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Program Manager (Chief of Operations)

Joint Activities

Department of the Army

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Salary

$169,279 - $197,200

per year

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Job Description

Summary

This job involves leading a team to manage cyber training operations for the military, including overseeing a large group of staff and ensuring resources are used effectively to support training on a key cyber platform.

It focuses on planning training programs, handling budgets, and coordinating with various partners to resolve issues in cyberspace operations.

A good fit would be someone with strong leadership experience in cyber or military training environments, who is skilled at managing teams and budgets in high-stakes settings.

Key Requirements

  • One year of specialized experience in cyberspace operations, including work with the Persistent Cyber Training Environment (PCTE) platform
  • Experience planning, directing, and supervising teams of military, civilian, and contract personnel in cyber-related duties
  • Expertise in monitoring requirements and developing cyberspace-related training programs
  • Ability to manage operational budgets and contract expenditures to support mission goals
  • Skills in coordinating with internal and external stakeholders to negotiate and resolve programmatic or operational issues
  • Eligibility under specific employment authorities, such as current DoD CES or Army civilian employee status
  • Adherence to Cyber Excepted Service (CES) personnel system requirements under 10 USC 1599f

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, J7 Force Development Directorate, J74 Training Capabilities Division, Office of the J7 (T12) located at 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 Expert 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 Army CES positions apply Veteran's Preference to preference eligible candidates, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 3005, "CES Employment and Placement".

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 of 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) operating within the Persistent Cyber Training Environment (PCTE) platform for cyberspace operations forces; 2) planning, directing, organizing and exercising control over supervisory and non-supervisory employees performing cyber-related duties; 3) serving as a subject matter expert to monitor requirements and plan or develop cyberspace-related training; 4) assisting in monitoring an operational budget and contract expenditures to support mission objectives; and 5) coordinating with internal and external stakeholders to negotiate and resolve programmatic and/or operational issues.

Major Duties:

  • Manages a team of 20 military and civilian personnel and approximately 100 contract staff.
  • Ensures efficient allocation of resources to achieve organizational goals while maintaining fiscal responsibility and meeting expenditure rate targets.
  • Responsible for leading and managing training support operations on the Persistent Cyber Training Environment (PCTE) platform for cyberspace operations forces, Geographic Combatant Commands, partners, and other stakeholders.
  • Oversees 24/7 helpdesk operations, range engineering support, content management, and mission rehearsals and exercise support across all three classification domains.
  • Ensures the effective execution of cyber training, exercises, and mission rehearsals to support the readiness of USCYBERCOM, cyberspace operations forces, cyber national mission forces, service cyber components, and other organizations.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 4/1/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 4/2/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: DAKB263783393711