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Senior Program Analyst, Delta 1
Space Training and Readiness Command · Posted 7 days ago
Hybrid Vandenberg AFB, CA $104K – $161K Apply by Jun 5, 2026 Management And Program Analysis ENTJINTJINTPISTJ
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What You'll Do
- →The United States Space Force (USSF) at Vandenberg SFB, Santa Barbara, CA is seeking a Senior Program Analyst, to support Delta 1 (NH-0343-03, GS-12/13 Equivalent).
- →Description: If you are a forward-leaning professional with deep space operations expertise and a passion for shaping the future of national defense, this role is where you belong.
- →We are seeking a strategic thinker who thrives at the intersection of planning, programming, and operational integration-someone who can translate complex mission needs into actionable, long-range strategies that drive Space Force capability development.
- →In this position, you will influence enterprise-level decisions across mission areas such as Space Domain Awareness, Space Protection, ISR, MILSATCOM, PNT, Space Test & Training, Launch & Range Operations, and Multi-Domain Warfare.
- →You will help craft Space Force inputs to the PDM, FYDP, DPRB, BAR, and BES, ensuring our programs are aligned with strategic priorities, fiscal realities, and emerging operational demands.
- →Your analytical insight will shape the alternatives presented to senior leaders and directly impact how the Space Force postures itself for the future fight.
- →Ideal Candidate: The ideal candidate is a seasoned professional with deep military space operations expertise and a demonstrated ability to translate strategic guidance into executable, long-range plans and programs.
- →They possess extensive experience developing, analyzing, and evaluating enterprise-level strategies across mission areas such as Space Domain Awareness, Space Protection, ISR, MILSATCOM, PNT, Space Test & Training, Launch & Range Operations, and Multi-Domain Integration.
- →The candidate is adept at shaping Space Force inputs to senior-level decision forums-including the PDM, FYDP, DPRB, BAR, and BES-and has a proven record of applying advanced analytical and evaluative skills to generate viable, fiscally informed alternatives for senior leadership.
- →Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: Knowledge of a wide range of qualitative and/or quantitative methods for the assessment and improvement of plans and programs.
- →Knowledge of military service program goals and objectives, the sequence and timing of key operational events and milestones, and methods of evaluating the effectiveness of planning actions as related to actual events.
- →Skill in designing and conducting comprehensive studies and preparing solutions to especially broad, important, and severe military operational and contingency areas.
- →Ability to plan and organize studies or projects and to negotiate effectively with management to accept and implement recommendations, where proposals involve substantial resources, and require extensive changes in established concepts and procedures.
Personality Fit
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