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Duties

Technical leadership and execution for data science and engineering activities will be provided to the ADLP Research Data and Computing Office. This will involve expertise in establishing data science projects, execution and reporting. Requirements and architecture design for data science implementation will be completed. Coordination of resource activity across the contributing organizational units and ensuring technical efforts are aligned will be a critical element of performance. Stakeholder engagement will be performed to facilitate development and utilization of the NIST research data systems. As a key role in the Research Data and Computing Office, this position will support coordination and communications which ensure NIST research data systems are compliant with policy and that they address organization mission priorities.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service
• Suitable for Federal employment
• Bargaining Unit Position: No

Qualifications

Basic Requirements: A. 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 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. IN ADDITION to the basic qualification requirements above, an applicant must meet the criteria below: Applicants must have one year (52 weeks) of the specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 level (ZP-III at NIST). Specialized experience is defined as experience: - Using Data Science applications and operations in scientific environments. - Project leadership skills, project management, agile software engineering. - Computer Science skills - Operational management of data systems. - Engineering program management. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done. We will credit all qualifying volunteer experience in your application. The qualification requirements in this vacancy announcement are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook. Applicant Reconsideration

Education

This position has an education requirement. Transcripts must be submitted to validate that the education requirement has been met. Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application package. However, an official copy will be required prior to a final offer of employment.

Education completed outside of the U.S. must be evaluated by an accredited organization to ensure that it is comparable to education received in accredited institutions in the U.S. Click here to view a listing of accredited organizations from the Department of Education's website. A copy of the foreign education evaluation (containing the results with a course by course listing) is required with your application.

Contacts

• Address Associate Director for Laboratory Programs 100 Bureau Drive Building 227/Room A309 Mail Stop 8300 Gaithersburg, MD 20899 US
• Name: Tailor Thompson
• Email: [email protected]