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Data Scientist
Geological Survey · Posted today
About the Role
You will serve as a Data Scientist within the Department of the Interior, Us Geological Survey, Core Science Systems, Sci Data Mgmt, LAKEWOOD,COLORADO. This is a term position with an initial appointment expecting to last at least 13 months but may be extended up to a total of 10 years, based on any changes to regulations governing the number of years term appointments may last, without further competition at management's discretion.
What You'll Do
- →Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Create and refine systems that transfer scientific data, metadata, and related artifacts from internal sources to public repositories and long-term storage; preserve the integrity of and manage access to artifacts.
- →Deliver data artifacts through user-friendly interfaces and AI-powered apps.
- →Develop and implement AI and machine learning tools to streamline the release of USGS-approved publications, data, models, and metadata for USGS and public users accessing scientific resources - examples include workflows, forms, editors in backend systems, and chatbots, search interfaces, and other discovery aids in public-facing systems and interfaces.
- →Use data science and management methods to efficiently maintain scientific data, publications, metadata, and files in SDM-managed repositories and systems, including batch updates, file transfers, storage and access efficiencies, and address changes in federal data and information policies.
- →Use established and innovative techniques to detect patterns and anomalies in scientific data and metadata, ensuring compliance with Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reusability (FAIR), and future Federal, Departmental, or Bureau requirements.
- →Work collaboratively with team members, stakeholders, and subject matter experts to ensure shared understanding of project goals and analytical needs, and employs open communication and coordination skills to help the team align on methods, validate assumptions, and integrate diverse perspectives.
Requirements
- ✓Must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen or National.
- ✓Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.
- ✓Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
- ✓Direct Deposit participation required.
- ✓Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check.
- ✓To learn more, visit www.dhs.gov/EVerify/.
- ✓You are required to complete training, obtain and maintain a government credit card with travel and purchase authority.
- ✓You must be at least 18 years of age or older to operate government vehicles.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 2-year probationary period during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest will be evaluated.
- ✓This probationary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized.
- ✓In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 3d300cb3-cd78-4437-9527-4473a0620d7b
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