Program Analyst

Cowan & Associates, Inc. (Cowan) is a subsidiary of Tribal Tech, LLC, a Native American, woman-owned 8(m) certified small business, headquartered in Alexandria, VA. We provide a diverse range of management and technical consulting services including all areas of Program Management, Financial Management, Administration/Readiness Support, Data Analysis, Logistics Support, Administrative Support, Continuous Performance Improvement (CPI), LLS, Information Technology (IT) Support, Strategy Development, and Grant and Technical Assistance.

With numerous current and past Department of Defense (DoD) clients, our staff operates with the highest standards and principles that support legal and ethical business practices. Our guiding principles of “People, Performance and Partnership” embody an environment where employees are empowered and can flourish, and clients may fully benefit from our specialized capabilities.

Cowan is looking for a Program Analyst to support OPNAV Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Targeting (ISR&T) Branch of the N2N6Q Intelligence Division.

Cowan provides program management support to the civilian and/or military Requirements Officers in the areas of Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE), Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) based requirements development, oversight of program(s) cost/schedule/performance, and participation in higher-level meetings/studies driven by the Navy, Joint, Defense Department, and/or Intelligence.

Conduct reviews, provide analysis, and support staffing of joint initiatives and associated documents (e.g., Initial Capabilities Documents (ICD), Capabilities Development Documents (CDD), Capability Production Documents (CPD), Joint Operational Concepts (JOC), and Joint Functional Concepts (JFC)), having impacts on N2/N6. Provide comments and recommended actions to appropriate N2N6 staff to ensure JCIDS documents meet established DOD, Joint, and Navy C4I requirements.

Coordinate with SYSCOMs, PEOs, program offices, other Navy and other Service staffs, the Fleet, the Joint Staff, and other stakeholders by: reviewing queries, responding to tasks using knowledge and/or experience with Navy tasker system, tracking issues and/or concerns, and preparing draft responses in the form of clear and concise briefs, point papers, emails, and memos.

Support all PPBE phases. This includes preparing briefings, point papers, spreadsheets, statements on program status, and other products on wide array of topics, including financial excursions, war fighting capability impacts, manpower and training requirements, science and technology development and transition, and capability wholeness. Prepare and use products in preparation for Program Objective Memorandum (POM), Program Reviews, and Offset Drills. Provide recommended courses of action to ensure program alignment with N2N6 goals, objectives, and priorities.

Support OPNAV N2N6’s role as Resource Sponsor in all phases of the integrated DOD acquisition, technology, and logistics life cycle management processes, to include familiarity with system engineering tasks. to review, update, and staff Navy Training Systems Plans (NTSPs) and identify potential funding shortfalls. Prepare products (e.g., information papers, memos, briefs, etc) that provide recommended courses of action to accomplish OPNAV N2N6 goals and priorities.

Support requirements officers in the review and staffing of acquisition-related documentation such as the Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP), Navy Gate Review documents, and updates to acquisition and related Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Instructions and Manuals (CJCSI/CJCSM). This will include drafting and reviewing documents, completing…