
Program Analyst
Fort Meade, MDFull-time$102–140K/yrPosted 3 days ago
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Job overview
This Program Analyst position supports the U.S. Cyber Command publications and legal discovery programs at Fort Meade. The analyst manages and reviews command publications, trains action officers on publication updates and legal discovery case management, and conducts staff assistance visits. Applicants must demonstrate one year of specialized experience; education cannot substitute for that experience. The position requires U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance.
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Summary
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.
Duties
- Oversee, manage, and maintain the Command’s program for USCYBERCOM publications to include instructions, guides, manuals, and policy memoranda to ensure command personnel adhere to command, DoD, and Federal policies.
- Review, analyze, and evaluate draft instructions prepared by command personnel for accuracy and relevancy.
- Provide training to action officers on updating publications periodically and adhering to command publications guidance to ensure timely and effective processing command policy.
- Provide all unclassified command policies to the Public Affairs Office to post on the command’s website to ensure the general public has access to this information.
- Provide training to Legal Discovery Action Officers (DAOs) to increase understanding of the program and ensure DAOs can provide legal discovery case management.
- Conduct Staff Assist Visits to directorates and subordinate commands to ensure these offices have processes in place to support legal discovery.
Qualifications
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 Professional Work Category at the Full Performance 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 analyzing and evaluating publications, policies, directives, and administrative issuances for accuracy, completeness, and compliance with applicable guidance; managing a publications program or library to ensure publications remain current, accessible, and properly maintained; coordinating publication reviews and updates with organizational stakeholders; and assisting in the development and implementation of business practices and standard operating procedures (SOPs) that support effective publications management and records accessibility.
Education
Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. How You Will Be Evaluated
Once the announcement has closed, a review of your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements listed on this announcement. Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility. If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and/or experience, you may lose consideration for this position. Other Information
If you are a current federal career/career-conditional employee, you will be placed on an excepted appointment. Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration. You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship. This position requires a 3 year probationary period during which the agency evaluates your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In making this determination, the agency may consider your performance and conduct; agency needs and interests; whether your continued employment supports organizational or Government goals; and whether it promotes the efficiency of the Federal service. Continued employment requires written certification that it advances the public interest. Direct Deposit of Pay is required. Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance. Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees. If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet. This is a General Administration and Management Career Program position aligned under the Human Capital & Resource Management (HC/RM) Career Management Directorate. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement. When you perform a Civilian Permanent Change of Station (PCS) with the government, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) considers the majority of your entitlements to be taxable. Visit https://www.dfas.mil/civilianemployees/civrelo/Civilian-Moving-Expenses-Tax-Deduction/ for more information. Permanent Change of Station (PCS) allowances may be authorized, subject to the provisions of the Joint Travel Regulations and an agency determination that a PCS move is in the Government Interest. Relocation/Recruitment incentive MAY BE authorized for highly qualified candidate. Must sign a service agreement if incentive(s) is/are authorized.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,020 open Program Analyst jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$102–140K/yr
- Maryland median$80–118K/yr65 salary ranges
- US median$92–134K/yr590 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $121K, is 22% above the Maryland median midpoint ($100K) — in the middle half of Program Analyst salary ranges in Maryland.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 114 open Program Analyst jobs in Maryland and 1,020 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience; Program Analyst postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (913 postings).
- Education
- 289 of the 1,020 open Program Analyst jobs (28%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 31, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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