What to know as you read the positions below
- Each of these unique roles requires the competencies and experience described in the Data Scientist posting.
- GS is an abbreviation for "General Schedule", a federal government pay scale that agencies use to set pay bands. The number following GS is a grade and sets the pay level and qualifications for the job.
- Data Science positions below may be at the GS 13 or 14 level. The number following each GS level is the number of positions this agency is seeking to fill at each level, and is subject to change based on the needs of the hiring agencies.
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Census Bureau
One or more offices
The U.S. Census Bureau serves as the nation’s leading provider of quality data about its people and economy. As we expand and refine our methods for data collection, analysis, and dissemination, data science techniques have become increasingly critical for our population of experienced researchers and statisticians. We are seeking passionate data scientists to help us hone our methodologies and outputs for the more than 100 surveys, censuses, and other statistical programs conducted by the Bureau each year, and to help us explore research-based innovative techniques to apply across all mission and support areas. Our roles vary by mission area, but no matter which team you join, your individuality will be valued and you’ll have opportunities to help shape the data science landscape of a premier statistical organization. We offer competitive salaries, flexible hours/work arrangements, developmental opportunities, a variety of benefits/health insurance plans, and incentives.
Overview
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Open positions at grade level
- GS-13: 17
- GS-14: 5
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Promotion potential
No
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Position sensitivity & risk
Tier 1 (low risk)
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Drug test required
No
Locations
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Suitland, MD
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Relocation paid
Yes
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Telework eligible
Yes
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Travel required
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
One or more offices
We aim to make consumer financial markets work for consumers, responsible providers, and the economy as a whole. We protect consumers from unfair, deceptive, or abusive practices and take action against companies that break the law. We arm people with the information, steps, and tools that they need to make smart financial decisions.
Overview
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Open positions at grade level
GS-13: 1
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Promotion potential
No
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Position sensitivity & risk
Tier 1 (low risk)
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Drug test required
No
Locations
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Washington, DC
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Relocation paid
No
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Telework eligible
Yes
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Travel required
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Office of Enterprise Data and Analytics
This position is located in the Office of Enterprise Data and Analytics (OEDA), Office of the Chair, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEOC is a bi-partisan Commission whose mission is to enforce the Federal laws that prohibit employment discrimination and promote equal opportunity in the workplace. The mission of OEDA is to provide the EEOC with timely, accurate, and bias-free data and information to prevent and remedy unlawful employment discrimination and improve organizational performance. Working within a division of data professionals, the incumbent initiates, develops and fully executes complex quantitative data science analytic projects - related to the identification, analysis, reporting, and remediation of illegal employment discrimination - by applying a range of analytical, mathematical, and/or statistical theories, principles, and practices to turn raw transactional, programmatic, and survey data into knowledge that supports and improves agency programs. Additionally the incumbent may conceive, create, and disseminate state-of-the-art interactive data visualizations.
Overview
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Open positions at grade level
- GS-13: 1
- GS-14: 1
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Promotion potential
No
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Position sensitivity & risk
Tier 1 (low risk)
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Drug test required
No
Locations
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Washington, DC
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Relocation paid
No
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Telework eligible
Yes
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Travel required
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
General Services Administration
Information Technology Category, Federal Acquisition Service
GSA's Federal Acquisition Service, Information Technology Category's Enterprise Strategy and Intelligence Division. ITC provides access to private sector IT & telecommunications solutions for federal, state & local government agencies, and plays a unique role in supporting agencies with acquisition & technical expertise to make better buying decisions, reduce duplication, and improve mission results. See www.gsa.gov/its for information on ITC programs & contracts. Positions: advanced data science positions developing analytical or mathematical models for complex studies; providing expert advice on quantitative analysis and process improvement efforts; developing and leveraging analytical tools to include coding; and ability to leverage a cloud platform for performing complex and routine tasks.
Overview
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Open positions at grade level
GS-13: 2
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Promotion potential
None
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Position sensitivity & risk
Tier 2 (non-sensitive, moderate risk, public trust)
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Drug test required
No
Locations
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Washington, DC
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Relocation paid
No
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Telework eligible
Yes
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Travel required
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Department of State
Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations, Office of Advanced Analytics (CSO)
CSO is responsible for anticipating, preventing, and responding to conflict that undermines U.S. national interests. To fulfill our mission, we provide evidence-based policy recommendations to senior leaders across the Department and the Interagency. We're seeking experienced data scientists to join our office of advanced analytics to apply data science techniques to foreign policy problems, serving on the Instability Monitoring and Assessment Platform team, you will be providing situational awareness, early warning, and analytical products to all 75,000 Department of State employees around the world, informing department principals and personnel about the state of conflict in the world today, and what may be happening tomorrow.
