Direct Hire Public Notice - Data Scientist

Summary

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will use Direct Hire Authority to fill vacancies for the Data Scientist positions within the agency.

This vacancy is a REPOSITORY of applications.

Applicants MAY BE periodically referred to Selecting Officials both during the open period and for up to 90 days after the closing date of the vacancy. Because of the large number of applications anticipated, applicants status will not be updated UNLESS referred.

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This job is open to

The public

U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.

Federal employees - Competitive service

Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's hiring rules and pay scales.

Federal employees - Excepted service

Current federal employees whose agencies have their own hiring rules, pay scales and evaluation criteria.

Veterans

Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces or a spouse, widow, widower or parent of a veteran, who may be eligible for derived preference

Military spouses

Military spouses of active duty service members or whose spouse is 100 percent disabled or died on active duty.

Individuals with disabilities

Individuals who are eligible under Schedule A.

Peace Corps & AmeriCorps Vista

Individuals who have served at least 2 years with the Peace Corps or 1 year with AmeriCorps VISTA.

Special authorities

Individuals eligible under a special authority not listed in another hiring path.

Clarification from the agency

All U.S. Citizens may apply.

Duties

Duties may include conducting and coordinating highly specialized analysis of a wide range of data mining/data analysis methods (e.g., data cleansing, data management, analytics, visualization and engineering), modeling (e. g., model selection, training, evaluation and tuning), mathematics, statistics and artificial intelligence to collect, analyze, and interpret large data sets. Work involves thorough technical expertise to accomplish gathering and maintenance of data, data analytics, development of methodological approaches, study design, development of data strategies and data policies, and advanced written, verbal, and visual communications of study / analysis output.

Duties and responsibilities vary and may increase according to the grade level of the position.

These positions may be subject to Confidential Financial Disclosure reporting requirements and subject to security ownership restriction reporting requirements.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

You must meet the qualifications for this position by no later than 30 calendar days after the closing date of this public notice and before placement in the position.

Selectees may be required to serve a trial period to assess their overall fitness and qualifications for continued employment. The trial period for new employees is two years. New employees who are preference eligible veterans serve a one-year trial period.

All information in your resume must be true and accurate.

Conditions of Employment:

• U.S. Citizenship Required

• This is a Drug Testing position

• This position may be subject to Confidential Financial Disclosure reporting requirements and subject to security ownership restriction reporting requirements.

• Must be able to meet and maintain security & suitability requirements

Qualifications

This position is being filled using the agency's Direct Hire Authority.

All positions, dependent upon grade levels being filled, require some level of related experience or education. (Job family series included for this vacancy are listed below)

The NRC will accept applications for this vacancy for ONLY the following occupational series: Data Scientist 1560

In order to qualify for these positions, you must have at least one year of specialized experience at the next lower grade level in the Federal Service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized Experience by Grade Level:

GG-11: At least 1 year of specialized experience, equivalent to the GG-09 grade level in the Federal service, or at least 1 year equivalent experience in the private or public sector to include: Assisting efforts to assess and document current state business processes and data/technical architectures; assisting efforts to develop and document future state business processes and data/technical architectures; assisting efforts to perform gap analyses and develop recommendations for business process and data/technical architecture improvements; assisting efforts to translate business needs into data/technical requirements; demonstrating working knowledge of data mining/data analysis methods, modeling, mathematics, statistics, programming languages (e.g., SQL, Python, R), web-based application development (e.g., JavaScript, Java, Python, C/C++, R/Shiny apps), and business intelligence platforms (e.g., Tableau, SharePoint, PowerBI), and demonstrating working knowledge of artificial intelligence capabilities