Job opening: Data Scientist
Salary: $83 793 - 129 866 per year
Relocation: YES
Published at: Aug 20 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
Develops and applies innovative analytical approaches to support data-driven policy and operational decisions. Serves as a technical expert that possesses deep knowledge and experience in the domains of data engineering, computer programming, statistics, mathematical modeling, machine learning algorithms, and data visualization techniques.
Duties
Performs multiple, varying, and complex assignments under the limited direction of a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced technical specialist. May act as a contributing specialist on large work activities or as a team leader for single or small work activities.
Requirements
- US Citizenship is required.
- Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- This position has a positive education requirement. Transcript(s) required.
- Successful completion of a security investigation may be required.
- A one-year probationary period may be required.
- Please see Required Documents & Additional Information.
Qualifications
BASIC REQUIREMENTS: A. Degree: Mathematics, statistics, computer science, data science or field directly related to the position. The degree must be in a major field of study (at least at the baccalaureate level) that is appropriate for the position.ORB. Combination of education and experience: Courses equivalent to a major field of study (30 semester hours) as shown in paragraph A above, plus additional education or appropriate experience.IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE BASIC REQUIREMENTS:To qualify at theFV-I (FG/GS 13) level, you must demonstrate possession of at least 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the FV-H (FG/GS 10-12) level. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position.Specialized experience includes:Experience collecting, recording, and analyzing data/information using program and statistical software to identify underlying relationships or dependencies that may exist for the purpose of predicting future trends or forecast drift based on previous data trends.Experience with reducing processing time, response time, and time of collection in addition to assessing the effectiveness and accuracy of new data sources and data gathering techniques to ensure compliance with policies.Experience with multi-variable data wrangling and layered data visualization of large data sets and multiple data streams to identify actionable data for business or safety management processes.Experience with Machine Learning to support risk management of health care or similar large data sets.Applicants should include examples of specialized experience in their work history. Qualifications must be met by the closing date of the announcement.
Education
This position has a positive education requirement: Applicants must submit a copy of their college or university transcripts(s) and certificates by the closing date of announcement to verify qualifications. If selected, an official transcript will be required prior to appointment. You may upload these documents with your application in USAJOBS or fax it to fax number provided in the announcement (please include announcement number on each page).
Failure to do so will result in loss of consideration.Schools must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Accreditation may be verified at the following website:
www.ed.gov/accreditation.
Foreign education must be evaluated by a private professional organization specializing in interpretation of foreign education credentials or an accredited U.S. educational institution in terms of equivalence to a degree acquired at an American college or university. A copy of the evaluation results must be included, otherwise your foreign education will not be considered.
Refer to Qualifications.
KSA INFORMATION:
As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to eliminating the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narratives from the initial application in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA.
In lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA, in your work history, please include information that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your KSA answers will be evaluated further to validate whether the level that you selected is appropriate based on the work history and experience you provided. Your answers may be adjusted by a HR Specialist as appropriate.
Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evaluated on the KSA listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or alphabetical and referred to the selecting official for consideration.
Contacts
- Address Federal Aviation Administration
AAC Regional HR Services Branch
6500 S. Macarthur Blvd, HQ Room 155
AHF-S210
Oklahoma City, OK 73169
US
- Name: Kinsley Kerlick
- Phone: 1 (405) 954-7990
- Email: [email protected]
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