Program Analyst

The incumbent serves as member of the highly technical and analytical Veteran Service Support Center-Electronic Health Record Analytics (VSSC-EHRA) team, supporting the delivery of critical data, analytics, reporting, and decision-support tools across VA's Federal Electronic Health Record (FEHR) platforms.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/13/2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet Time-in-Grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. For a GS-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your Time-in-Grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year Time-in-Grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year Time-in-Grade. Note: Time-in-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience as described below: GS-12 Specialized Experience: For this position, you must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade, GS-11, in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Consulting/collaborating with experts to standardize data/analytics design. Developing and maintaining data definitions and other associated documentation for assigned reports in an easily understood language and format. Demonstrated ability to express ideas and facts to individuals or groups effectively; makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others; facilitates an open exchange of ideas. Proven ability to exercise initiative, work efficiently and to collaborate effectively with its field, and program office stakeholders as well as end users of products developed by the program office with complex and competing activities such as constant changes to the technologies used, transition to new electronic health record, and increased and competing demands for more products to be developed. Supporting national data analysis, data mining, reporting and program development for the program office. GS-13 Specialized Experience: For this position, you must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade, GS-12, in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Analyzing, designing, developing, testing, maintaining, and supporting of reporting systems. Proven experience serving as a senior advisor in organizational analysis for portions of key programs or specific national projects such as federal electronic health record analytics, including referrals, clinical cohorts, technical and business, etc. Demonstrated experience supporting data, information, analytics, and reporting workflows, including the development and maintenance of real-time and near real-time national clinical, operations and management tools associated with the shared Electronic Health Record (EHR). Proven experience serving as a technical resource for Cerner Command Language (CCL), Discern Analytics 2.0 (DA2), Vertica SQL, Tableau, and SAP Business Objects in support of data, information, analytics, and reporting deployed within the shared Oracle Cerner electronic health record platform. Advanced experience planning, establishing, and coordinating the flow, creation and maintenance of data, datasets, models and schemas and information between program offices and field users. Selective Placement Factor: This position includes a Selective Placement Factor (SPF), a skill, knowledge, ability or other worker characteristic basic to and essential for satisfactory performance of the job. SPFs are a prerequisite to appointment and represent minimum requirements for a position. Applicants who do not meet the following Selective Placement Factors (SPF) are ineligible for further consideration: Applicant must have documented experience developing automated information products such as analyses, reports, and data using Sequential Query Language (SQL), Cerner Command Language (CCL), Tableau, SAP Business Objects and/or Discern Analytics (DA or DA2). For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.