This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. This position will be filled on a permanent basis.

Duties

As a Data Scientist, you will: Advise, coach, consult, with less senior analysts, and for performing professional and scientific work in mathematics, statistical analysis, project planning, and/or other scientific principles, methods, and techniques. Execute data science projects, to include setting project goals, exploring available data, wrangling data assessing current (or available), and gapped data, developing a project plan, analyzing (statistical models/models), engineering possible solutions (e.g., creating dashboards or a graphical user interface (GUI), also including programming), optimizing (using supplementary software to optimize the results or product), executing data science methodologies, delivering project results (reports, briefings, white papers), revise (project requirements require some potential revisions), and wrapping up (the project in the best most accessible (understandable – communicating results to the customer). Support the creation of data models, assessments of the data architecture of the organization, and plans to address data architecture shortfalls. Create data models and continually assess the data architecture of the organization. Analyze data functions including application development of analytics, measures/metrics to foster performance towards service targets, objectives, goals to influence operational planning, reporting, decision making, business intelligence tools. Apply data-mining techniques in practical real-world business issues to consider data, identify patterns, issues, or data analysis needs of the organization. Evaluate command policies, data structures, business and technology architectures, and business processes to document opportunities, ways, means, and requirements for infusing emerging technologies into current business processes and capabilities. Utilize artificial intelligence to perform tasks to enhance and/or improve decision-making. Produce analytical reports and communicates the technical data requirements to data providers.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position has been designated as non-sensitive and requires a personnel security background investigation.

Qualifications

**Telework eligible position - Position has an official duty location of North Chicago, IL and is eligible for Situational Telework at the discretion of the Command. This position is NOT eligible for remote work (remote duty location). If telework is approved, selectees will be required to report to their official duty location as outlined in their telework agreement.** Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the experience and education requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Basic Requirements: A. Bachelor's Degree or higher: in Mathematics, statistics, computer science, data science or a 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. OR B. 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. And Specialized experience: To qualify based on your work experience, your resume must clearly describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as experience that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled, including: Applying complex analytical, linear algebra, calculus, and statistical theories to include regressions, and forecasting methodologies sufficient to conduct a variety of research studies to obtain, develop, synthesize, and present facts and information on program operations and systems; Analyzing data using probability statistics and trend analysis; Foreseeing the impact of changing technology on current procedures and operations and resolving issues or problems; Utilizing cloud analytics to create data models and continually assess the data architecture of the organization. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12). Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/

Contacts

• Address BR-W37NAA US ARMY MIL ENTRANCE PROCESSING CMD DO NOT MAIL North Chicago, IL 60064 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk