Job opening: Computer Scientist Direct Hire
Salary: $119 290 - 183 500 per year
Published at: Dec 19 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
Positions under this announcement are being filled using a Direct Hire Authority (DHA).
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Duties
WHAT IS THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION?
A description of the business units can be found at: https://www.jobs.irs.gov/about/who/business-divisions
Vacancies will be filled in the following specialty areas:
Criminal Investigation, Refund & Cyber Crimes, Cyber Crimes (CC)
The following are the duties of this position at the full working level:
As a senior expert and consultant to top agency management officials, the employee advises on highly complex issues, studies, research, and analysis projects. Work includes the development or extension of new theories, principles, concepts in the design, development, and maintenance of specialized information systems and advising other IT experts throughout Department of Treasury and Internal Revenue Service(IRS) and in other agencies, on a variety of issues, and situations that involve applying or adapting new theories, concepts, principles, standards, methods, or practices, that are developed by the employee or result from the employee's leadership.
Provides professional leadership and direction in the conceptual design, formulation and development of major prototype and developmental systems or in making extensive modifications and upgrades to existing systems, considering changing requirements and interfaces, advances in technology, and evolving standards, in coordination with the IT Enterprise Services Office.
Conducts research into areas of great importance, significance, and difficulty, such as artificial intelligence including the application of computers to solve problems and to understand the principles of human intelligence.
Consults and collaborates with other national/international experts from industry and other governments to develop policies and direction; represents IRS-CI and the U.S. in national and international technical committees and consortia as a speaker and participant.
Functions as the recognized program expert and technical/professional expert and is sought after by outside authorities for consultation, advice and guidance in the field of computer science and tax information systems.
Qualifications
You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement:
BASIC REQUIREMENT: You must have a bachelor's degree in computer science or bachelor's degree with 30 semester hours in a combination of mathematics, statistics, and computer science. At least 15 of the 30 semester hours must have included any combination of statistics and mathematics that included differential and integral calculus. All academic degrees and course work must be from accredited or pre-accredited institutions.
Applicants should have sufficient knowledge to understand the fundamental concepts and techniques of computer science. Courses designed to provide an introduction to computer science techniques and methodologies, to problems of system design, and to other specialized fields are acceptable. Courses or experience in teaching elementary, business, or shop mathematics are not acceptable.
In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below:
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: In addition to meeting the basic requirements, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes demonstrated professional competence in applying the theoretical foundations of computer science, including the design, development and application of computer systems and architectures, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, deep learning, data ingestion, normalization, and ontologies; Specialized knowledge in software exploitation techniques, cryptanalysis, or blockchain technology; and Knowledge of relevant mathematical and statistical sciences.
Qualifying experience would include: working complex assignments in research, acquisition, design, development and maintenance of information systems for identifying and tracing movements in cryptocurrency, deanonymization of online actors, identifying suspicious activity, or analyzing and organizing large volumes of unstructured data, and leading projects to design, acquire, and implement major prototype and developmental systems or make extensive modifications and upgrades to existing systems, taking into account changing requirements and interfaces, advances in technology, and evolving standards.
Federal experience is not required. The experience may have been gained in the public sector, private sector or Volunteer Service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-timework is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week, on your resume.
For more information on qualifications please refer to OPM's Qualifications Standards.
Education
For positions with an education requirement, or if you are qualifying for this position by substituting education or training for experience, submit a copy of your transcripts or equivalent. An official transcript will be required if you are selected.
A college or university degree generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools which meet these criteria, please refer to
Department of Education Accreditation page.
FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. Click
here for Foreign Education Credentialing instructions.
Contacts
- Address CI
1111 Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20224
US
- Name: IRS Cincinnati External
- Email: [email protected]