Summary You will serve as either a SUPERVISORY OPERATIONS RESEARCH ANALYST or a SUPERVISORY DATA SCIENTIST in the AIR SYSTEMS GROUP, LOGISTICS DEPARTMENT, READINESS AND FLEET ANALYTICS DIVISION, READINESS DATA ANALYSIS BRANCH of NAVAIRWARCENAC DIV. Responsibilities You will serve as the Branch Head and supervisor of the Readiness Data Analysis Branch. You will be directly responsible for the supervision of interdisciplinary scientists, research analysts, and mathematicians, and logisticians assigned to and providing direct analytical and logistics support to multiple programs. You will facilitate the development and sustainment of analytical tools. You will lead a team of data engineers responsible for establishing and maintaining big data pipelines, analytical tools, codebase, process documentation, and dataset development in a medallion architecture. You will make adjustments in the allocation of personnel and other resources in a timely and effective manner to meet program contingencies. You will process documentation and refinement, conduct financial analyses, and review budgets. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Coaching, mentoring, and providing career development for a diverse technical team; 2) Ability to identify employee training needs and develop training plans to ensure workforce proficiency and integration; 3) Advising and counseling employees on both work-related and administrative matters; 4) Evaluating subordinate work performance and providing constructive feedback; 5) Applying knowledge of the data science process including data engineering, data pipelining, and product sustainment; 6) Familiarity with system architectures and environments for big data analytics (e.g. AWS GovCloud, Jupiter, or similar platforms); 7) Understanding of concepts related to business intelligence (BI), data visualization, predictive analytics, and workflow automation; 8) Ability to analyze and resolve complex work-related problems presented by subordinates and project teams; 9) Identifying and implementing process improvements to eliminate bottlenecks and improve business practices; 10) Assessing organizational capabilities against future requirements and developing plans to enhance performance; 11) Researching innovative techniques and processes to improve efficiency and value of products and services; 12) Managing personnel, equipment, and resources to meet assigned workloads and project deadlines; 13) Ability to plan and assign work to subordinates, set and adjust priorities, and prepare schedules for completion; 14) Applying in-depth knowledge of program management principles including life-cycle support, systems acquisition, and sustainment; 15) Ensuring the quality of products and services, refining processes, and managing financial analyses and budgets; 16) Briefing senior officials (e.g., senior Navy/DOD) on complex technical and logistical issues; 17) Representing an organization in high-level working groups and initiatives; 18) Exercising diplomacy and tact in negotiations and conversations, especially when dealing with diverse or opposing viewpoints; and 19) Ability to foster open communication among all levels of personnel to achieve organizational goals. 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 1515 Series: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1500/operations-research-series-1515/ 1560 Series: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1500/data-science-series-1560/ 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: Applicants must posses: 1515 Series: Successful completion of a bachelor's degree or higher in operations research; OR Successful completion of a bachelor's degree or higher with at least 24 semester hours in a combination of operations research, mathematics, probability, statistics, mathematical logic, science, or subject-matter courses requiring substantial competence in college-level mathematics or statistics. At least 3 of the 24 semester hours must have been in calculus. 1560 Series: Successful completion of a bachelor's degree or higher in mathematics, statistics, computer science, data science or a field directly related to the position; OR Successful completion of at least 30 semester hours in a combination of courses provided in the paragraph above, plus additional education or appropriate experience. Additional Information A relocation incentive is generally a single payment intended to offset some of the relocation costs experienced by the selectee. A relocation incentive may be authorized. This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions. Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf PPP Applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation. ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/ Military Spouse Preference Applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position.
