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Mathematical Statistician or Statistician (Data Scientist) Direct Hire 6 Month Register

Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
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Summary

Positions under this announcement are being filled using a Direct Hire Authority (DHA).

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Overview

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Hiring complete
Open & closing dates
03/01/2023 to 09/11/2023
Salary
$98,496 to - $158,432 per year
Pay scale & grade
GS 13
Locations
5 vacancies in the following locations:
24000 Avila Road
Laguna Niguel, CA
55 South Market Street
San Jose, CA
1999 Broadway
Denver, CO
150 Court Street
New Haven, CT
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Travel Required
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent - Appointment
Work schedule
Full-time - Day Shift
Service
Competitive
Promotion potential
13
Supervisory status
No
Security clearance
Not Required
Drug test
No
Position sensitivity and risk
Moderate Risk (MR)
Trust determination process
Announcement number
23-11815080K-SBD-MULTI-13
Control number
708344100

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Duties

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WHAT IS THE SMALL BUSINESS SELF EMPLOYMENT (SBSE) DIVISION?
A description of the business units can be found at: https://www.jobs.irs.gov/about/who/business-divisions

Vacancies will be filled in the following specialty areas: SBSE Operations Support, Business Development

The following are the duties of this position at the full working level.

  • Serves as a technical expert with responsibility for the initiation, planning, implementation, controlling, modifying and executing of all or part of an entire project, including such tasks as formulation of workload estimates for program segments, specification of the methodology to be used, preparation of appropriate specifications and procedures, and review of computer systems specifications and materials and instructions needed for assuring the adequacy of the project's design and objectives.
  • Explores novel methods of retrieving data and develops innovative recommendations to management and senior leadership as a means for making data driven decisions such as modification of processes and policies.
  • Reviews, evaluates, validates, and documents the results of the findings.
  • Assists the supervisor in determining the scope, goals and schedules for future programs in the Office.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

  • If you are in a telework eligible position, you may be directed to temporarily telework on a full-time basis due to COVID 19. Employees must be within a 200-mile radius of their official assigned post-of-duty (POD) while in a telework status. Once normal operations resume, employees may be directed back to the office to perform the duties of their position. Telework eligibility does not guarantee telework; employees must meet and sustain IRS telework eligibility requirements and supervisor's approval to participate in the IRS Telework Program. As a reminder - If you are selected for a position, you are responsible for reporting to your designated POD (location) on the negotiated start date or as directed by management.
  • Must be a U.S. Citizen or National and provide proof of U.S. Citizenship. (Birth certificate showing birth in the U.S; Unexpired U.S. Passport; Certificate of Citizenship or Naturalization; or Report of Birth Abroad of a U.S. Citizen (Form FS-240))
  • Undergo a review of prior performance/conduct and an income tax verification. Refer to "Get Your Tax Record" at http://www.irs.gov/(https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript) to check the status of your account, balance owed, payment history, make a payment, or review answers to tax questions. If you are not in compliance, you will be determined unsuitable for employment with IRS.
  • Must successfully complete a background investigation, including a FBI criminal history record check (fingerprint check).
  • Complete a Declaration for Federal Employment to determine your suitability for Federal employment, at the time requested by the agency.
  • Go through a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) process that requires two forms of identification from the Form I-9. Federal law requires verification of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S. These documents must be unexpired original or certified copies.

Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

BASIC REQUIREMENT GS-1529 MATHEMATICAL STATISTICIAN (DATA SCIENTIST):

  • You must have a degree that included courses in mathematics and statistics totaling at least 24 semester hours.
  • This course work must have included a minimum of 12 semester hours of mathematics and 6 semester hours were in statistics.
  • Courses acceptable toward meeting the mathematics course requirement must have included at least four of the following: differential calculus, integral calculus, advanced calculus, theory of equations, vector analysis, advanced algebra, linear algebra, mathematical logic, differential equations, or any other advanced course in mathematics for which one of these was a prerequisite.
  • Courses in mathematical statistics or probability theory with a prerequisite of elementary calculus or more advanced courses will be accepted toward meeting the mathematics requirements, with the provision that the same course cannot be counted toward both the mathematics and the statistics requirement.
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A combination of education and experience that includes at least 24 semester hours of mathematics and statistics, including at least 12 hours in mathematics and 6 hours in statistics, as described above; and Experience that showed evidence of statistical work such as (a) sampling, (b) collecting, computing, and analyzing statistical data, and (c) applying known statistical techniques to data such as measurement of central tendency, dispersion, skewness, sampling error, simple and multiple correlation, analysis of variance, and tests of significance.

