
MARITIME OPERATIONS CENTER TRAINING ANALYST (IAMD)
United States Fleet Forces Command
Naval Base, Norfolk, VA · HybridFull-time$128–166K/yrPosted 1 day ago
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The Maritime Operations Center Training Analyst serves on the Navy Warfare Development Center’s Training, Exercises, and Wargaming Department. The role develops and executes training plans, supports standardization and readiness reporting across Navy MOCs, and coordinates training with fleet officers and MOC leadership. It also develops IAMD and Protection content, represents Navy training equities in joint forums, and assesses operational-level training and exercises.
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Summary
You will serve as a Maritime Operations Center Training Analyst (IAMD) in the Training, Exercises, and Wargaming (N7) Department, Maritime Operations Center (MOC) Training and Exercise Division of the Navy Warfare Development Center.
Duties
- You will serve as a desk officer on the Maritime Operations Center (MOC) Training and Exercise Team (TET).
- You will be responsible for developing and executing the training plan to ensure standardization between fleet requirements and mission performance.
- You will support the standardization of Navy operational-level of warfare (OLW) training and readiness reporting across the ten Navy MOCs.
- You will coordinate with major and numbered fleet training officers and MOC leadership to deliver a comprehensive MOC training continuum composed of functional part-task training, team, and staff collective training to improve fleet readiness.
- You will provide support and oversight of a facilitated-after action review (FAAR) upon exercise completion.
- You will coordinate the delivery of training in the areas of force protection, operations security, force health protection, and other elements of Protection as a joint function.
- You will develop and manage the content and organization of Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) and Protection-related topics for inclusion in the MOC Effective Practices Handbook and on the MOC TET portal.
- You will represent Navy operational-level training equities in joint and other service forums and participate in the crafting of official Navy training strategies.
- You will develop, plan, prepare, execute, and assess Navy training and exercises designed to train operational-level staffs in functional warfare competencies across the range of military operations.
- You will perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
To qualify for the GS-14 grade level, your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-13 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience in Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD), Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD), and the joint function of Operational Protection to design, develop, and execute an operational level of warfare (OLW) training and exercise program. Extensive operational experience managing and delivering comprehensive training continuums for Maritime Operations Centers (MOCs) or equivalent major fleet/combatant command staff, which includes developing training plans, collection management plans (CMPs), facilitated after-action reviews (FAAR), and MOC certification reports (MCRs). Experience demonstrating leadership and project management skills to provide technical oversight and pre-deployment coordination for a diverse team of 25-30 Observer/Trainers (O/Ts) and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), including active duty and reserve military (O-4 to O-6), government civilians, and contractors, during large-scale service and Combatant Commander (CCDR) exercises. Experience utilizing oral and written communication skills required to deliver high-level briefs, represent organizational equities in joint decision-making forums, and interact routinely with Flag/General Officers, Senior Executive Service (SES) members, Fleet Commanders, and other senior joint, interagency, and international leadership. Experience applying knowledge of the Navy Maritime Operations Center (MOC) operational construct and the seven joint functions (movement and maneuver, command and control, fires, intelligence, information operations, protection, and sustainment) to critically assess MOC readiness and institutionalize global training standards. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.
Education
There is no education substitution for the series/grade combination. Additional Information During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions. How You Will Be Evaluated
In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered. Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience. When the application process is complete, we will review your resume to ensure you meet the hiring eligibility and qualification requirements listed in this announcement. You will be rated based on the information provided in your resume and application package, along with your supporting documentation to determine your ability to demonstrate the following competencies: Attention to Detail Customer Service Decision Making Flexibility Influencing/Negotiating Integrity/Honesty Interpersonal Skills Learning Reasoning Self-Management Stress Tolerance Teamwork ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT MANAGEMENT ORAL COMMUNICATION PLANNING AND EVALUATING WRITTEN COMMUNICATION STRATEGIC THINKING This recruitment will utilize the following technical assessment tools: USA Hire and Structured Interview. You should list any relevant performance appraisals and incentive awards in your resume as that information may be taken into consideration during the selection process. If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documentation. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment. All eligibility, qualifications, and time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Other Information
This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/ Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position. PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation. This position is subject to work an uncommon tour, including nights, weekends, and holidays to meet mission requirements. Overtime or night differential pay and/or unusual duty hours may be required. There are occasional requirements to visit fleet training venues and embarkation aboard U.S. Navy ships in the performance of training MOCs that may present exposure to extremes of temperature, electrical and radiation hazards, high voltage, or high noise levels. The work requires the use of sound suppressors, safety glasses, cold weather gear, etc. and is required to follow local safety procedures. The incumbent must possess and maintain a TS security clearance with access to Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) as a condition of employment. Work requires the incumbent to report to different work sites within the geographic area on different days.
How this job compares
Set against the 859 open Operations Analyst jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$128–166K/yr
- Virginia median$80–132K/yr37 salary ranges
- US median$80–120K/yr462 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $147K, is 36% above the Virginia median midpoint ($108K) — in the top quarter of Operations Analyst salary ranges in Virginia.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 52 open Operations Analyst jobs in Virginia and 859 across the US. 9% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Virginia
- Bank of America5 open
- General Dynamics Information Technology4 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Operations Analyst postings that state a minimum ask for (median 3 years, across 584 postings).
- Education
- 270 of the 859 open Operations Analyst jobs (31%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 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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