PROGRAM ANALYST

Locations: Fort Meade, MD; Chambersburg, PA; Columbus, OH

About the role

This national security position may require access to classified information. A favorable suitability review and security clearance are conditions of employment. Failure to maintain security eligibility may result in termination.

Responsibilities

• Develops action plans to meet objectives, including maintaining a tracking system for all organizational and customer assets to ensure full lifecycle visibility and accountability.
• Develops and coordinates automation SLAs, incorporating metrics for continuous monitoring, performance tracking, and hardware/software inventory management per DISA policy.
• Participates in conferences and committees at higher levels such as Department of Defense (DOD), DISA, Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS), and other Federal agencies, including various DOD services, agencies, and components.
• Assists customers in defining functional requirements, ensuring the specifications for asset tracking, monitoring, and reporting are integrated into the system architecture from the initial design phase.
• Presents customer proposals with asset tracking solutions and assists with cost-trade-off decisions to balance robust management within time and budget constraints.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.

Qualifications

Time in Grade: For entry at the GS-12 level, status applicants must have served 52 weeks as a GS-11 or higher grade in the Federal Service.

Specialized Experience: For the GS-12, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service, or comparable in difficulty and responsibility to GS-12 if outside the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as:

• Experience ensuring capital actions comply with financial audit requirements and providing reports or supporting documentation to financial auditors; or
• Experience processing and managing capital versus non-capital assets.

In addition to meeting the specialized experience requirements, qualified applicants must also possess the quality of experience as it relates to how closely or to what extent an applicant's background, recency of experience, education, and training are relevant to the duties and responsibilities of the announced position. Candidates must clearly demonstrate the possession of competencies necessary to successfully perform the work of the position at the appropriate level to be qualified for the position. Applicants must describe how their experience meets the competencies within the body of the resume.

USA Hire Assessment Qualification and time-in-grade requirements must be met within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement.

There is no substitution of education for specialized experience at the GS-12 grade level.

Additional Information

• A one-year probationary or trial period may be required.
• Telework availability will be based upon mission requirements and supervisory determination.
• Moving costs MAY be paid.
• Recruitment, relocation, or retention incentives MAY be authorized.
• The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 makes certain reimbursements/payments taxable. For information on these changes and the Relocation Income Tax Allowance (RITA), for which some appointees are eligible, see official resources.
• This position is subject to the limitations imposed by the DOD Priority Placement Program.
• Priority Placement Program (PPP) Military Spouse Preference (MSP) eligible candidates will receive priority consideration at the highest grade level for which they have applied and been determined best qualified up to and including the full performance level.

Benefits

A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Learn more about federal benefits.

Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time, or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.