The mission of the OIG Office of Investigations is to manage a nationwide program to prevent, detect, and investigate illegal or improper activities involving GSA programs, operations, and personnel.Location of position:This vacancy may be filled in one of the following office locations:Washington, DCChicago, ILKansas City, MOLakewood, CO We are currently filling one vacancy, but additional vacancies may be filled as needed.

Duties

THIS IS A PUBLIC NOTICE: This Notice is issued under direct-hire authority (DHA) to recruit new talent to this occupation for which there is a severe shortage of candidates and/or critical hiring needs. This means that we can hire any qualified candidate, either from this notice or from any source.

Requirements

• US Citizens and National (Residents of American Samoa and Swains Island)
• Meet all eligibility criteria within 30 days of the closing date
• Register with Selective Service if you are a male born after 12/31/1959

Qualifications

Starting Pay for all locations will be dependent upon the associated GS-Locality Pay Table for that area. If you are a new federal employee, your starting salary will likely be set at the Step 1 of the grade for which you are selected.  BASIC REQUIREMENTS DATA SCIENTISTS: All candidates for Data Scientists must meet one of the following 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.This position has a positive education requirement: Applicants must submit a copy of their college or university transcript(s) and certificates by the closing date of announcements to verify qualifications. If selected, an official transcript will be required prior to appointment.  ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS TO QUALIFY AT THE GS-12 LEVEL:  In addition to the Basic Requirements listed above, you must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is experience generating, gathering, and compiling data from a variety of business data systems (ex. Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server, Neo4J) in order to provide information to management on improving the effectiveness of business/program operations, processes, projects and/or systems; gathering data information from multiple sources using analytical techniques; and presenting data that visually communicates to users important aspects of the data to optimize the flow of information to support key business functions. Such experience must include use of Standard Query Language (SQL) and Microsoft Power BI. In addition, experience also includes organizing and analyzing large structured and unstructured data sets using data analytical tools, to include locating, accessing, merging, cleaning, and standardizing data, and developing derived metrics; creating and implementing data collection and analysis tools utilizing programming languages and environments (e.g., R, Python).ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS TO QUALIFY AT THE GS-13 LEVEL:  In addition to the Basic Requirements listed above, you must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is technical data analytics expertise in working with teams to develop data-driven solutions, products and definitions that address program and business challenges. This experience must include: Gathering and compiling data from a variety of business data systems; Consulting with diverse stakeholders and using analysis tools to design and implement data analyses; Using appropriate analytic and statistical software to programmatically prepare data for analysis and clean imperfect data; Translating data analyses into meaningful, easily understood communications; Conducting observational analyses using software and/or programming languages including R, Python, Microsoft Power BI, and SQL to explore/group data, test hypotheses, predict outcomes, and inform decisions; Developing automated data solutions (including dashboards and visualizations); and Providing input to management for decisions on an organization's enterprise data environment and/or data management practices.

Education

Note: If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Contacts

• Address GSA, Office of Inspector General General Services Administration Office of the Inspector General, HR Division (JPH) 2300 Main Street, Room 3NW-423 Kansas City, Missouri 64108 United States
• Name: Derek Hunter
• Phone: 816-926-8619
• Email: [email protected]