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Technical Data Analyst, CG-301-9/11/12

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Summary

This position is located in the Division of Insurance and Research, Data Applications and Large Data Management Sections and provides support in the areas of data analysis to produce a dataset or report for Researchers and end use consumption.

Additional selections may be made from this vacancy announcement to fill identical vacancies that occur subsequent to this announcement.

Overview

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Job canceled
Open & closing dates
01/03/2025 to 01/16/2025
This job will close when we have received 100 applications which may be sooner than the closing date. Learn more
Salary
$75,330 to - $178,160 per year
Pay scale & grade
CG 09 - 12
Location
Washington, DC
3 vacancies
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
Yes—TELEWORK OPTIONS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
Travel Required
Occasional travel - Occasional travel may be required. (25% or less)
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Competitive
Promotion potential
12
Supervisory status
No
Security clearance
Other
Drug test
No
Position sensitivity and risk
Moderate Risk (MR)
Trust determination process
Announcement number
2024-DIR-B1042
Control number
826599400

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Clarification from the agency

Applicants with status (i.e., current permanent Federal employees in the competitive service and former Federal employees with reinstatement eligibility); those eligible for appointment under special hiring authorities; and veterans eligible for a VEOA appointment. Applicants without status should apply under FDIC announcement 2024-DIR-DB1042 to be considered.

Duties

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  • Plans, designs and carries out comprehensive feasibility and cost benefit analyses of automated systems.
  • Conducts studies which address innovative alternatives and options in developing new integrated financial and economic database delivery.
  • Evaluates the trial dataset and assists in the determination of dataset relevance for the Division of Insurance and Research (DIR). Determines the suitability of the candidate dataset and provides an early go/no-go decision; identifies any data problems early in the acquisition process and makes recommendations.
  • Performs independent studies identifying requirements and specialized needs of end users and develops new applications, utilities, and systems to meet overall Division requirements.
  • Serves as a technical resource and liaison for DIR staff on various financial information and data delivery systems used by the Division in research projects.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

Registration with the Selective Service.

U.S. Citizenship is required.  

Employment Conditions.

Completion of Confidential Financial Disclosure may be required.

Minimum Background Investigation (MBI) 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.

GS-9

To qualify, applicants must have completed at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the 07 grade level or above in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as experience collecting, researching and data profiling or compiling and charting dashboard visualizations of statistical data sets or creating & maintaining databases and analyzing the information for incorporation into final report.

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EDUCATION: I have completed a master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B or J.D., if related.

OR

COMBINATION of graduate level education as described above, and the specialized experience as described below, that together meet the qualification requirements for this position.

CG-11
To qualify, applicants must have completed at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the 09 grade level or above in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as experience in at least 3 of the following areas: (1) researching, profiling and analyzing data (2) compiling and charting dashboard visualizations of statistical data sets (3) gathering, aggregating and analyzing information for incorporation into final reports (4) creating or maintaining large databases/data pipelines.

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Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree.

OR

COMBINATION of education as described above and specialized experience as described below, that together meet the qualification requirements for this position.

CG-12
To qualify, applicants must have completed at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the 11 grade level or above in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as experience in at least 3 of the following areas: (1) Researching, profiling and analyzing data (2) Compiling and charting dashboard visualizations of statistical data sets (3) Writing custom queries or programs and analyzing information for incorporation into final reports (4) Creating or maintaining large databases or data pipelines.

Applicants must have met the qualification requirements (including selective placement factors – if any) for this position within 30 calendar days of the closing date of this announcement.

Applicants eligible for ICTAP (Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program) must achieve a score of 85 “well qualified” for this position. For more information, Click Here.

Education

See requirements stated under QUALIFICATIONS.

Additional information

If selected, you may be required to serve a probationary or trial period as applicable to appointment type.
DUE TO THE HIGH VOLUME OF QUALIFIED APPLICANTS EXPECTED TO APPLY, THIS ANNOUNCEMENT WILL CLOSE ON THE DAY THE 100th APPLICATION IS RECEIVED, OR ON THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST.

Selectee(s) for this position will be required to report to their duty station office two days per week.

To read about your rights and responsibilities as an applicant for Federal employment, click here.

How you will be evaluated

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

Your resume and the online assessment questionnaire 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.

Your resume will also be evaluated to measure your responses to the assessment questions. If you rated yourself higher on the questionnaire than what is supported by your resume, your overall qualifications assessment may be adversely affected.

Top ranked candidates will be referred to the selecting official for further review and consideration.

The competencies/knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) you will be assessed on are listed below.

  1. Knowledge of financial data, financial structure and characteristics, and data analysis.
  2. Ability to analyze data and develop narrative and statistics reports.
  3. Ability to use SAS or other analytical tools in order to manipulate data for financial or banking research.
  4. Skill with SQL (Structured Query Language) programming to query data bases and data systems to produce reports for financial analysts and economists.
  5. Knowledge of IT security principles to protect sensitive data.

You do not need to respond separately to these KSAs. Your answers to the online questionnaire and resume will serve as responses to the KSAs.


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