This position is located at Departmental Offices,Domestic Finance-Office of Financial Research. As a/an IT SPECIALIST (DATAMGT), you will be responsible for developing data management and governance concepts, principles, and methods in support of data operations and complex Office of Financial Research (OFR) and Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) initiatives.

Duties

The following are the duties of this position at the OR-53. If you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform all these duties and will receive training to help you grow in this position. Use technology and past experience to diagnose and resolve complex data management problems (data access, data modeling, data usage in the cloud, etc.). Maintain the Data Management IT systems and the technical integration between systems and the data sharing mechanisms between OFR and our data providers and the FSOC. Support development of data products and research by resolving data anomalies, tuning scrips, and defining derived datasets to support various research and development efforts. Develop workflows in current OFR data management tools and develop scripts in support of data operations and data quality initiatives. Work with other areas of IT to ensure completeness of the data architecture and to identify and resolve gaps in existing workflow processes and procedures as they relate to data and data operations.

Requirements

Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement. You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:For the OR-53 grade level, you must have one year (52 full weeks) of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the OR-52 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes: Experience working with information systems used in the collection, transformation, presentation, management, and use of financial market and analytical data for analysis; AND Experience using SQL and Python or Java to manage financial market or analytical data and metadata; AND Experience working directly with data users and Information Technology specialists to document and provide technical business requirements, data architectures, and data onboarding and validation to facilitate delivery of identified data needs. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:For the OR-52 grade level, you must have one year (52 full weeks) of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the OR-51 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes: Experience working with information systems used in the collection, transformation, presentation, management, or use of financial market or analytical data for analysis; AND Experience using SQL or Python or JAVA to manage financial market or analytical data and metadata; AND Experience supporting data users or Information Technology Specialists to document and provide technical business requirements, data architectures, and data onboarding and validation to facilitate delivery of identified data needs. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:For the OR-51 grade level, you must have one year (52 full weeks) of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the OR-43 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes: Experience in an educational or work environment working with financial market or analytical data and metadata; AND Experience in an educational or work environment using analytical software such as SQL or Python to manage financial market or analytical data and metadata; OR Experience in an educational or work environment working directly with data users to document and provide technical business requirements, data architectures, and data onboarding and validation to facilitate delivery of identified data needs; OR EDUCATION: You may substitute education for general or specialized experience as follows: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree. OR COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: You may qualify by a combination of experience and education. Options for qualifying based on a combination will be identified in the online questions. In addition to specialized experience, individuals must have IT-related experience demonstrating each of the four competencies listed below. Attention to Detail: Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail. Customer Service: Works with clients and customers (that is, any individuals who use or receive the services or products that your work unit produces, including the general public, individuals who work in the agency, other agencies, or organizations outside the Government) to assess their needs, provide information or assistance, resolve their problems, or satisfy their expectations; knows about available products and services; is committed to providing quality products and services. Oral Communication: Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately. Problem Solving: Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations.

Education

The education generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. If you are qualifying based on foreign education, you must submit proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency. Refer to the OPM instructions.

Contacts

• Address Domestic Finance-Office of Financial Research Administrative Resource Center Parkersburg, WV 26101 US
• Name: Applicant Call Center
• Phone: 304-480-7300
• Email: [email protected]