Summary You will serve as a INTERDISCIPLINARY COMPUTER SCIENTIST / DATA SCIENTIST in the OFFICE OF TECHNICAL DIRECTOR of the COMNAVMETOCCOM. Responsibilities You will develop, implement, and enforce the functional area's data strategy, ensuring alignment with departmental and Federal data management policies. You will leads data stewardship activities, including data quality profiling, cleansing, and validation to ensure data is accurate, complete, and timely. You will develop and supports data security policies and procedures in coordination with cybersecurity teams. You will apply sophisticated analytical techniques, including machine learning, statistical modeling, and natural language processing (NLP), to complex datasets to identify mission critical trends, patterns, and anomalies. You will conduct the full analytics lifecycle, from requirements gathering and data exploration to feature engineering, model training, and performance monitoring. You will develop and maintain interactive dashboards, geospatial visualizations, and executive-level reports to provide stakeholders with on-demand access to key performance indicators and mission metrics. You will support the Chief Data Officer (CDO) regarding analysis and tracking of programming decisions, funding realignments, budget offsets, and COA development associated with commands Data Strategy to help mitigate high-priority capability gaps. You will manage project execution by coordinating the efforts of cross-functional team members, stakeholders, and technical personnel to ensure projects are completed on time and within scope. You will perform other duties as assigned. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications To qualify for the GS-14 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-13 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience leading the development, implementation, and enforcement of enterprise data strategies, standards, and policies; chair data governance working groups; and oversee data stewardship across the full data lifecycle. Experience leading complex, high-impact analytical efforts involving large, unstructured, or multi-source datasets; Experience independently designing and deploying production and analytical solutions. Experience distilling highly complex technical results into actionable strategic insights for senior executive leaders (SES/Flag level), including the development of flag-level briefings, white papers, and decision-support products. Experience displaying advanced leadership in managing large-scale, high-visibility programs or multiple concurrent complex projects, including risk management, stakeholder engagement at senior levels, and full accountability for cost, schedule, and performance. To qualify for the GS-13 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: Experience applying data governance principles, developing data standards and policies, performing data stewardship activities, and contributing to data models and catalogs. Professional experience applying advanced analytical methods (machine learning, statistical modeling, predictive analytics) and the full analytics lifecycle using programming languages like Python or R and modern data science libraries. Experience demonstrating the ability to translate analytical findings into clear visualizations, dashboards, and briefings for technical and managerial audiences. Experience leading projects, including developing project plans, managing resources, and coordinating with cross-functional teams using Agile or traditional project management methodologies. 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 https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1500/computer-science-series-1550/ 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 possess Series: COMPUTER SCIENCTIST, SERIES 1550 Basic Requirements: Bachelor's degree in computer science or bachelor's degree with 30 semester hours in a combination of mathematics, statistics, and computer science. At least 15 of the 30 semester hours must have included any combination of statistics and mathematics that included differential and integral calculus. All academic degrees and course work must be from accredited or pre-accredited institutions. Series: DATA SCIENCTIST, SERIES 1560 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 A above, plus additional education or appropriate experience. TRANSCRIPTS ARE REQUIRED Additional Information 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 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. 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. Certain incentives (such as Recruitment, Relocation or Student Loan Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees. Vacancies filled from this announcement may be filled at any grade level listed. If selected below the full performance level, you may be noncompetitively promoted to the next higher grade level after meeting all regulatory requirements, and upon the recommendation of management. Promotion is neither implied nor guaranteed.
