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Defense Logistics Agency

It Program Manager (Sysanalysis)

Location: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Requires Relocation: No
Start Date: 03/11/2025
End Date: 10/11/2025
Offering Type: Permanent
Hiring Paths: Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL), Internal to an agency - appears on USAJOBS, Military spouses, Veterans
Service Type: Competitive
Travel Percentage: Occasional travel
Full Time On-site

Defense Logistics Agency

About Defense Logistics Agency

America’s Combat Logistics Support Agency: The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) agency. DLA provides worldwide logistics support for the missions of the Military Departments and the Unified Combatant Commands under conditions of peace and war. It also provides logistics support to other DoD Components and certain Federal agencies, foreign governments, international organizations, and others as authorized.

Summary

Job summary

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Major duties

Leads an interdisciplinary team of government and contractor personnel, to include Information Technology specialists, network engineers, software engineers... ...and information assurance specialists. Implements strategic planning, programming, budgeting, and execution of the program to meet user cost, schedule and performance requirements. Leads the acquisition team to plan and execute all life-cycle aspects of program management from design, development, systems engineering, integration... ...testing, configuration management, implementation, risk management, information security, quality assurance, and operational fielding. Manages the development, execution, and approval process for program events and documentation to include: milestone events and documentation, task and action management, contractor performance assessments, and information assurance documentation. Develops and executes strategies to develop and deliver system functionality to effectively meet the goals and vision of the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), DoD, and appropriate Federal senior level management... ... Identifies improvements, determines best business practices to achieve cost savings in implementing defense initiatives and directives. Provides team leadership and performs individual duties involved in defining goals and objectives; prioritizing program requirements; developing budgets... ...managing budget execution and determining the best utilization of resources including realignments to address shortfalls or to satisfy priority needs. Collects performance metrics and prepares cost, schedule and performance reports for and leads regularly scheduled in-process reviews regarding the program. Participates in deliberations on alternate strategies to better manage the acquisition of information management systems and provides management in... ...situations where either guidelines and/or procedures do not exist, or there are divergent differences of opinion and approaches among product team functional experts. Participates/ speaks in meetings, conferences, and joint requirements boards with high-ranking members from DoD components, the DLA senior managers. Interprets the functional requirements and the design of the program solution which involves the breakdown of the functional process into discrete requirements that can be configured into Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS) applications.

Qualification

To qualify for an IT Program Manager (SYSANALYSIS) your resume and supporting documentation must support: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position, and is directly in or related to this position. To qualify at the GS-14 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military or private sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-in-grade (General Schedule (GS) positions only), time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement. Creditable specialized experience includes: Maintains awareness of component and DoD acquisition policy directives and implementation procedures for meeting goals in the disciplines of concurrent engineering and integration, quality, test and evaluation, and programming and budgeting. Formulates courses of action for correcting program management problems that may exist with internal and external offices/agencies. Advises higher authorities on strategies, programs status, product and public impact on issues, actions and decisions affecting the mission. Assesses/evaluates the capabilities of government and industry to develop and produce state-of-the-art information management systems; ensure program acquisition plans are appropriately structured to initiate/complete the program effectively and efficiently; justifies and defends program cost and necessity to senior level. Ensures proper system design, interfaces and compatibility meeting current and future functional requirements for the implementation of Development, Security and Operations (DevSecOps). Conducts business case analysis and courses of action (COAs) in response to leveraging current and emerging technology and as part of management is existing systems in support of mission. 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.

Evaluations

The assessments for this job will measure the following Competencies: Accountability Attention to Detail Customer Service Decision Making Flexibility Influencing/Negotiating Integrity/Honesty Interpersonal Skills Learning Reading Reasoning Self-Management Stress Tolerance Teamwork Once the application process is complete, a review of your resume and supporting documentation may be completed and compared against your responses to the assessment questionnaire to determine if you are qualified for this job. The rating you receive is based on your responses to the assessment questionnaire and USA Hire assessments. The score is a measure of the degree to which your background matches the competencies required for this position. If your resume and/or supporting documentation is reviewed and a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and or experience, you may lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating.