • Improves the Combatant Commander’s ability to integrate and synchronize ready combat and support forces and capabilities by addressing readiness shortfalls.
  • Enhances the Combatant Commander’s ability to integrate and synchronize ready combat and support forces and capabilities to execute assigned missions.
  • Exercises supervisory personnel management responsibilities for personnel assigned to an element of the Operations Directorate.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 3/26/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 3/26/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: DAKB263578298137