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Program Manager (Data Scientist)

Department of Transportation
Federal Aviation Administration
Aircraft Certification Service
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Summary

Performs multiple, varying, and complex assignments under the minimal direction of a manager or other experienced professionals. Leads and makes contribution on large projects/programs and work activities.

Overview

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Hiring complete
Posted 08/25/20
Location
1 vacancy in the following location:
Work site options
Telework eligible
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Salary
$66,936 - $103,741 per year

Plus applicable locality rates below determined by the selectees duty location.

Pay scale & grade
FV I - J
Promotion potential
NA
Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job.
Work schedule
Full-time
Travel Required
Occasional travel - The job may require travel from time- to-time, but not on a regular basis. The travel may be for training or other work-related duties.
Appointment type
Permanent
Occupations and job series
Supervisory status
No
Federal service type
This job is in the Excepted Service
Drug test
No
Security clearance
Other
Announcement number
ANE-AIR-20-145-68894
Control number
577053600

This job is open to

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Clarification from the agency

Open to current permanent FAA employees - FAA wide

Duties

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Applies experience and comprehensive knowledge applicable to plan and conduct functional activities for projects/programs. Assignments frequently require knowledge and experience working across functional and/or organizational lines. Facilitates performance monitoring by collecting, analyzing and reporting organizational data to support informed decision-making by leaders in the Aircraft Certification Service. Uses knowledge of data science, data management, and data analytics principles and tools to apply to the work of the Aircraft Certification Service Business Intelligence Team. Utilizes information retrieval and extraction techniques to increase the utility of unstructured and semi-structured data. Joins datasets through the identification of common data elements and validation of consistent formatting using computer programming languages (e.g., SQL, Python). Presents analytical results via Tableau data visualizations to technical and non-technical audiences, including Aircraft Certification Service leadership, to provide insights for decision-making and/or opportunities for process improvement. Support the Aircraft Certification Service joint information management team in building the foundation of scientific and technical capabilities within the Service to support ongoing and future data analytics projects. Contacts are internal/external. May act as a point of contact to provide advice and guidance on the applications of policies and procedures. Established policies/procedures provide guidance for most assignments, but allow considerable discretion for employee to select the most appropriate approach(es) or develop new approaches. Develops and recommends approaches to address current and anticipated problems and issues.

In addition to the above responsibilities, incumbent performing at the J band level provides guidance as a recognized expert. Prepares, reviews, and recommends approvals of major reports on projects, programs and work activities for internal and external distribution. Broad policies and objectives provide general guidance for addressing issues but often require the development of new approaches. May create new solutions and policy interpretations as situations require. Develops and recommends approaches to address current and anticipated problems and issues. Applies FAA's policies and objectives to identify, define, and organize resources for large projects/programs/work activities.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

  • US Citizenship is required.
  • Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
  • Must submit an SF50 (See Required Documents)

Qualifications

To qualify for this position you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to he next lower grade level (FV-H, FG/GS-12 or FV-I, FG/GS-13) experience. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. Specialized experience is described as:

  • Experience creating and managing in a SQL environment and documenting data structure and architecture.
  • Experience creating and using advanced machine learning algorithms and statistics (e.g. regression, simulation, scenario analysis, modeling, clustering, decision trees, neural networks, etc.)
  • Experience working with and creating data architectures, including solving data problems with an emphasis on product development.
  • Experience writing code in a statistical or computer programming language such as SQL, SAS, R or Python to aid in analysis.
  • Experience building an ETL pipeline with stream processing and managing data within Microsoft SSMS.

Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement.

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Make sure your resume includes detailed information to support your qualifications and answers to the job questionnaire.

Additional information

We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions.
Position may be subject to a background investigation.
A one-year probationary period may be required.
The person selected for this position may be required to file a financial disclosure statement within 30 days of entry on duty. FAA policy limits certain outside employment and financial investments in aviation-related companies.

Selection and placement are contingent upon waiver or completion of satisfactory security requirement.

As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to eliminating the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narratives from the initial application in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA.

In lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA, in your work history, please include information that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your KSA answers will be evaluated further to validate whether the level that you selected is appropriate based on the work history and experience you provided. Your answers may be adjusted by a Human Resource Specialist as appropriate.

Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evaluated on the listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or priority grouping and referred to the selecting official for consideration.

Some, all or none of the applicants may be interviewed.



This position is eligible but not in a bargaining unit.

Links to Important Information: Locality Pay , COLA

How you will be evaluated

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



IMPORTANT: Applicants may be rated on the extent and quality of experience, education, and training relevant to the duties of the position(s). All answers provided in the on-line process must be substantiated. Ensure that your application package/resume supports your responses.

Federal Aviation Administration

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Agency contact information

Kerry Ferreira
Phone
1 (781) 238-7259
Fax
1 (781) 238-7283
Email
kerry.ferreira@faa.gov
Address
Federal Aviation Administration
ANE Regional HR Services Division
1200 District Avenue
AHF-E200
Burlington, MA 01803
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