Responsibilities and Duties

We are looking for a Senior Program Analyst to support the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DSCA) Program Executive Office (PEO). The DCSA PEO oversees a portfolio of enterprise-wide information technology (IT) programs that unilaterally employ best practice methodologies for the development and delivery of innovative IT solutions, advancing DCSA’s broad-spectrum National Security capabilities to better serve the DoD, the U.S. Government and cleared industry.

Role:

• Design, develop, and maintain Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) for federal government acquisition projects, ensuring that schedules are comprehensive, accurate, and align with project objectives.
• Apply project management principles to develop large and complex schedules, incorporating major milestones and deliverables from both vendor and government sources.
• Perform program schedule analysis, including assessing metrics, critical path, float, and schedule variance to ensure project timelines are met and identifying potential delays.
• Build and maintain a program-level IMS, ensuring it reflects all key milestones and deliverables, and accurately tracks progress against planned schedules.
• Monitor vendor schedule performance, analyzing weekly and monthly variances to ensure adherence to project timelines and address any discrepancies.
• Utilize project management techniques such as Gantt charts, PERT charts, milestone charts, and earned value management to gauge project progress and identify performance variances.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in scheduling, providing mentorship and guidance to program staff on scheduling best practices and techniques.
• Demonstrate proficiency with enterprise-level scheduling software, leveraging its features to enhance schedule management and integration.
• Propose and implement processes to improve integrated scheduling and enhance overall project management efficiency.

Requirements

Qualifications:

• At least eight (8) years of experience with federal government acquisitions integrated project planning.
• Proven experience in designing, developing, and maintaining Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) for complex projects.
• Skilled in performing program schedule analysis, including evaluating metrics, critical path, float, and schedule variance.
• Experience in building and maintaining a program-level IMS, monitoring vendor performance, and utilizing various project management techniques.
• Expertise in using enterprise-level scheduling software and proposing processes to improve integrated scheduling.
• Ability to act as a scheduling subject matter expert and mentor program staff in best practices and effective scheduling techniques.
• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must possess an active and current DoD Top Secret Clearance.

Benefits

• Health insurance – 100% paid premium for employee coverage and 50% of premium paid for dependent coverage.
• 401(k) – dollar for dollar match up to 4% of salary and immediate vesting.
• Paid Time Off (PTO) – unlimited, with advance approval from Aminad supervisor.
• Parental Leave – 16 weeks 100% paid leave for the birthing parent and 6 weeks 100% paid leave for the non-birthing parent.
• Continuing Education Reimbursement- $2,500 per calendar year for continuing education, as approved by Aminad leadership.
• Charitable Contribution – $500 donation made annually on your behalf to the charitable organization of your choice, including upon acceptance of offer.
• Wellness Subsidy – $500 annual reimbursement for expenses that promote health and wellness for our employees; benefit can be used for gym memberships, meditation classes, yoga, and other leadership approved expenses.
• Home Office Benefit – Company-provided IT set up options, with an annual $150 reimbursement for upgrades or replacements.