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Posted: March 31, 2026 (2 days ago)

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SUPERVISORY PROGRAM ANALYST

Joint Activities

Department of the Army

Fresh

Location

Salary

$169,279 - $197,200

per year

Closes

April 2, 2026More DOD jobs →

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 a team as a program analyst at U.S.

Cyber Command, where you'll prioritize tasks, guide leadership on defense strategies, and oversee studies to shape the organization's future direction.

It's a supervisory role focused on planning, budgeting, and coordinating with other military groups to support cyber operations.

A good fit would be someone with strong management experience in government or military settings, especially in strategic planning and analysis.

Key Requirements

  • One year of specialized experience in prioritizing work schedules, planning analyses and briefings, and coordinating program reviews
  • Knowledge of Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution (PPBE) systems for operational requirements
  • Experience maintaining relationships and liaisons with joint staff, commands, and external organizations
  • Ability to provide guidance on leadership decisions, Defense Planning Guidance, and National Military Strategy
  • Expert-level skills in supervising and managing teams in a cyber or defense environment
  • Eligibility under DOD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) employment authorities, with proof of veterans' preference if applicable

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 located at the U.S.

Cyber Command in 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.

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".

If you are a veteran claiming veterans' preference, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., you must submit documents verifying your eligibility with your application package.

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; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

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 Specialized experience would be demonstrated by prioritizing and establishing schedules for completion of work; planning and developing analyses, briefings, and coordinating internal/external review of programs and budgets; maintaining relationships with other organizations, staff elements, and commands to ensure adequate support; and utilizing Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution (PPBE) systems to meet operational requirements.

Major Duties:

  • Sets priorities and establishes schedules for work completion.
  • Provides insight and guidance on leadership decisions, Defense Planning Guidance and the National Military Strategy.
  • Conceives, articulates, and oversees analytical studies relating to issues involving program alternatives that will be used by the leadership in setting the future course of the Command.
  • Maintains liaison with Joint Staff, Secretariat level, other U.S. Cyber Command staff elements.
  • Provides insight and guidance on leadership decisions, Defense Planning Guidance and the National Military Strategy.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 3/31/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 4/2/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: DAKB-26-12924749-CES