FOREIGN AFFAIRS SPECIALIST
HQ USAF and Support Elements
Posted: April 2, 2026 (0 days ago)
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United States Fleet Forces Command
Department of the Navy
Base salary range: $74,441 - $96,770
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-11. Advanced degree + significant experience.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
This job involves analyzing threats and gaps in naval information warfare to help develop strategies, doctrines, and solutions that improve the fleet's readiness and capabilities.
You'll work on studies, experiments, and coordination with military teams to ensure tactics align with broader goals.
It's a great fit for someone with experience in defense analysis, military planning, or threat assessment who enjoys problem-solving in a high-stakes environment.
You will serve as a Program Analyst (CONOPS-FLEX) in the Naval Information Warfighting Development Center of NAVINFOWARDEVCEN NORFOLK.
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 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 independently conducting analyses and executing studies of new or emerging threats to determine their impact on doctrinal publications and prioritization of emerging capabilities.
-Experience assessing and identifying doctrinal and capability gaps, and evaluate how innovative materiel and non-materiel solutions can be used to meet Fleet warfighter needs.
-Leverage in-depth knowledge of information warfare subject matter experts to develop and document high tactical to low operational solutions to address emerging threats or capability shortfalls.
-Experience aligning fleet concepts of operations (CONOPS) and doctrinal publications with strategic documents and concepts.
-Experience developing and supporting experimentation and exercises in order to develop and validate materiel and non-materiel solutions to address Fleet capability shortfalls.
-Experience executing and assessing experiments and exercises to include determining objectives, evaluation criteria and methodology, data collection, conduct of project and final impact on related doctrinal publication.
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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