Mathematical Statistician or Statistician (Data Scientist) 12 month Register

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WHAT IS THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) DIVISION?

A description of the business units can be found at: https://www.jobs.irs.gov/about/who/business-divisions

Vacancies may be filled in any area of the Information Technology Organization.

The following are the duties of this position at the full working level. If this vacancy includes more than one grade and you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform these duties and receive training to help you grow in this position.

• Serves as a technical expert with responsibility for the initiation, planning, implementation, controlling, modifying and executing of all or part of an entire project, including such tasks as formulation of workload estimates for program segments, specification of the methodology to be used, preparation of appropriate specifications and procedures, and review of computer systems specifications and materials and instructions needed for assuring the adequacy of the project's design and objectives. Explores novel methods of retrieving data and develops innovative recommendations to management and senior leadership as a means for making data driven decisions such as modification of processes and policies. Reviews, evaluates, validates, and documents the results of the findings.
• Assists the supervisor in determining the scope, goals and schedules for future programs in the Office. Results have a direct impact on assigned area's policy. Acts as a troubleshooter in resolving bottlenecks at any step in a project by identifying and proposing solutions; this may include coordination with other project team members or stakeholders to mitigate issues.
• Collaborates with business and technology partners to understand business needs, identify opportunities, and develop and implement analytical solutions.

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Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National and provide proof of U.S. Citizenship. (Birth certificate showing birth in the U.S; Unexpired U.S. Passport; Certificate of Citizenship or Naturalization; or Report of Birth Abroad of a U.S. Citizen (Form FS-240))
• Undergo a review of prior performance/conduct and an income tax verification. Refer to "Get Your Tax Record" at http://www.irs.gov/(https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript) to check the status of your account, balance owed, payment history, make a payment, or review answers to tax questions. If you are not in compliance, you will be determined unsuitable for employment with IRS.
• Must successfully complete a background investigation, including a FBI criminal history record check (fingerprint check).
• Complete a Declaration for Federal Employment to determine your suitability for Federal employment, at the time requested by the agency.
• Go through a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) process that requires two forms of identification from the Form I-9. Federal law requires verification of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S. These documents must be unexpired original or certified copies.

Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement:

BASIC REQUIREMENT:

GS-1530 Statistician (Data Scientist):

You must have a degree that included 15 semester hours in statistics (or in mathematics and statistics, provided at least 6 semester hours were in statistics), and 9 additional semester hours in one or more of the following: physical or biological sciences, medicine, education, or engineering; or in the social sciences including demography, history, economics, social welfare, geography, international relations, social or cultural anthropology, health sociology, political science, public administration, psychology, etc. Credit toward meeting statistical course requirements should be given for courses in which 50 percent of the course content appears to be statistical methods, e.g., courses that included studies in research methods in psychology or economics such as tests and measurements or business cycles, or courses in methods of processing mass statistical data such as tabulating methods or electronic data processing.

OR

Combination of education and experience -- courses as shown above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. The experience should have included a full range of professional statistical work such as (a) sampling, (b) collecting, computing, and analyzing statistical data, and (c) applying statistical techniques such as measurement of central tendency, dispersion, skewness, sampling error, simple and multiple correlation, analysis of variance, and tests of significance.

GS-1529 Mathematical Statistician (Data Scientist):

You must have a degree that included courses in mathematics and statistics totaling at least 24 semester hours. This course work must have included a minimum of 12 semester hours of mathematics and 6 semester hours were in statistics. Courses acceptable toward meeting the mathematics course requirement must have included at least four of the following: differential calculus, integral calculus, advanced calculus, theory of equations, vector analysis, advanced algebra, linear algebra, mathematical logic, differential equations, or any other advanced course in mathematics for which one of these was a prerequisite. Courses in mathematical statistics or probability theory with a prerequisite of elementary calculus or more advanced courses will be accepted toward meeting the mathematics requirements, with the provision that the same course cannot be counted toward both the mathematics and the statistics requirement.

OR

A combination of education and experience that includes at least 24 semester hours of mathematics and statistics, including at least 12 hours in mathematics and 6 hours in statistics, as described above; and Experience that showed evidence of statistical work such as (a) sampling, (b) collecting, computing, and analyzing statistical data, and (c) applying known statistical techniques to data such as measurement of central tendency, dispersion, skewness, sampling error, simple and multiple correlation, analysis of variance, and tests of significance.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below:

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE FOR GS-09: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-7 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes at least three of the following:

• Experience using data mining process models (such as CRISP-DM, SEMMA, etc.,) to design and execute data science project.
• Experience preparing and analyzing structured and unstructured datasets to explore and evaluate data science centric models.
• Experience applying a range of analytic approaches, including (but not limited to) machine learning, text analytics, and natural language processing; graph theory, link analysis and optimization models; complex adaptive systems; and/or deep learning neural networks that are part of the exploration.
• Experience coding in various programming languages (such as R, Python, SQL, or JAVA) to conduct various phases of data science projects.
• Experience creating and querying different datastores and architectures (such as Sybase, Oracle, and open-source databases) to work with various types of data as part of the data science project.
• Experience using tools for data visualization (graphs, tables, charts, etc.,) and end-user business intelligence.

OR Two (2) full academic years of progressively higher-level graduate education in in Mathematics, statistics or related field of study from an accredited college or university. OR A master's or equivalent degree in Mathematics, statistics or related field of study from an accredited college or university. OR A combination graduate education and experience described above.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE FOR GS-11: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-9 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes at least five of the following:

• Experience using data mining process models (such as CRISP-DM, SEMMA, etc.,) to design and execute data science project.
• Experience preparing and analyzing structured and unstructured datasets to explore and evaluate data science centric models.
• Experience applying a range of analytic approaches, including (but not limited to) machine learning, text analytics, and natural language processing; graph theory, link analysis and optimization models; complex adaptive systems; and/or deep learning neural networks that are part of the exploration.
• Experience coding in various programming languages (such as R, Python, SQL, or JAVA) to conduct various phases of data science projects.
• Experience creating and querying different datastores and architectures (such as Sybase, Oracle, and open-source databases) to work with various types of data as part of the data science project.
• Experience using tools for data visualization (graphs, tables, charts, etc.,) and end-user business intelligence.

