Program Analyst Associate

About the Role

Associate Program Analyst supporting Test and Evaluation (T&E) of Foreign Military Sales (FMS) AEGIS surface ships and weapons systems for Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) Mission Systems at the Navy Yard in Washington, DC.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversees and manages the operational aspects of ongoing projects.
• Serves as liaison between project management and planning, project team, and line management.
• Reviews status of projects and budgets.
• Manages schedules and prepares status reports.
• Assesses project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives.
• Develops mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving.
• Contributes to the successful at-sea testing of new construction and modernized AEGIS combat systems and ships for various US Navy International Partners.
• Understands system capabilities.
• Identifies requirements for at-sea testing.
• Translates capabilities and test requirements to Test Objectives.
• Uses the Planning, Execution, Analysis, and Reporting (PEAR) process to develop test scenarios.
• Defines and validates resources needed to meet test scenario requirements.
• Advises the test execution team during scenario execution.
• Ensures data collection and analysis plans support reporting requirements.
• Provides program office administrative and engineering support in the development of FMS cases.
• Plans and delivers multi agency meetings, including presentation material, overall coordination, and tracking/closing actions.
• Maintains Confluence and Jira Project planning material.
• Assists the program office representative to create and promulgate budgeting material.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Secret clearance (must be able to obtain or currently hold)
• Confluence
• Jira

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in a technical discipline, and/or equivalent 4 years experience in lieu of degree.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Occasional travel to FMS countries, US test ranges or warfare centers.
• Prior US Navy or military experience is preferable, but not required.

Preferred Skills

• Previous USN experience as Fire Controlmen, Electronics Technician or Aegis Display Technician operating the AEGIS weapon system as a user, either onboard a ship or in the lab.
• AEGIS Combat System Technical background.
• JIRA proficiency.
• DoW Acquisition experience.