Senior Data Scientist

This position is located within the Office of Planning, Analysis, and Risk Management (OPARM). OPARM is the FSIS centralized analytics group and tasked with integrating and analyzing relational data. The program also provides data visualization and analytics services to support FSIS decision-making, policy development, risk management, and strategic planning

Duties

• Perform data cleaning and visualization, trend analysis, and algorithm development.
• Develop new prescriptive analytics used in decision making.
• Present alternate solutions to analytics and future concepts.
• Develop statistical and machine learning models.
• Interpret policy and regulatory requirements.
• Develops recommendations for data collection activities and data integration.
• Develops usage and control policies.
• Communicates in writing to internal and external individuals.
• Analyzes outputs from analyses.
• Leads the design for data enhancement.
• Provides education on new approaches to data anlysis.

Requirements

• You must be a US Citizen or US National.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt.
• Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
• Successful completion of one-year probationary period, unless previously served. Refer to the Next Steps section for more information.
• Direct Deposit: Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/.
• False statements or responses on a resume or application can jeopardize employment and may be grounds for disciplinary action, including removal from Federal service.
• If you are selected, you may need to complete a Declaration for Federal Employment (OF-306) prior to being appointed to determine suitability for Federal employment and to authorize a background investigation.