Data Scientist - Singapore - US DHS Headquarters

Description

Duties:

This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Anywhere in the U.S.

(remote job).

The primary purpose of this position is performing highly technical work across the DHS enterprise to address the Department's most complex and consequential information and data challenges.

Duties performed:

• Serves as the principal architect of Data Program products and services, providing related expert consultation in data architecture, data integration, warehousing, and security, and analytical concepts and methodologies across the DHS Enterprise.
• Serves as a data scientist and works to extract meaning from and interpret data to address complex and consequential homeland securityrelated challenges.
• Develops, integrates, and maintains data and extract transform and load (ETL) procedures to ensure the integrity and efficiency of data interchanges.
• Builds ontologies and analytic models from large volumes of historical data, deploys them for business consumption to deliver on

business outcomes, monitors their accuracy to prevent data drift, and evaluates models for bias and unintended consequences.


Requirements:


Conditions of Employment:

• You must successfully pass a background investigation. This may include a credit check, a review of financial issues, as well as certain criminal offenses and illegal use or possession of drugs.
• Oneyear probationary period may be required.
• A preemployment drug test will be required.
• DHS uses eVerify, an Internetbased system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States.
• All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choosing.
• License required: No
• Preemployment physical required: No
• This is a nonbargaining unit position.
• Permanent Change of Duty Station (PCS) Expenses will not be paid.
• Financial Disclosure: If you are hired, you may be required to complete a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 450) within 30 days after appointment.

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Promotion Potential: When promotion potential is shown, the agency is not making a commitment and is not obligated to provide future promotions to you if you are selected. Future promotions will be dependent on your ability to perform the duties at a higher level, the continuing need for an employee assigned to the higher level, and administrative approval.

• This position requires a preemployment drug test, and you must have a negative drug test result prior to appointment into the position.

Qualifications:


Applicants must demonstrate that they meet the Basic Requirements AND Minimum Qualification/Specialized Experience requirements as noted below.

Basic Requirement:

A.

Possession of a Bachelor's or higher degree in mathematics, statistics, computer science, data science or a 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.

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B. Possession of a combination of education and experience.

This is defined as courses equivalent to a major field of study (30 semester hours) as shown in paragraph A above, plus additional education or appropriate experience.

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AND

Specialized Experience:

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GS-13:You must have at least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-12 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors) performing the following duties:

• 1) analyzing data to identify patterns and trends, and interpret the data to discover solutions and opportunities;
• 2) assisting with identifying and evaluating new technology solutions for improving data collection and use; and
• 3) collecting, cleaning, and validating large data sets to ensure accuracy, completeness, and uniformity.

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GS-14:

You must have at least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-13 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors) performing the following duties:

• 1) utilizing statistical methods while leveraging machine learning and artificial intelligence to speed the analytical process;
• 2) analyzing data to identify patterns and trends, and interpret the data to discover solutions and opportunities;
• 3) identifying and evaluating new technology solutions for improving data collection and use; andNOTE: Your resume must explicitly indicate how you meet this requirement, otherwise you will be found ineligible.
  Only the first five pages of your resume will be used to make an eligibility/qualifications determination.

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NOTE:Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious;