You will serve as a Data Scientist in the Business Process Analytics and Integration Division of CNSSC FLD DET MECH PA.

Duties

You will conduct comprehensive analysis of supply chain business processes to provide solutions to enterprise and customer requirements. You will research scientific papers and professional journals to determine the latest techniques in solving problems and determine scientific techniques that will be applied to solve a particular problem. You will fully analyze requirements of potential project and determine optimal data gathering and analytical technique to complete project. You will conduct data extraction using computer programming without preset specifications. You will explore data using various means to find insights and trends that may not be found using traditional research. You will independently perform and distribute studies with the goal of documenting and streamlining processes, improving workflow, and/or automating processes.

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.
• 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.

Qualifications

You have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-13) or pay band in the federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector performing as a Professional Data Scientist. Experience must demonstrate utilizing a mastery knowledge in the application of mathematics, statistics, optimization methods and modeling, including recent advances in numerical, economic, and network analysis, simulation, queuing theory, linear programming, data science, data modeling, computer science, and other similar techniques to interpret extremely large and unstructured data sets to enable data driven decision making. You also demonstrate utilizing a mastery knowledge of the Navy's ERP business functions, supply systems, applications, and databases to scope problems and establish relationships among model parameters to bring successful resolution to inventory, warehousing services and supply chain management functions in support of Navy aircraft, surface ships, submarines and their associated weapon systems. Demonstrate experience in simplifying and decomposing complex tasks to solve the problems and form a composite solution for the customer. You utilize a comprehensive knowledge of SQL, SAS, R, Python or similar languages and applications to creatively solve problems by writing code in a statistical or computer programing language. Examples of specialized experience may include the: 1) Conducts data extraction using computer programming without preset specifications to find insights and trends that may not be found using traditional research.; 2) Combines, analyzes, and interprets large and/or complex data sets, performs statistical analysis, optimization, simulation and data science techniques (machine learning, data modeling) to develop data-driven organizational recommendations and solutions; 3) Utilize Tableau, Qlik, Power BI, R, Power Point to develops data visualizations to communicate results of data analyses to senior management; 4) Research scientific papers and professional journals to determine latest techniques in solving supply chain management or similar problems and lead or perform as the technical expert member of a project team or task force; and 5) Presents the results with verbal summaries of written content to the customer, department, and often to higher Commands such as OPNAV and OSD. 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=List-by-Occupational-Series 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:

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.

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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.

Contacts

• Address CNSSC FLD DET MECH PA 5450 Carlisle Pike Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]