Data Analyst @ Federal Acquisition Service

Job Summary

As a Data Analyst, you will serve as a senior Program Analyst with specific technical expertise in data analytics. Location of position: Washington, DC; Kansas City, MO; Fort Worth, TX; Lakewood, CO; Tacoma, WA; Atlanta, GA; New York, NY; Boston, MA; San Francisco, CA; Philadelphia, PA; Chicago, IL We are currently filling one vacancy, but additional vacancies may be filled as needed.

Qualifications

• To evaluate your qualifications, your resume must clearly demonstrate how you meet the specialized experience described below.
• Your resume must not exceed two pages.
• To ensure your qualifications can be fully evaluated, we recommend including the following information: Name, address, telephone number, email address; Job Title (if Federal Service, provide series and grade; if not in GS plan, provide GS equivalent grade); Relevant work experience—should include employer name, job title, start and end dates (month/year), the number of hours worked per week and descriptions that explain how you meet the required qualifications in the job announcement.
• Education, certifications or licensures—If the job announcement requires any education, certifications or licensures, make sure to include the required information and any required documents like transcripts.
• Your resume should contain enough information to make a valid determination that you fully meet experience requirements for each grade level you are applying to.
• If you do not provide enough information for us to determine your qualifications, you may be rated ineligible.
• If you have volunteered your service through a National Service program (e.g., Peace Corps, Americorps), we encourage you to apply and include this experience on your resume.

The GS-14 salary range starts at $127,829 per year. 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.

To qualify, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level or higher in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as experience that must include all four of the following: Leading or independently conducting data analytics projects involving large, complex, or disparate datasets to support program, business, operational, or strategic decision-making; Using data analytics tools, query or scripting languages, business intelligence platforms, statistical software, or cloud-based data environments to access, manipulate, validate, analyze, automate, or visualize data; Translating analytical findings, assumptions, limitations, trends, and recommendations into reports, dashboards, visualizations, briefings, or other decision-support products for management, technical, or non-technical stakeholders; and Providing technical guidance or project leadership to cross-functional teams, stakeholders, analysts, contractors, or program staff on data quality, reporting, automation, business intelligence, analytics modernization, or data-driven process improvement initiatives.

Major Duties

• Consults with stakeholders and customers to identify the appropriate data, methodological approach, and design.
• Conducts observational analyses using software and/or programming languages such as R, Python, or SAS to explore/group data, test hypotheses, predict outcomes, and inform decisions.
• Translates complex concepts, findings, and limitations into concise, plain language.
• Researches and designs presentations and interpretations of analytical outputs tailored to specific audiences including the use of interactivity and narrative storytelling where appropriate.
• Provides technical advice to the Division Director in the collecting, analyzing, interpreting and communicating insights from data.
• Provides technical recommendations in the development, implementation, and oversight of new technologies, as well as in the modernization of existing services.
• Accesses, merges, cleans, standardizes, and develops derived metrics on multiple structured datasets; has familiarity with appropriate software and automation tools.
• Serves as a resource and leader to Federal and contractor staff on implementing, managing, tracking and evaluating large scale and extremely complex data analysis projects and their associated requirements and risks.

Requirements

• If selected, you must meet the following conditions: Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees.
• If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C or NonCareer SES employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the HR Office.
• Failure to disclose this information could result in disciplinary action including removal from Federal Service.
• Serve a one year probationary period, if required.
• Undergo and pass a background investigation (Tier 2 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.