BASIC REQUIREMENT GS-1530 STATISTICIAN (DATA SCIENTIST):
  • You must have a degree that included 15 semester hours in statistics (or in mathematics and statistics, provided at least 6 semester hours were in statistics), and 9 additional semester hours in one or more of the following: physical or biological sciences, medicine, education, or engineering; or in the social sciences including demography, history, economics, social welfare, geography, international relations, social or cultural anthropology, health sociology, political science, public administration, psychology, etc.
  • Credit toward meeting statistical course requirements should be given for courses in which 50 percent of the course content appears to be statistical methods, e.g., courses that included studies in research methods in psychology or economics such as tests and measurements or business cycles, or courses in methods of processing mass statistical data such as tabulating methods or electronic data processing.
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A combination of education and experience -- courses as shown above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. The experience should have included a full range of professional statistical work such as (a) sampling, (b) collecting, computing, and analyzing statistical data, and (c) applying statistical techniques such as measurement of central tendency, dispersion, skewness, sampling error, simple and multiple correlation, analysis of variance, and tests of significance.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below:

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes all of the following:
  • Experience applying project management principles on a data science project.
  • Experience planning and executing a variety of data science and/or analytics projects.
  • Experience using data mining process models (such as CRISP-DM, SEMMA, etc.,) to design and execute data science project.
  • Experience preparing and analyzing structured and unstructured datasets to explorations and evaluating data science centric models.
  • Experience working with multiple data types and formats as a part of a data science project.
  • Experience applying a range of analytic approaches, including (but not limited to) machine learning, text analytics, and natural language processing; graph theory, link analysis and optimization models; complex adaptive systems; and/or deep learning neural networks that are part of the exploration.
  • Experience coding in various programming languages (such as R, Python, SQL, or JAVA) to conduct various phases of data science projects.
  • Experience creating and querying different datastores and architectures (such as Sybase, Oracle, and open-source databases) to work with various types of data as part of the data science project.
  • Experience using tools for data visualization (graphs, tables, charts, etc.,) and end-user business intelligence.
Federal experience is not required. The experience may have been gained in the public sector, private sector or Volunteer Service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-timework is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week, on your resume.

For more information on qualifications please refer to OPM's Qualifications Standards.

Education

For positions with an education requirement, or if you are qualifying for this position by substituting education or training for experience, submit a copy of your transcripts or equivalent. An official transcript will be required if you are selected.

A college or university degree generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools which meet these criteria, please refer to Department of Education Accreditation page.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. Click here for Foreign Education Credentialing instructions.

Additional information

  • A 1-year probationary period is required.
  • Have your salary sent to a financial institution of your choice by Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer.
  • If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so.
  • The salary range indicated in this announcement reflects the minimum locality pay up to maximum locality pay for all duty locations listed. The range will be adjusted for selected duty location. General Schedule locality pay tables may be found under Salaries & Wages.
  • This is a Bargaining unit position.
  • Tour of Duty: Day Shift with hours between 6:00 am and 6:00 pm.
  • Alternative work schedule, staggered work hours or telework may be available.
  • Relocation expenses - None.
  • Obtain and use a government-issued charge card for business-related travel.
  • Applicants will be referred as vacancies become available based on date of application.
  • We may select from this announcement or any other source to fill one or more vacancies. Additional jobs may be filled.
  • 5 vacancies will be filled in any of the following locations:
  1. 24000 Avila Road, Laguna Niguel, California.
  2. 55 South Market Street, San Jose, California.
  3. 1999 Broadway, Denver, Colorado
  4. 150 Court Street, New Haven, Connecticut
  5. 77 K Street NE, Washington DC, District of Columbia
  6. 400 W Bay Street, Jacksonville, Florida
  7. 7850 SW 6th Court, Plantation, Florida
  8. 401 W Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Georgia
  9. 310 Lowell Street, Andover, Massachusetts
  10. 985 Michigan Ave, Detroit, Michigan
  11. 30 East Seventh Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota
  12. 600 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  13. 300 E Eighth Street, Austin, Texas
  14. 5450 Stratum Drive, Fort Worth, Texas
  15. 2365 Lincoln Ave, Ogden, Utah
  16. 915 Second Ave, Seattle, Washington.
Though many locations may be listed, you will be limited to a maximum of 5 location choices.

Please consider each location carefully when applying. If you are selected for a position at one of your location selections, that location will become your official post of duty.

This is an open continuous announcement which allows applicants to apply up to the closing date of the announcement, 09/11/2023. Applicants need to apply and/or update their applications by 11:59 pm ET by cutoff date 04/13/2023 and closing date of the announcement 09/11/2023 to be considered.

This announcement will establish an inventory of applicants. Contingent upon funding and space requirements, one or more vacancies may be filled at the locations listed in this announcement as they become available. Applicants will be referred as vacancies become available based on date of application. This announcement may be amended to include additional cutoff dates within the 12 month period if needed, not later than 10 days prior to the additional cutoff date(s).

Any required documents should be submitted at the time that you apply. Documents will not be accepted after the vacancy closes.
If the position(s) are filled prior to the end of the Register, this announcement may be closed out early.

How you will be evaluated

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

This position will be filled through the Direct Hire Authority. Under this authority, competitive rating, ranking, and veterans' preference procedures do not apply. Your application will be considered based on education, training, and quality of your experience. For more information on Direct-Hire Authority visit: OPM Direct Hire Fact Sheet.

Your application must include your resume, responses to the online questions, and required supporting documents. Please be sure that your resume includes detailed information to support your qualifications for this position; failure to provide sufficient evidence in your resume may result in a "not qualified" determination.

Referral: Applicants who meet the basic qualification requirements may be referred to a selecting official for consideration. Candidates may be required to participate in a selection interview (telephonic and/or in person at the discretion of the Selecting Official in accordance with hiring practices). We will not reimburse costs related to the interview such as travel to and from the interview site.

If you are a displaced Federal employee (eligible for the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP), you must be found "well qualified" for the position. Well qualified is defined as: experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position, demonstrated by meeting all the competencies for this position.

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