Program Analyst II - UAS

The Program Analyst II will provide analytical, logistical, and program management support to the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Project at Camp Pendleton, California. This position is responsible for collecting, analyzing, validating, and interpreting logistics and operational data to support program planning, resource management, readiness assessments, and informed decision-making.

The successful candidate will leverage extensive logistics experience and data mining capabilities to identify trends, assess performance, develop reports, and recommend process improvements. The position requires strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to collaborate with project managers, logistics personnel, technical teams, and government stakeholders to support UAS program objectives.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Logistics Analysis and Support: Analyze logistics operations, supply chain activities, equipment inventories, maintenance records, material requirements, and resource utilization in support of UAS program requirements.
• Data Mining and Analysis: Extract, consolidate, clean, validate, and analyze large datasets from multiple sources to identify trends, discrepancies, performance gaps, and opportunities for improvement.
• Program Performance Monitoring: Develop and maintain performance metrics, dashboards, status reports, and analytical products to track project milestones, logistics readiness, resource allocation, and operational effectiveness.
• Reporting and Documentation: Prepare detailed analytical reports, briefings, presentations, and recommendations for program leadership and government stakeholders.
• Process Improvement: Identify inefficiencies in logistics and data management processes and recommend solutions to improve accuracy, efficiency, resource utilization, and overall program performance.
• Inventory and Asset Management: Support tracking and analysis of UAS equipment, components, spare parts, repairables, and other program-related assets to improve accountability and visibility.
• Requirements and Resource Planning: Analyze historical and current data to support forecasting, logistics planning, supply requirements, and resource allocation.
• Data Quality and Integrity: Establish and maintain data validation procedures, resolve inconsistencies, and ensure analytical outputs are accurate, traceable, and reliable.
• Cross-Functional Coordination: Collaborate with program managers, logisticians, engineers, maintenance personnel, and other stakeholders to obtain data, validate findings, and support program execution.
• Project Tracking: Monitor assigned tasks, deliverables, schedules, and action items; identify potential risks or delays and communicate findings to program leadership.
• Compliance and Security: Ensure data handling, reporting, and documentation comply with applicable government policies, contractual requirements, security procedures, and information protection standards.
• Continuous Improvement: Apply analytical methods and lessons learned to improve logistics visibility, operational readiness, and decision support for the UAS Project.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree in Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Data Analytics, Information Systems, Operations Management, or another relevant field.
• A minimum of 10 years of experience in logistics, data mining, data analysis, or closely related fields, with demonstrated experience applying analytical methods to logistics or operational support functions.
• An additional six (6) years of directly related, job-related experience may be substituted for the bachelor’s degree requirement, subject to applicable contract and customer requirements.
• Demonstrated experience collecting, analyzing, interpreting, and reporting complex data from multiple sources.
• Experience developing reports, performance metrics, trend analyses, and data-driven recommendations.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience supporting Department of Defense (DoD), U.S. Marine Corps, or other military logistics programs.
• Familiarity with UAS platforms, aviation logistics, maintenance operations, equipment readiness, or military supply chain processes.
• Experience working with logistics information systems, enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, inventory management databases, or maintenance tracking systems.
• Proficiency with data visualization and business intelligence tools such as Power BI or Tableau.

SECURITY CLEARANCE: Active Secret Required