Supervisory Data Scientist

**Duties**:
**Key facts about this DHA notice**:

- TTS is seeking to fill multiple TERM appointments at the GS-14 level.
- This is a virtual/remote position.
- Duty station to be determined upon selection.
- Salary to be determined upon selection, depending on duty location.
- Current civil service employees will receive new appointments if selected under this Direct Hire Authority.
- Any selections made will be contacted by Human Resources.

**You must perform the following Major Duties utilizing expert level skill, mastery knowledge and significant IT experience**:
**GS-14**:
Supervisory/Managerial Organization Leadership
- Supervises an assigned branch and its employees. The work directed involves high profile data science projects, programs, and/or initiatives within other federal agencies.
- Manages workforce operations, including recruitment, supervision, scheduling, development, and performance evaluations.
- Keeps up to date with data science developments in the private sector; seeks out best practices; and identifies and seizes opportunities for improvements in assigned data science program and project operations.

Senior Expert in Data Science
- Recognized authority for scientific data analysis using advanced statistical techniques to determine desired statistical computations, analyses, and acceptable output format based on network constraints.
- Provides training and expertise on determining appropriate data science products or services with clients or customers to define project scopes, requirements, and deliverables for a full array of data science functions to include defining data requirements, implementing databases, analyzing data, developing data standards, building artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning (NL) models, etc.
- Facilitates a work environment that encourages creative thinking and innovation and designs and implements agile, human-centered, cutting-edge data science projects, and/or services.

**Requirements**:
**Conditions of Employment**:

- US Citizenship or National (Residents of American Samoa and Swains Island)
- Register with Selective Service if you are a male born after 12/31/1959
- Meet all eligibility criteria within 30 days of the closing date
- Direct Deposit of salary check to financial organization required

If selected, you must meet the following conditions:

- **Receive authorization from OPM on any job offer you receive, if you are or were (within the last 5 years) a political Schedule A, Schedule C or Non-Career SES employee in the Executive Branch.**:

- Serve a one year supervisory or managerial probationary period, if required
- Undergo and pass a background investigation (Tier 4 investigation level).
- Have your identity and work status eligibility verified if you are not a GSA employee. We will use the Department of Homeland Security’s e-Verify system for this. Any discrepancies must be resolved as a condition of continued employment.

**Qualifications**:
For each job on your resume, provide:

- the exact dates you held each job (from month/year to month/year)
- number of hours per week you worked (if part time).

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The GS-14 **step 1** salary range starts at $122,198 per year. The total salary will be determined upon selection and based on the associated GS locality pay table for your assigned duty location.

If you are a new federal employee, your starting salary will likely be set at the Step 1 of the grade for which you are selected.

**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

**This position has a positive education requirement**: Applicants must submit a copy of their college or university transcript(s) and certificates by the closing date of announcements to verify qualifications. If selected, an official transcript will be required prior to appointment.
- Managing or supervising staff that provide or support delivery of modern IT product(s), platform(s), or service(s).
- Leading the overall planning, management, and direction of a program or of projects.
- Serving as a data science and analytics practitioner in a technical environment.
- Working with agile or iterative development methodologies.
- Building relationships and alignment with partners and/or stakeholders.

**Education**:
**Additional information**:
**Bargaining Unit Status**: This position is ineligible for the bargaining unit.

**Relocation Not Paid**: Relocation-related expenses are not approved and will be your responsibility.**Management Rights**: Additional vacancies may be filled through this announcement