OR Three (3) full academic years of progressively higher-level graduate education in Mathematics, Statistics or related fields from an accredited college or university. OR Ph. D. or equivalent doctoral degree Mathematics, Statistics or related field of study from an accredited college or university. OR A combination graduate education and experience described above.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE FOR GS-12: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes all of the following:

• Experience using data mining process models (such as CRISP-DM, SEMMA, etc.,) to design and execute data science project.
• Experience preparing and analyzing structured and unstructured datasets to explore and evaluate data science centric models.
• Experience applying a range of analytic approaches, including (but not limited to) machine learning, text analytics, and natural language processing; graph theory, link analysis and optimization models; complex adaptive systems; and/or deep learning neural networks that are part of the exploration.
• Experience coding in various programming languages (such as R, Python, SQL, or JAVA) to conduct various phases of data science projects.
• Experience creating and querying different datastores and architectures (such as Sybase, Oracle, and open-source databases) to work with various types of data as part of the data science project.
• Experience using tools for data visualization (graphs, tables, charts, etc.,) and end-user business intelligence.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE FOR GS-13 and other qualifications will be continued in the upper portion of the Education Section.

Education

CONTINUED QUALIFICATIONS:

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE FOR GS-13: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes all of the following:

• Experience applying project management principles on a data science project.
• Experience planning and executing a variety of data science and/or analytics projects.
• Experience using data mining process models (such as CRISP-DM, SEMMA, etc.,) to design and execute data science project.
• Experience preparing and analyzing structured and unstructured datasets to explore and evaluate data science centric models.
• Experience working with multiple data types and formats as a part of a data science project.
• Experience applying a range of analytic approaches, including (but not limited to) machine learning, text analytics, and natural language processing; graph theory, link analysis and optimization models; complex adaptive systems; and/or deep learning neural networks that are part of the exploration.
• Experience coding in various programming languages (such as R, Python, SQL, or JAVA) to conduct various phases of data science projects.
• Experience creating and querying different datastores and architectures (such as Sybase, Oracle, and open-source databases) to work with various types of data as part of the data science project. Experience using tools for data visualization (graphs, tables, charts, etc.,) and end-user business intelligence.

AND

MEET TIME IN GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT: For positions above the GS-05, applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year (52 weeks) at the next lower grade level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the grade you are applying for.

AND

TIME AFTER COMPETITIVE APPOINTMENT: By the closing date (or if this is an open continuous announcement, by the cut-off date) specified in this job announcement, current civilian employees must have completed at least 90 days of federal civilian service since their latest non-temporary appointment from a competitive referral certificate, known as time after competitive appointment. For this requirement, a competitive appointment is one where you applied to and were appointed from an announcement open to "All US Citizens".

Federal experience is not required. The experience may have been gained in the public sector, private sector or Volunteer Service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week, on your resume.

For more information on qualifications please refer to OPM's Qualifications Standards.

EDUCATION INFORMATION:

For positions with an education requirement, or if you are qualifying for this position by substituting education or training for experience, submit a copy of your transcripts or equivalent. An official transcript will be required if you are selected.

A college or university degree generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools which meet these criteria, please refer to Department of Education Accreditation page.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. Click here for Foreign Education Credentialing instructions.

Additional information

• Subject to a 1-year probationary period (unless already completed).
• Have your salary sent to a financial institution of your choice by Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer.
• If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so.
• May be eligible for telework based on IRS policy. If you are in a telework eligible position, you may be directed to temporarily telework on a full-time basis due to COVID 19. Employees must be within a 200-mile radius of their official assigned post-of-duty (POD) while in a telework status. Once normal operations resume, employees may be directed back to the office to perform the duties of their position. Telework eligibility does not guarantee telework; employees must meet and sustain IRS telework eligibility requirements and supervisor's approval to participate in the IRS Telework Program. As a reminder - If you are selected for a position, you are responsible for reporting to your designated POD (location) on the negotiated start date or as directed by management.
• The salary range indicated in this announcement reflects the minimum locality pay up to maximum locality pay for all duty locations listed. The range will be adjusted for selected duty location. General Schedule locality pay tables may be found under Salaries & Wages.
• This is a Bargaining unit position.
• Tour of Duty: Day Shift with hours between 6:00 am and 6:00 pm.
• Alternative work schedule, staggered work hours or telework may be available.
• We may select from this announcement or any other source to fill one or more vacancies. Additional jobs may be filled.
• Relocation expenses - None.

This is an open continuous announcement which will be used to fill 8 vacancies in the locations listed as they become available contingent upon funding and space requirements.

Please consider each location carefully when applying. If you are selected for a position at one of your location selections, that location will become your official post of duty.

Applicants must apply and/or update their applications by 11:59 pm ET at the close of the following cutoff dates to be considered: Cutoff date(s): 03/09/2023, 06/09/2023, 09/11/2023 & 12/11/2023. This announcement may be amended to include additional cut-off dates if needed, not later than 10 days prior to the additional cut-off date(s). Eligible applicants in the highest category who apply by the initial cutoff date 03/09/2023 will be considered first. If additional vacancies exist, applicants who applied after the initial cutoff date who place in the highest category will be considered next. This announcement may be closed early if sufficient applicants apply to fill the anticipated vacancies.

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