Program Manager (chief Of Operations)

DOD Cyber Excepted Service 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 with U.S. Cyber Command, J7 Force Development Directorate, J74 Training Capabilities Division, Office of the J7 (T12) located at Fort Meade, Maryland.

Responsibilities:

• Manages a team of 20 military and civilian personnel and approximately 100 contract staff.
• Ensures efficient allocation of resources to achieve organizational goals while maintaining fiscal responsibility and meeting expenditure rate targets.
• Responsible for leading and managing training support operations on the Persistent Cyber Training Environment (PCTE) platform for cyberspace operations forces, Geographic Combatant Commands, partners, and other stakeholders.
• Oversees 24/7 helpdesk operations, range engineering support, content management, and mission rehearsals and exercise support across all three classification domains.
• Ensures the effective execution of cyber training, exercises, and mission rehearsals to support the readiness of USCYBERCOM, cyberspace operations forces, cyber national mission forces, service cyber components, and other organizations.

Requirements:

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 Supervision/Management Work Category at the Expert Work Level within the CES Occupational Structure.

Who May Apply: U.S. Citizens 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.

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:

• Operating within the Persistent Cyber Training Environment (PCTE) platform for cyberspace operations forces.
• Planning, directing, organizing and exercising control over supervisory and non-supervisory employees performing cyber-related duties.
• Serving as a subject matter expert to monitor requirements and plan or develop cyberspace-related training.
• Assisting in monitoring an operational budget and contract expenditures to support mission objectives.
• Coordinating with internal and external stakeholders to negotiate and resolve programmatic and/or operational issues.

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.

Additional 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. Direct Deposit of Pay is required. Must be able to obtain and maintain a TOP SECRET SCI security clearance with counterintelligence scope polygraph exam. Incumbent (or Selectee) is required to satisfactorily complete the appropriate training and obtain the required certification/recertification for this position as outlined in DoDM 8140.03 Cyberspace Workforce Qualification and Management Program dated 15 February 2023. 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 an Education and Information Sciences Career Field position. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. Salary includes applicable locality pay. 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 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, Student Loan Repayment, Advance In-Hire, and/or Advance Leave Accrual incentive may be authorized. One year supervisory probationary period may be required.