Overview
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Open positions at grade level
GS-13 or 14: 1
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Promotion potential
GS-13 has promotion potential to GS-14. GS-14 has no promotion potential.
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Security clearance
Top Secret
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Drug test required
Yes
Locations
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Washington, DC
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Relocation paid
No
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Telework eligible
Yes
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Travel required
10% of the time
Department of State
Center for Analytics
The Center for Analytics (CfA) is the U.S. Department of State’s official enterprise data and analytics capability. Led by the Chief Data Officer, CfA transforms data into bold insights that help over 75,000 employees – from working-level to the Secretary – make better management and foreign policy decisions. CfA is where the science of analytics meets the art of diplomacy. Its mission is to expand data access and grow analytic expertise across the Department’s domestic bureaus and missions around the world. As a central data hub, CfA tackles inter-departmental projects, prioritizing data quality, interoperability, and governance. The CfA is looking for highly motivated data scientists who love to solve problems and work on high functioning analytics teams. These data scientists will work on numerous complex mission and management challenges that come to the CfA from across all the Department’s families and bureaus. They will work with a team of business analysts, data analysts, data engineers, and product managers to develop innovative solutions to global challenges.
Overview
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Open positions at grade level
GS-13 or 14: 3
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Promotion potential
GS-13 has promotion potential to GS-14. GS-14 has no promotion potential.
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Security clearance
Secret
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Drug test required
Yes
Locations
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Washington, DC
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Relocation paid
No
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Telework eligible
Yes
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Travel required
10% of the time
Department of State
Bureau of Global Public Affairs
The Bureau of Global Public Affairs delivers world-class content, media strategy, and research capabilities to advance the priority foreign policy goals of the Department through effective and consistent communication with global audiences. The Research and Analytics Offices support GPA’s mission by delivering actionable data-driven insights through robust audience research, content testing, marketing, and analysis of the information environment. Our teams pair social scientists and media analysts with data science expertise to harness all forms of communications data, provide robust analysis, and make recommendations to the Secretary, Spokesperson, and Missions across the globe. Our offices are at the forefront of a data-driven transformation to minimize risk and take the guesswork out of State’s communications efforts. We seek highly-motivated data scientists who want to help drive this transformation across State’s offices and missions. You will get to work on the top foreign-policy priorities of the Department and the Secretary and know that your work is contributing to real successes that can be seen in the next 24-hour news cycle. Data scientists join a functional unit and work with other team members on cross-functional campaign teams and contribute their data science skills to drive innovation and extract insight through data analysis. The Analytics office has a development team that delivers innovative solutions to help analysts do their work or help communications teams understand their media environment and campaign performance.
Overview
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Open positions at grade level
GS-13 or 14: 12
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Promotion potential
No
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Security clearance
Secret
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Drug test required
Yes
Locations
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Washington, DC
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Relocation paid
No
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Telework eligible
Yes
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Travel required
10% of the time
Department of Transportation
Office of the Secretary of Transportation
The mission of the US Department of Transportation to ensure America has the safest, most efficient and modern transportation system in the world, which boosts our economic productivity and global competitiveness and enhances the quality of life in communities both rural and urban. The Office of the Secretary (OST) oversees the formulation of national transportation policy and promotes intermodal transportation. Other responsibilities range from negotiation and implementation of international transportation agreements, assuring the fitness of US airlines, enforcing airline consumer protection regulations, issuance of regulations to prevent alcohol and illegal drug misuse in transportation systems and preparing transportation legislation.
Overview
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Open positions at grade level
GS-13: 1
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Promotion potential
GS-13 has promotion potential to GS-14.
