This position is located in the Department of Defense (DoD) Office of the Inspector General (OIG), Mission Support Team, Data Analytics Team (DAT) and reports directly to the Assistant Inspector General (SES) for Data Analytics. This position manages a team of data engineers and IT specialists that work with other technical and subject matter expert teams to develop and maintain custom-built oversight tools that ultimately improve the efficiency and effectiveness of DoD OIG's oversight mission.

Duties

Manage staff in the researching, planning, and execution of application development for oversight projects. Responsible for administrative tasks and duties in support of direct reports, which includes delegation, quality control, and critical feedback. Ensures that staff follows data engineering best practices, oversight standards, security protocols, and IT security policy, along with regular updates and recommendations to the Senior Leaders on progress and courses of action. Maintain knowledge of engineering and data science technology trends and contributes that knowledge at a big-picture level to improve application development and deployment while also providing feedback on modeling decisions and interpretation. Balances technical nuances across domains of data, math/stats, machine learning, and software to connect them to business context and value for DoD OIG oversight components. Execute special assignments from OIG and CIGIE Senior Leaders, working with the team to establish best practices for cooperation, and regular supervisory administrative tasks.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S Citizen or National
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or be exempt from Selective Service (see http://www.sss.gov).
• Suitable for federal employment
• This national security position, which may require access to classified information, requires a favorable suitability review and security clearance as a condition of employment. Failure to maintain security eligibility may result in termination.
• Incumbent is required to submit to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment, and is subject to random drug testing for the duration of service with DoD OIG.
• The incumbent must adhere to the DoD Standards of Conduct.

Qualifications

Applicants must demonstrate that they meet the Basic AND Minimum Qualification requirements as noted below. Basic Requirements: 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 Combination of education and experience: Courses equivalent to a major field of study (30 semester hours) as shown in paragraph above, plus additional education or appropriate experience. Time in grade: For entry at the GS-14 level, status applicants must have served 52 weeks as a GS-13 or equivalent or higher grade, in the Federal Service. Specialized Experience: You must have at least 52 weeks of specialized experience at the GS-13 level in the federal service or at an equivalent level. Specialized experience is defined as: Demonstrated experience managing or leading the development of major data engineering projects in a production environment. 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience. Only experience and/or education obtained by the closing date of this announcement will be considered.

Education

There is no substitution of education for the qualifying specializing experience at this grade level.

For Basic Requirements you MUST provide unofficial transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: (1) unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list of courses. Transcripts and list of courses must include the following information: name of accredited institution, list of courses with grades and credit earned for each course, quarter or semester hours earned, degree conferred and date, and the name and address of the school. If selected for this position, you will be required to provide an official certified copy of your transcripts before a start date will be established. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.

PASS/FAIL COURSES: If more that 10 percent of your undergraduate course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society.

GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.

ACCREDITATION: Only degrees from an accredited college or university recognized by the Department of Education are
acceptable to meet positive education requirements or to substitute for experience. For additional information, please go to the Office of Personnel Management website at https://www.opm.gov/qualifications/ and U.S. Department of Education website at https://www2.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specialized 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: http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address DoD OIG - MISSION SUPPORT TEAM 4800 Mark Center Drive Alexandria, VA 22350 US
• Name: RASHEED BULLARD
• Email: [email protected]