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To submit your resume for this Direct Hire opportunity click here.\n\nFor additional information on other USSF direct hire opportunities visit the Air Force Civilian Careers Space Force website and follow USSF on LinkedIn.\nDuties\n\n The United States Space Force (USSF) Los Angeles AFB, El Segundo, CA is searching for a Data Analytics Analyst, SSC/FM (NH-1515-03, GS-12/13 Equivalent).\n\nDescription:\n\nAs a Data Analytics Analyst (Operations Research Analyst), you will turn complex financial, budget, cost, and program data into clear insights that help Space Systems Command make informed acquisition and resource decisions. You will design and improve data tools, dashboards, models, and visualizations; analyze budget execution and cost trends; support financial planning; and develop recommendations for senior leaders and program teams. Your work will strengthen data governance, internal controls, audit readiness, and enterprise risk-management efforts across the command.\n\nThis position is well suited for an analytical, mission-focused professional who enjoys solving difficult problems with data and working across technical, financial, and acquisition teams. On a typical day, you may use SQL, Python or R, Power BI, Tableau, Excel, and enterprise financial systems to integrate data, validate results, automate recurring analyses, and brief decision-quality findings to stakeholders. You will have the opportunity to help shape innovative data and artificial-intelligence solutions that improve how the organization manages resources and delivers resilient space capabilities.\n\nIdeal Candidate:\n\nThe ideal candidate will have a strong background in operations research, data analytics, financial analysis, cost analysis, budgeting, accounting, data science, or a related field. They will be comfortable applying quantitative methods to complex problems; building and improving analytical models; and translating large, complicated data sets into practical recommendations for leaders. Experience developing dashboards, automated reports, data visualizations, and decision-support tools is highly desirable, along with proficiency using Structured Query Language, Python, R, Microsoft Excel, Power Business Intelligence, Tableau, and enterprise financial or resource-management systems.\n\nThe successful candidate will be a collaborative, independent problem solver who can work effectively with acquisition, financial management, and technical teams. They should be able to communicate complex findings clearly in writing and in briefings; exercise sound judgment; manage competing priorities; and build productive working relationships across organizations. The candidate should also be willing and able to maintain required technical, financial management, and acquisition workforce qualifications; safeguard sensitive information; and support occasional travel or unscheduled work requirements when mission needs arise.\n\nRequirements\nConditions of employment\n\n Must be a U.S Citizen.\n\n Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.\n\n Safeguards classified or sensitive budget-related information and/or files.\n\n May be required to work overtime on an unscheduled or emergency basis.\n\n Eligible for situational telework only, including Emergency and OPM prescribed “Unscheduled Telework”.\n\n This position will close after 5 business days or 75 applications, whichever comes first.\n\n Employee may be required to perform travel by military or commercial passenger aircraft in the performance of temporary duty assignments.\n\n PCS / relocation funding is authorized and may be made available.\n\n This position is designated as APDP (Acquisition Professional Development Program).\n\n The employee must meet the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) requirements applicable to the duties of the position.\n\n Subject to Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY): 15 days a year.\n\n Must have a bachelor's degree, which includes at least 24 semester hours in quantitative analysis courses.\n\n This is a Financial Management Level (1, 2, or 3) Certified position IAW the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2012, Public Law 112-81, Subtitle F-Financial Management, Section 1599d.\n\n Qualifications\n\n The 1515 series has an individual occupational requirement that must be met and can be viewed here. In addition to the above requirements, you can view the experience level requirements here. Please scroll down to the 4th section titled Professional and Scientific Positions.\n\n Additional information\n Employed Annuitants (Reemployed Annuitants): Applicants in receipt of an annuity based on civilian employment in the Federal Service are subject to the DoD Policy on The Employment of Annuitants. Click here for more information.\n\nDisabled veteran leave is available to a Federal employee hired on/after 5 Nov 2016, who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rating of 30% or more. For more information, click here.\n\n Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.\n\n A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. .\n\n Review our benefits\n\n Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.\nHow you will be evaluated\nYou will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.\n\n Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies as related to the series and grade of the position being filled. Final qualifications determinations will be assessed based on OPM's General Schedule Qualifications Standards found here:\n\nInterviews: You will be contacted by e-mail and/or telephone if your application is identified as qualifying for a position being filled. An interview may be conducted. If interviewed, you will be asked to address the same knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies used to initially qualify your application for the position.\n\n A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. .\n\n Review our benefits\n\n Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.\n\n Resume:You must submit a resume that may NOT exceed two pages, and the font size should not be smaller than 10 pts. You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume exceeds two pages or is illegible/unreadable. Do NOT include photographs, inappropriate material, inappropriate content, nor personal information such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such information you will not be considered for this vacancy. Your resume must provide:\n\n Personal information - your full name, email and mailing addresses, phone number\n\n Education information - the name of the school and the dates you attended\n\n Work experience - paid and unpaid work with the following information:\n\n Job title\n\n Detailed duties and accomplishments\n\n Employer's name and address\n\n Supervisor's name and phone number\n\n Starting and ending dates (If actual dates are not known, provide your best-estimated timeframes.)\n\n Hours per week\n\n Salary, if applicable\n\n Other qualifications - skills, certifications/licenses, honors, awards, special accomplishments, and job-related training courses\n\nCollege Transcripts (if applicable): Please see the Education section of this announcement for detailed information about transcripts.\n\n If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:\n\n Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from\n schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.\n\n Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.\n\n Do not email applications. To submit your resume for this Direct Hire opportunity click here.\n\nPLEASE NOTE: It is the applicant's responsibility to verify that information entered and/or uploaded, (i.e., resume) is received, accurate, and submitted by the closing date. You may verify your documents have been processed with your application package successfully. You can access your USAJOBS account to do so by clicking here. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan.\n\n Agency contact information\n\n US Space Force Enterprise Talent Management\n\n Email\n\n \n\n Address\n\n USSF - Space Systems Command\n\n 1670 Space Force Pentagon\n\n Washington, DC 20330\n\n US\n\n Next steps\n For additional information on other USSF direct hire opportunities visit the Air Force Civilian Careers Space Force website and follow USSF on LinkedIn.\n\n The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. 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