Data Scientist

About the role

This position is with the Department of Homeland Security, within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Enterprise Services, Workforce Care Directorate.

Responsibilities

• Designs, develops, and oversees the implementation of advanced data classification, coding, storage, and retrieval systems, ensuring optimal data integrity, security, accessibility, and interoperability across the agency.
• Designs, executes, and interprets complex simulations, optimization models, and predictive analytics to provide critical insights and directly inform high-level agency decision-making policy formulation.
• Advises and develops innovative strategies on measurement of the design, development, deployment, maintenance, and enhancement of large-scale projects to analyze programmatic data and forecast the effects of alternative courses of actions and programmatic gaps.
• Provides expert guidance, advanced mentorship, and comprehensive on-the-job training to junior data scientists, analysts, and other professionals, significantly contributing to the development of the agency's analytical capabilities.

Requirements

You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this position.

Qualifications

• Current Federal employees with competitive status; Career Transition Assistance Plan DHS employees, Reemployment Priority List, Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Federal Employees; Current and former Land Management employees who meet the Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act; Veterans eligible under VEOA; Certain Military Spouses.
• GS Salary: Visit this link to view the locality pay tables by geographic area. If you do not see your geographic area listed, select the "Rest of United States" pay table. Some positions fall under a special pay rate depending on the series, grade level and location of the position.
• GS-14 grade level if you possess 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, performing duties such as:
• Extracting, processing, and integrating large-scale structured and unstructured datasets from multiple sources, including performing data cleaning, validation, transformation, and applying data governance and data quality assurance techniques to ensure data integrity and accessibility.
• Analyzing organization-wide or multi-program data to identify trends, assess program impacts, and develop data-driven recommendations that support administrative, programmatic, or financial decision making.
• Collaborating with program offices or leadership to identify data-driven solutions to complex problems, providing technical guidance or advice on the use of data and models, and/or mentoring junior analysts in analytical methods, tools, or best practices.

Benefits

Some positions fall under a special pay rate depending on the series, grade level and location of the position.

Pay

This position starts at a salary of $125,776.00 (GS-14, Step 1) to $163,514.00 (GS-14, Step 10).

Schedule

Negotiable after your selection. (Must report to a CBP Facility)

Skills

Expertise in computer theory, algorithms, data structures, programming concepts and languages, and computer architecture.

Benefits

Visit this link to view the locality pay tables by geographic area. If you do not see your geographic area listed, select the "Rest of United States" pay table.

Required Documents

• Resume
• Transcripts (unofficial is acceptable at this time; however, official copies will be required prior to entrance on duty)
• Verification of citizenship
• Verification of residency
• Verification of educational requirements

Background Investigation

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is a federal law enforcement agency that requires all applicants to undergo a thorough background investigation prior to employment in order to promote the agency's core values of vigilance, service to country, and integrity.

Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Requests

If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended that would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you will be granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online application. Requests for RA for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and appropriate supporting documentation for RA must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. Decisions on requests for RA are made on a case-by-case basis. If you meet the minimum qualifications of the position, after notification of the adjudication of your request, you will receive an email invitation to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, based on your adjudication decision. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, if you received the link after the close of the announcement. To determine if you need a RA, please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation for Online Assessments here.