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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-5 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $33,878 - $44,042

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience. Bachelor's degree.

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 submarine programs, where you'll advise on improving communication, efficiency, and technical integration in building, maintaining, and upgrading submarines.

You'll help create long-term plans for costs, schedules, and performance while coordinating with leaders, government teams, and shipyards to ensure projects stay on track.

It's a good fit for someone with experience in project management or engineering who enjoys analyzing data, building relationships, and briefing executives in a structured government environment.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-05 through GS-11 in federal service or private/public sector, focusing on submarine acquisition, maintenance, and modernization
  • Ability to enhance communication and efficiencies in technical processes and provide engineering advice on system integration
  • Experience developing life cycle support plans and strategies for program optimization
  • Strong skills in program planning, scheduling, and resource management within fiscal constraints
  • Proficiency in establishing relationships with stakeholders, briefing senior leadership, and preparing reports and presentations
  • Capability to lead studies, analyze requirements, and develop evaluation metrics for program effectiveness and compliance

Full Job Description

You will serve as a PROGRAM ANALYST in the Strategic Systems Programs of PEO SSN.

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the next lower pay band, NH-02 (GS-05 through GS-11 equivalency) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Enhancing communication and improving efficiencies within submarine acquisition, maintenance, and modernization processes, to provide technical engineering advice on system integration and assist in developing life cycle support plans and strategies while working closely with senior leaders, government, and shipyard operations for the optimization of a submarine program performance.

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:

  • You will serve as a management advisor using a high-level of discernment and judgment to address a wide variety of interrelated subject matter, that can include financial, contractual, programmatic, or other program office focus areas.
  • You will execute program plans to achieve milestones and requirements for the full scope of activities associated with acquisition issues.
  • You will ensure program schedules are met within workforce and fiscal resources.
  • You will provide long range plans for the cost, performance, schedule of diverse teams and acquisition efforts within the scope of assigned areas; exercise significant judgment and experience to establish priorities.
  • You will establish and maintain working relationships with internal and external stakeholders to coordinate projects concerning the development, installation, integration, and testing, relative to the acquisition process.
  • You will brief senior leadership and make recommendations based on findings.
  • You will prepare coordinated reports, presentations and briefings in support of program actions.
  • You will analyze requirements to develop program reporting including the specifications, data gathering and analytical techniques, and evaluation methodology.
  • You will lead studies, surveys, reviews, and/or research projects to evaluate program accomplishments, effectiveness, and/or compliance with meeting specific goals, objectives, rules, and regulations.
  • You will develop evaluation plans, metrics, procedures, and methodology as a result of studies performed.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 4/14/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 4/15/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: ST-12936702-26-JRT