Data Scientist - DIRECT HIRE

About the role

This position is located in the Department of Transportation (DOT), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Office of the Chief Data Officer (OCDO). OCDO develops strategic approaches to leveraging FTA’s data assets, manages FTA’s data governance, builds a strong data culture, manages data as a strategic asset, and uses data to improve mission delivery, operational efficiency, and actionable decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Interact with analysts and internal customers to understand business processes, gather requirements, develop analysis methodologies, and coordinate development of data products.
• Perform analysis of a variety of data sources to provide data-driven insights and recommendations to the organization to streamline processes and improve program operations.
• Communicate analytical findings to technical and non-technical audiences, including senior leadership.
• Develop, document, and implement statistically reliable methods, strategies, and approaches to ensure valid and reliable information is provided to support management decision-making.
• Conduct tests to measure data quality and compliance with internal policy.
• Perform data wrangling and develop broadly applicable recommendations to deal with imperfections in data.
• Assist in building the foundation of scientific and technical capabilities within FTA to support ongoing and future data analytics projects.
• Educate others on technology, tools, and best practices.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. citizen & meet specialized experience to qualify.
• Submit application and resume online by 11:59 PM EST on the closing date.
• Required documents must be submitted by the closing date.
• Direct Hire Authority/SME will be used to fill this position.

Qualifications

• To meet the minimum qualifications for this position, you must (1) meet the Education Requirement for the series, (2) provide a copy of transcripts for verification, AND (3) meet either the education or experience qualifications for the grade at which you are requesting consideration.