Summary

This serves as public notice for the use of OPM's Direct Hire Authority. Applicants who meet the qualification requirements will be forwarded to the selecting official for consideration. We may select from this announcement or any other source to fill one or more vacancies.

This position is located in the Service Integration & Innovation Division, Office of Consular Systems and Technology, Bureau of Consular Affairs, (CA/CST/SII), in the U.S. Department of State.

Duties

• Responsible for planning, developing, implementing, overseeing, and maintaining a comprehensive data analytics program.
• Leads the development of long-term, strategic data planning activities, including the identification of data requirements, analytics models.
• Designs and conducts empirical studies and analyses using AI/ML techniques and other advanced technologies to analyze structured, semi-structured, or unstructured data, identify patterns, and make decisions on the information collected.
• Leads the development and implementation of new or revised data management requirements, governance, procedures, and products that ensure the protection and integrity of data products while maintaining multiple avenues of access.
• Represents the Bureau and the Department on intra-agency and interagency committees, working groups and task forces to formulate new policy and program initiatives designed to apply data science and related technologies.

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Incumbent will be subject to random drug testing.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit: www.dhs.gov/E-Verify/

1. 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.
   
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2. 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.

• Experience serving as a senior technical authority in data science and large-scale, highly complex data modeling initiatives and as a primary advisor across data science teams.
• Experience providing advanced data science architecture technical expertise in the research, development, evaluation, and application of alternate mathematical and statistical concepts and methods to ensure optimal achievement of product development and systems data analytics objectives.
• Experience providing senior leadership with the data needed to advance new, and support existing, processes derived from analytics models to include predictive analysis and other emerging analytical techniques, methods, processes, algorithms, and tools.
• Experience providing strategic guidance, advocacy, and hands-on support in the development, management, and transformation of data to address diverse, exceedingly complex operational issues that often cross multiple programs or functional/technical areas as well as interagency lines.
• Experience designing, planning and conducting complex data studies of management information requirements to construct and enhance individual systems programs and the use of statistical theories and concepts to collect, analyze, and interpret data patterns, data relationships, and data correlations into useful, relevant strategic management decision-making information.

• For reasonable accommodation at the U.S. Department of State, please contact the Office of Accessibility and Accommodations at (202) 663-3474 or OAA@state.gov.
• If eligible, telework and/or remote work agreements may be permitted with supervisory approval
• Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. If eligible, applicants to this announcement may be referred to similar positions in any Bureau/Office listed on this announcement for approximately 240 days. Telework eligibility and security clearance requirements may vary for such similar positions.

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• Knowledge of data science and data analytics theories, principles, and techniques.
• Knowledge of data architecture models, policies, rules, and standards.
• Knowledge of information security and cybersecurity directives, standards, policies, practices, tools, and technologies.
• Knowledge of the methods, processes, and tools used to build and implement data structures.
• Knowledge of program and project management principles, methods, and practices.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.