Summary
This position is located in the Division of Insurance and Research of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and provides information generated with advanced scientific tools, including mathematical, statistical, and econometric models and theories to make data-driven decisions regarding various aspects of the agency’s operations.
Additional selections may be made from this vacancy announcement to fill identical vacancies that occur subsequent to this announcement.
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Clarification from the agency
This position is open to all United States Citizens. This is a Direct-Hire Public Notice.
Duties
- Provides technical leadership and serves as team lead on complex data analysis projects, including projects that use complex analytic approaches common to the field of data science including AI/ML techniques, Natural Language Processing (NLP), statistical analysis, geographic analysis, data visualizations, and application/model development.
- Conducts empirical studies and analyses using cutting-edge AI/ML techniques to analyze structured, semi-structured, or unstructured data to answer research and policy questions and inform FDIC decision-making.
- Identifies appropriate methods, processes, algorithms, and tools to estimate relevant models and interpret findings to answer research and analytic questions using varied structured and unstructured datasets.
- Develops and maintains expertise in the efficient use of a variety of cloud technologies (including Microsoft Azure Databricks and Apache Airflow), statistical programming languages and software (including Python and SQL), and distributed computing software and databases (such as Apache Spark and PySpark).
- Leads the development of auditable, flexible, repeatable, and scalable extract, transform, and load (ETL) or extract load transform (ELT) capabilities on large structured and unstructured data sources, including internal and external application programming interfaces (APIs).
- Utilizes software and/or programming languages to automate complex and intersecting data orchestration workflows. Leads the development of utilities or scripts to programmatically deploy and update data sources, and other analytic tools; and to automate task execution and the instantiation of data pipelines.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
Registration with the Selective Service.
U.S. Citizenship is required.
Employment Conditions.
Completion of Financial Disclosure may be required.
Background Investigation (BI) required
Qualifications
Qualifying experience may be obtained in the private or public sector. 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 spiritual; community; student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Additional qualifications information can be found here.Basic Requirement:
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 above, plus additional education or appropriate experience.
YOU MUST PROVIDE YOUR TRANSCRIPT(S) (unofficial copy is acceptable)
In addition to the Basic Requirement, listed above, Applicant must also meet the following Specialized Experience:
To qualify, applicants must have completed at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the 14 grade level or above in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as experience in at least three of the following areas: (1) conducting analyses using machine learning algorithms including at least one of the following: neural networks, random forest, boosting, Naïve Bayes, K nearest neighbors, support vector machines, or K-means clustering; (2) performing Natural Language Processing using at least one of the following: transformer models (such as BERT) or local large language models; (3) conducting analyses using large datasets with millions of observations; and (4) writing code to conduct economic or statistical or machine-learning analyses using at least one of the following languages or technologies: Python, R, or Spark.
Education
See requirements stated under QUALIFICATIONS.
Benefits
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
In addition to the regular benefits offered by Federal agencies, the FDIC offers additional benefits to its employees. These benefits, some at minimal cost, are some of the best and most competitive in both the private and public sectors.
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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
How You Will Be Evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
This is a Direct-Hire Public Notice. Applications will be accepted for the location identified in the public notice. Veteran’s preference and traditional rating and ranking of applicants DO NOT apply to positions filled under this public notice. All complete applications (transcripts must be included, if applicable) will be verified for eligibility requirements and will be submitted to the hiring official upon request. https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/hiring-information/direct-hire-authority/#url=Governmentwide-Authority
Upon the submission of your application package to USAJobs.gov, you will receive an automatic reply informing you that your application has been submitted, received and is being processed. You will not receive any additional notifications, and your resume may not be reviewed for qualifications unless a position is requested to be filled by the hiring official. After you submit your application, you will be contacted only if further evaluation or interviews are required or upon your selection.” If requested by Management, your application will be reviewed to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements outlined in this announcement. Therefore, it is imperative that your resume contain sufficiently detailed information upon which to make the qualification determination. Please ensure that your resume contains specific information such as position titles, beginning and ending dates of employment for each position, average number of hours worked per week, and if the position is/was in the Federal government, you should provide the position series and grade level.
You do not need to respond separately to these KSAs. Your resume will serve as responses to the KSA
- Skill in the application and interpretation of AI/ML analytical techniques including supervised, unsupervised and reinforcement learning, or NLP, utilizing statistical programs and programming languages (such as Python, R, SAS, etc.).
- Knowledge of the assumptions underlying AI/ML techniques and the limitations of these techniques.
- Knowledge of statistics, econometric modeling, and quantitative financial analysis.
- Skill in the application of evaluating data pertaining to the performance of financial institutions and the financial system as a whole, including the identification and measurement of systemic risk.
- Ability to organize, prioritize, and complete tasks while coordinating the efforts of staff with limited supervision.
- Mastery of tools and techniques for collecting, staging, and productizing large and complex datasets (including structured and unstructured data) in distributed or high-performance computing (HPC) environments.
- Ability to lead the development and implementation of automated solutions to analytical problems including the identification and on-boarding of relevant data sources; manipulation, and creation of derived metrics; identification and implementation of appropriate AI/ML, GIS and task automation methodologies; and visualization and communication of analytical results.
- Knowledge of communication and negotiation techniques to establish and maintain working relationships within the Agency and Division, as well as other Federal regulators, government agencies, and private sector organization.
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Required Documents
INTERAGENCY TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (ICTAP): If you are a displaced Federal employee eligible for consideration under ICTAP, you must submit proof of eligibility. For more information, click here
EDUCATION DOCUMENTS: This position has a positive education requirement. In order to be considered, you must submit a copy of your college transcript (an unofficial transcript is acceptable). Education must be from accredited institutions. For a listing of accredited educational institutions, click here. An official transcript will be required if you are selected. If you attended more than one university and need to send multiple transcripts, please upload/fax all transcripts as one document.
Foreign Education: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program. For more information, click here.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
How to Apply
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Please ensure you have completed the application process by verifying the status of your application on-line to reflect: “Received”. Failure to complete the application process will result in an incomplete application and you will not be considered for the position.
Next steps
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