{"id":3797489,"url":"https://alion.io/job/usda-data-scientist-2","title":"Data Scientist","company":{"id":36337,"name":"Usda","domain":"usda.gov","url":"https://alion.io/company/usda","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":null,"truth_index":null},"role":"Data Science","role_family":"Data Science","seniority":"junior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Fort Collins, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":62223,"max":null,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":62223},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":1,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Python","optional":false},{"name":"SAS","optional":false},{"name":"SQL","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-11-05T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":null,"last_verified_at":"2026-11-05T00:00:00Z","board_verified":false,"closed_at":null,"days_open":2,"trust":{"level":"not_scored","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":2},"description":"Summary\nCreditable Service for Annual Leave Accrual and Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program are available.\n\nThis position is in the FSIS 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.\nDuties\n\n Perform computer programming.\n\n Analyze interpret, and review data.\n\n Perform data cleaning and create data visualizations.\n\n Review and ensure integrity of data.\n\n Collaborate with subject matter experts.\n\n Interpret and document data science requirements.\n\n Conduct trend analysis.\n\n Develop algorithms.\n\n Coordinate with team members.\n\n Generate business metrics.\n\n Requirements\nConditions of employment\n\n You must be a US Citizen or US National.\n\n Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt.\n\n Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.\n\n Successful completion of one-year probationary period, unless previously served. Refer to the Next Steps section for more information.\n\n Direct Deposit: Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.\n\n 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/.\n\n False statements or responses on a resume or application can jeopardize employment and may be grounds for disciplinary action, including removal from Federal service.\n\n 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.\n\n Qualifications\n\n Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including specialized experience and education, as defined below.\n\nApplicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service or equivalent responsibility in the private sector/pay systems. This specialized experience must include all the following:\n\n Writing computer programs and algorithms using software/programming languages such as, but not limited to Python, R, SAS, and SQL.\n\n Cleaning/transforming data to address issues such as missing values, outliers, duplicates, functional dependencies, etc.\n\n Training or experience extracting and transforming data from relational databases using Python, R, SAS, or SQL.\n\nOR\n\n2 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree\n\nOR\n\nCombination of Experience and Education: You must have an appropriate combination of successfully completed graduate level education and experience. The quality of the combination of education and experience must be sufficient to demonstrate that you possesses the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform work in the occupation. To determine your combination, first compute your experience as a percentage of the experience listed in the job announcement (1 year of specialized experience); then determine your education as a percentage of the education listed above; then add the two percentages. The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent. Only graduate education in excess of 1 year (18 semester hours) may be used to qualify.\n\nExperience 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 and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.\n\n Education\n\n Basic Requirements: You must provide transcripts showing, at a minimum, the below educational requirements.\nDegree: Mathematics, statistics, computer science, data science or field directly related to the position. The degree must be in a major field of study (at least at the baccalaureate level) that is appropriate for the position.\n\nor\n\nCombination of education and experience: Courses equivalent to a major field of study (30 semester hours) as shown in the degree section above, plus additional education or appropriate experience.\n\nClick here for more information on this series: OPM Data Science Series 1560\n\n Additional information\n Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP), Reemployment Priority List (RPL), or Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP): Visit the OPM website for information on how to apply as a CTAP, RPL, or ICTAP eligible. To exercise selection priority for this vacancy, CTAP/RPL/ICTAP candidates must meet the basic eligibility requirements and all selective factors. CTAP/ICTAP candidates must be rated and determined to be well qualified (or above) based on an evaluation of the competencies listed in the How You Will Be Evaluated section. When assessed through a score-based category rating method, CTAP/ICTAP applicants must receive a rating of at least 85 out of a possible 100.\n\nIf you are selected for a position with further promotion potential, you will be placed under a career development plan and may be non-competitively promoted if you successfully complete the requirements and if recommended by management. However, promotion is neither implied nor guaranteed.\n\nReasonable Accommodation (RA) Requests: If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended that would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you will be granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online application. Requests for RA for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and appropriate supporting documentation for RA must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. Decisions on requests for RA are made on a case-by-case basis. If you meet the minimum qualifications of the position, after notification of the adjudication of your request, you will receive an email invitation to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, based on your adjudication decision. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments if you received the link after the close of the announcement. To determine if you need a RA, please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation for Online Assessments.\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 Applications will be evaluated in accordance with Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) Delegated Examining Procedures and USDA policy using category rating. Applicants who meet basic minimum qualifications will be placed in one of three categories: Best Qualified, Well Qualified, or Qualified. Within these categories, applicants eligible for Veterans' Preference will receive selection priority over non-veterans. Category placement will be determined based on applicants' quality of experience and the extent to which they possess the following knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA) or competencies:\n\n Mathematical/Statistical Reasoning\n\n Problem Solving\n\n Maintain Information\n\n Analytical Programming\n\n Planning and Evaluating\n\n Attention to Detail\n\n Flexibility\n\n Integrity / Honesty\n\n Interpersonal Skills\n\n Teamwork\n\n Interpersonal Skills\n\n Reasoning\n\nOverstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration. Cheating on an assessment may also result in your removal from consideration.\n\nYour application, including the online Assessment Questionnaire, will be reviewed to determine if you meet (a) minimum qualification requirements and (b) your resume supports the answers provided to the job-specific questions. Your resume must clearly support your responses to all the questions addressing experience and education relevant to this position. Those determined to be in the best qualified category will be referred to the selecting official for consideration.\n\nNOTE: If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and or experience, your score may be adjusted to more accurately reflect your abilities, or you may be found ineligible. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating. Providing inaccurate information on Federal documents could be grounds for non-selection or disciplinary action up to and including removal from the Federal service.\n\nClicking the link below will present a preview of the application form; i.e. the online questionnaire. The application form link below will only provide a preview and does not initiate the application process. To initiate the online application process, click the \"Apply\" button to the right.\n\nTo preview the application questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13106102\n\nYour application will be reviewed to verify that you meet the eligibility and qualification requirements for the position prior to issuing referral lists to the selecting official. If further evaluation or interviews are required, you will be contacted. Log in to your USAJOBS account to check your application status.\n\nYou must choose to turn on email notifications in your USAJOBS profile if you want to receive important email notifications that may impact your applicant experience (e.g. If you start an application and do not submit it prior to the closing date, USAJOBS will send an email reminder that the closing date is approaching and your application is in an incomplete status).\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 The following documents are required for your applicant package to be complete. Encrypted documents will not be accepted. Failure to submit required, legible documents may result in loss of consideration.\n\nResume that includes: Personal Information: name, address, contact information; Education; Work Experience related to this position as described in the major duties including work schedule, hours worked per week, dates of employment; title, series, grade (if applicable); other qualifications. 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