Clarification from the agency

This is a Direct Hiring Authority (DHA) Notice open to the Public in the commuting area using the Department of Defense Scientific, Technical, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) DHA.

• Solving problems encountered in the gathering, conditioning, analysis, and integration of large and heterogenous volumes of data related to supply chain security risk assessments.
• Applying scientific methods, including but not limited to, decision tree analytics, probability to research and improve supply chain risk assessment processes and develop the associated models, policies, and procedures for DLA.
• Applying scientific methods, including but not limited to, game theory and statistical analysis, to research and improve supply chain risk assessment processes and develop the associated models, policies, and procedures for DLA.
• Performing professional work in data science, artificial intelligence, system analysis, risk analysis, predictive analysis, complex computer simulation, program/project planning and controls, and other related areas.
• Providing technical direction, planning, and leadership to create and implement new agency data and supply chain risk assessment policies and processes.
• Formulating and developing sophisticated models and techniques for quantitative evaluation and assessment of supply chain risks and their effect on accomplishing agency and customer missions.
• Preparing comprehensive technical reports of completed assessments assuring adequate correlation of data, integration of all pertinent considerations, and substantiation of conclusions.
• Preparing, presenting, and defending project briefings/recommendations to senior government and commercial industry personnel.

Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Tour of Duty: Full-Time, Flexible
• Security Requirements: Tier 3/Non-Critical Sensitive
• Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudicated background checks will be grounds for removal.
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
• Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
• Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
• Bargaining Unit Status: Yes
• Pre-Employment Physical: Not Required
• You will be a Mission Essential employee. This requires you to work during an emergency to ensure continuation of essential functions. You may be required to work at the designated duty location, a telework site, or an alternate location/facility.

Qualifications

To qualify for a Data Scientist (Supply Chain), your resume and supporting documentation must support:

A. Basic Requirement: Degree in 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 in the paragraph above, plus additional education or appropriate experience.

AND

B. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in or related to this position. To qualify at the GS-13 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military, or private sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement. Creditable specialized experience includes:

• Serving as a senior analyst in an organization responsible for interpreting extremely unstructured large data sets to develop risk assessment models and methods.
• Designing and developing the most appropriate techniques to solve problems, enhance performance, and increase efficiency/effectiveness.
• Designing and building models for standard, non-complex simulations, and utilizing standard-type models to simulate real world environments.
• Utilizing a wide range of supply chain security risk assessment methods and techniques to recommend those suitable for producing explicit findings and discriminating evaluations.
• Demonstrating expert knowledge of standard and innovative data science, artificial intelligence, system analysis, risk analysis, predictive analysis, complex computer simulation, program/project planning, and controls techniques.

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.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Direct Hire Evaluation: Once the application process is complete, a review of your application will be made to ensure you meet the job requirements. This vacancy will be filled through a Department of Defense Direct Hire Authority. All applicants who meet the basic qualification requirements will be forwarded to the Selecting Official for consideration. The rule of Three, Veteran's Preference and traditional rating and ranking of applicants do not apply to this vacancy. We will evaluate your application for basic eligibility and to determine if your experience meets the basic qualification requirements described in the announcement. All applicants who meet the qualifications and other basic requirement are eligible for referral and selection consideration. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating.

To apply for this position you must provide a complete Application Package. Each Application Package MUST include:

1. Your Resume: IMPORTANT UPDATE: Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you will be removed from consideration for this announcement. The resume and required supporting documentation should provide the minimum qualifications and relevant experience for the announced position. Must include the work schedule, hours worked per week, dates of employment, and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted will be reviewed for qualifications and referred for selection consideration, if eligible. The resume must not be more than 5MB and should be saved and uploaded as a PDF to maintain formatting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. Page margins should be 0.5 inches, and font styles must be legible. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text. We recommend using a font like Lato, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans.
2. Applicable documents to support the eligibility(s) for which you are applying. Please review the following link for a listing of the additional documents you will need to provide: Supporting Documents.

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