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Position sensitivity & risk
Tier 2 (non-sensitive, moderate risk, public trust)
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Drug test required
No
Locations
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Washington, DC
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Relocation paid
No
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Telework eligible
Yes
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Travel required
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Department of Transportation
Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
The mission of the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe) is to improve transportation by anticipating and addressing emerging issues and advancing technical, operational, and institutional innovations across all modes. Part of the U.S. Department of Transportation, Volpe partners with public and private organizations to assess the needs of the transportation community, evaluate research and development endeavors, assist in the deployment of state-of-the-art transportation technologies, and inform decision and policy making through our comprehensive analyses. Home to renowned multidisciplinary expertise in all modes of transportation, Volpe serves its sponsor agencies with advanced technologies, research, and programs to ensure a fast, safe, efficient, accessible, and convenient transportation system that meets vital national and international interests and enhances the quality of life for the traveling public, today and into the future.
Overview
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Open positions at grade level
GS-13 or 14: 5
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Promotion potential
No
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Position sensitivity & risk
Tier 2 (non-sensitive, moderate risk, public trust)
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Drug test required
No
Locations
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Cambridge, MA
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Relocation paid
No
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Telework eligible
Yes
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Travel required
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
The mission of Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is to enable and empower the strengthening of a world-class highway system that promotes safety, mobility, and economic growth, while enhancing the quality of life of all Americans. The FHWA supports State and local governments in the design, construction, and maintenance of the Nation’s highway system (Federal Aid Highway Program) and various federally and tribal owned lands (Federal Lands Highway Program). Through financial and technical assistance to State and local governments, the Federal Highway Administration is responsible for ensuring that America’s roads and highways continue to be among the safest and most technologically sound in the world.
Overview
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Open positions at grade level
GS-13 or 14: 1
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Promotion potential
No
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Position sensitivity & risk
Tier 2 (non-sensitive, moderate risk, public trust)
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Drug test required
No
Locations
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Washington, DC
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Relocation paid
No
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Telework eligible
Yes
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Travel required
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Department of Transportation
Maritime Administration
As the DOT agency responsible for America's waterborne transportation system, the Maritime Administration (MARAD) is busy. At our core, we support the technical aspects of America's maritime transportation infrastructure -- things like ships and shipping, port and vessel operations, national security, environment, and safety. We promote the use of waterborne transportation, and ensure that its infrastructure integrates seamlessly with other methods of transportation. MARAD also maintains a fleet of cargo ships in reserve to provide surge sea-lift during war and national emergencies, and is responsible for disposing of ships in that fleet, as well as other non-combatant Government ships as they become obsolete. Beyond that, we work hard to maintain the overall health of the U.S. Merchant Marine. Commercial mariners, vessels, and intermodal facilities are vital for supporting national security, and so the agency provides support and information for current mariners, extensive support for educating future mariners, and programs to educate America’s young people about the vital role of maritime operations in the lives of all Americans.
Overview
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Open positions at grade level
GS-13 or 14: 2
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Promotion potential
No
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Position sensitivity & risk
Tier 2 (non-sensitive, moderate risk, public trust)
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Drug test required
No
Locations
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Washington, DC
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Relocation paid
No
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Telework eligible
Yes
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Travel required
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Department of Transportation
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Our mission: Safety. NHTSA works to reduce deaths and injuries due to motor vehicle crashes. We do this by advancing innovations that make vehicles safer and by encouraging Americans to make safer choices when they drive, ride and walk. Our goal: An America free from deaths and injuries in motor vehicle-related crashes. Our commitment to safety means including all who share the road—drivers, cyclists and pedestrians alike. And it means harnessing the skills and knowledge of a talented and diverse workforce. NHTSA’s employees work in a variety of occupations—from testing vehicles, keeping car buyers informed and fighting to get vehicles with defects recalled, to working with local police to keep drunk drivers off the road and enforce safety laws.
