Job opening: Data Scientist, 1560-GC-12/13/14
Salary: $109 243 - 250 360 per year
Relocation: YES
Published at: Oct 15 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
This position is located in the Division of Insurance and Research, Research & Regulatory Analysis Branch of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and support multiple sections in the Center for Financial Research (CFR) in the Division of Insurance and Research.
Additional selections may be made from this vacancy announcement to fill identical vacancies that occur subsequent to this announcement.
Duties
At the full performance level, major duties include:
Qualifications
Qualifying experience may be obtained in the private or public sector. 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 directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Additional qualifications information can be found here.
Basic Requirement:
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 meeting the Basic Requirement above, applicants must also meet the minimum qualifications listed below to be considered:
CG-12 - To qualify at this level, Applicant must have completed at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the CG/GS-11 level or above in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as experience conducting economic, statistical, or machine-learning analyses by writing code in Python or R; and conducting economic, statistical, or machine-learning analyses using either unstructured data or Linux-based high-performance computing clusters or cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, Azure, Databricks, etc.).
CG-13 - To qualify at this level, Applicant must have completed at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the CG/GS 12 level or above in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as experience writing code in either Python or R to conduct machine learning analyses including using at least one of the following: neural networks, random forest, boosting, K nearest neighbors, support vector machines, K-means clustering, and Natural Language Processing.
CG-14 - To qualify at this level, Applicant must have completed at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the CG/GS-13 level or above in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as experience in writing code in Python or R to conduct analyses using machine learning algorithms including at least one of the following: neural networks, random forest, boosting, Naïve Bayes, K nearest neighbors, support vector machines, or K-means clustering and either performing Natural Language Processing using at least one of the following: transformer models (e.g. BERT) or local large language models; or conducting analyses using Linux-based high-performance computing clusters or cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, Azure, Databricks, etc.).
Education
See requirements stated under QUALIFICATIONS.
Contacts
- Address Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FDIC Human Resources Branch
3501 Fairfax Drive
HRB (PA-1730-5007)
Arlington, Virginia 22226
United States
- Name: Stephanie Carr
- Phone: 571-242-0927
- Email: [email protected]
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