You will serve as a DATA SCIENTIST in the Readiness Branch, Operations Division, Plans, Policies, and Operations of HQ U.S. Marine Corps.

Duties

You will lead contractors within the Branch in forecasting through existing models and development of new algorithms and/or tools to support data manipulation and processing as well as the use of data visualization techniques to articulate findings. You will establish and manage data standards, conducting data quality reviews and data validation, and ensuring effective building/cleaning/organizing of complex baseline data. You will provide professional and scientific expertise in performance of work requiring knowledge and application of mathematics, statical analysis, modeling/simulation, and/or other scientific principles, data analysis, and data visualization. You will extract relevant information from historical datasets; identifies and employs the appropriate statistical, algorithmic, predictive, and visualization techniques to evaluate information in relation to its impact on decision making. You will transform data and analysis into informative data visualizations and/or interactive dashboards to arm senior leaders with timely, actionable nuanced data to improve decisions and seize opportunities.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test (including marijuana) is required. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test. You will be subject to random testing.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
• You will be required to complete training, obtain, and maintain a government credit card for travel and travel-related purchases.

Qualifications

In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-13 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Responsible for development, sustainment, and governing analytical models and methods. Knowledgeable with baseline data standards, data quality reviews and transmission of the baseline data into the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) Readiness Decision Impact Model (RDIM). Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=Group-Standards Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Education

Applicants must meet the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Applicants must possess:

1. 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.

or

2. 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.

Transcripts must be submitted.

Contacts

• Address HQ US MARINE CORPS 3280 Russell Road Quantico, VA 22134 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]