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PROGRAM ANALYST

Naval Sea Systems Command

Department of the Navy

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$102,415 - $158,322

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GS-11 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $62,107 - $80,737

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-10. Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 years graduate study.

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

Job Description

Summary

This job involves working as a program analyst for the Navy's surface ship modernization office, where you'll help plan and manage updates to ships, analyze data to improve processes, and advise on budgets, contracts, and programs.

It's a good fit for someone with experience in government or defense projects who enjoys solving complex problems and presenting ideas to leaders.

You'll need strong analytical skills and the ability to handle multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of specialized experience at GS-11 level or equivalent, analyzing data for decision-making on cross-organization processes and policy improvements
  • Ability to serve as a management advisor on financial, contractual, programmatic, and related areas, preparing reports and records
  • Experience attending high-level meetings, providing oral and written presentations as a representative of acquisition programs
  • Skills in developing and implementing program requirements based on legislation, and evaluating program effectiveness throughout the life-cycle
  • Proficiency in creating improvement strategies for programming, budgeting, and procurement based on studies and analysis
  • Ability to identify solutions and evaluate technical, cost, and schedule implications
  • Experience directing complex studies, developing new methods to measure program results, and recommending improvements for deficiencies

Full Job Description

You will serve as a PROGRAM ANALYST in the Surface Ship Modernization Program Office, (PMS 321), Surface Warfare Directorate of NAVSEA HQ FIELD SUPPORT.

You will be responsible for the integration of surface ship modernization and manage modernization planning and execution across Participating Acquisition Resource Managers (PARMs).

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the pay band NH-02 (GS-11 Equivalent) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: analyzing data to aid management in decision-making for cross-organization processes and policy improvements and initiatives.

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 0343 Classification Standards: www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/classifying-general-schedule-positions/standards/0300/gs0343.pdf 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 serve as management advisor to address a variety of interrelated subject matters, that can include financial, contractual, programmatic, or other focus areas to correlate and corroborate information into reports and records.
  • You will attend high level meetings as a senior authoritative representative of acquisition programs and provide a wide range of substantive oral and written presentations and reports.
  • You will develop and implement overall program requirements based on new or revised legislation as well as analyzing and evaluating the effectiveness of program requirements throughout the life-cycle.
  • You will develop and implement improvement and efficiency strategies for programming, budgeting and procurement based on findings from key program specialists and analyst leading efforts for these studies and analysis.
  • You will identify and facilitate potential solutions and evaluate technical, cost, and schedule implications of each viable solution.
  • You will direct and evaluate complex studies and develops new methods and procedures to measure program results, and effectiveness.
  • You will perform program reviews and recommend improvements to production and programmatic deficiencies.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 3/20/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 3/20/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: ST-12913761-26-EEE