Overview
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Open positions at grade level
GS-13: 2
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Promotion potential
No
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Position sensitivity & risk
Tier 2 (non-sensitive, moderate risk, public trust)
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Drug test required
No
Locations
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Washington, DC
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Relocation paid
Yes
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Telework eligible
Yes
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Travel required
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Department of the Treasury
Bureau of the Fiscal Service
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has a distinguished history dating back to the founding of our nation. As the steward of U.S. economic and financial systems, Treasury is a major and influential leader in today's global economy. We have over 100,000 employees across the country and around the world and we celebrate each individual’s identities and experiences. Our core value of inclusive diversity encourages our employees to be themselves and innovate from their unique perspectives. Within Treasury, the Bureau of Fiscal Service works to transform the way government works. Help us to promote the financial integrity and operational efficiency of the federal government through cutting edge use of data in support of Fiscal’s exceptional accounting, financing, collections, payments, and administrative services. Help build products used by government, academic and private sector researchers on the forefront of applying advanced data analytics to the workings of government and the economy. Bring your skills and creativity to an organization that pursues excellence while embracing our values, Accountability, Learning, Integrity, Collaboration, and Excellence – in our dealings with each other, and with those we support and serve. This position is located in the Office of Data Transparency, Office of Fiscal Accounting, Bureau of the Fiscal Service (FS), Department of the Treasury. Data Transparency's mission is to transform financial management to reduce costs, increase transparency, and improve delivery of agencies' missions through use of data while operating at scale, relying on common standards, and using state-of-the-art technology. This position is responsible for providing expert level advice to other employees and is established to promote efficiency and effectiveness in financial management and standardization. The incumbent is responsible for performing data driven operations analysis and program management tasks on issues which require broad expertise and coordination. The incumbent conducts and/or coordinates a variety of projects to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of programmatic administrative and operational policies and procedures related to the mission of the organization and in promotion of financial management.
Overview
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Open positions at grade level
- GS-13: 1
- GS-14: 1
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Promotion potential
No
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Position sensitivity & risk
Tier 2 (non-sensitive, moderate risk, public trust)
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Drug test required
No
Locations
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Washington, DC
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Relocation paid
No
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Telework eligible
Yes
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Travel required
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
United States Agency for International Development
One or more offices
USAID is the world's premier international development agency and a catalytic actor driving development results. USAID works to help lift lives, build communities, and advance democracy. USAID's work advances U.S. national security and economic prosperity; demonstrates American generosity; and promotes a path to recipient self-reliance and resilience. We operate in five regions of the world: Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Europe and Eurasia.
Overview
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Open positions at grade level
GS-13 or 14: 4
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Promotion potential
GS-13 has promotion potential to GS-14. GS-14 has no promotion potential.
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Security clearance
Secret
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Drug test required
Yes
Locations
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Washington, DC
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Relocation paid
No
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Telework eligible
Yes
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Travel required
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Department of Agriculture
One or more offices
Join an award-winning team working to modernize data analytics at USDA and across federal government. We’re looking for data scientists who have a passion for solving business challenges, working on a wide variety of analytics projects and an interest in applying AI/ML, GIS, and/or NLP to mature USDA’s analytics capabilities. We are particularly interested in applicants who have experience in data visualization and can work closely with program managers across the organization to develop solutions that support data driven decision-making. Selected applicants will be part of a small team that explores and develops innovative solutions for cross-cutting priorities across USDA. In this role, there will be opportunity to work with structured, unstructured and geospatial data in topic areas such as financial, food production, conservation, forestry, economics, food safety, and foreign trade. Come be part of a team transforming how analytics is done as USDA.
Overview
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Open positions at grade level
- GS-13: 1
- GS-14: 1
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Promotion potential
GS-13 has promotion potential to GS-14. GS-14 has no promotion potential.
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Position sensitivity & risk
Tier 1 (low risk)
-
Drug test required
No
Locations
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Washington, DC
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Relocation paid
No
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Telework eligible
No
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Travel required
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Veterans Affairs
National Artificial Intelligence Institute (NAII)
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has developed big data repositories including but not limited to an immense electronic health record and an imaging database with billions of medical images. The National Artificial Intelligence Institute (NAII) seeks to establish the VA as the preeminent organization for research, development, and training of artificial intelligence with impact on a global scale, ensuring the health and well-being of our Veterans. Join the NAII’s team to utilize data science skills to develop the VA’s artificial intelligence ecosystem to improve the lives of Veterans, their caregivers, and their families. The NAII is engaged with cutting-edge AI research efforts and partnerships aimed at improving mental health, predicting the course of infectious diseases including COVID-19, and diagnosing disease states. We offer a great opportunity to further develop and utilize data science skills in the healthcare sphere.
Overview
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Open positions at grade level
GS-13: 1
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Promotion potential
No
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Position sensitivity & risk
Tier 2 (non-sensitive, moderate risk, public trust)
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Drug test required
No
Locations
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Any; remote work is available.
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Relocation paid
Available for Washington DC if relocation desired by applicant.
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Telework eligible
Yes
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Travel required
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.