Data Scientist

USDA-FSIS; Urbandale (IA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is seeking a data analytics professional to join the Office of Planning, Analysis and Risk Management (OPARM). The position focuses on integrating and analyzing relational data, providing data visualization and analytic services to support FSIS decision-making, policy development, risk management, and strategic planning.

Ideal candidates have experience writing programs in Python, R, SAS, and SQL, plus data cleaning and transformation skills.

Qualifications

• Writing computer programs and algorithms using Python, R, SAS, and SQL.
• Cleaning and transforming data to address missing values, outliers, duplicates, and dependencies.
• Extracting and transforming data from relational databases using Python, R, SAS, or SQL.

Responsibilities

• Provide data visualization and analytics to support FSIS decision-making and policy development.
• Analyze relational data and contribute to risk management and strategic planning.

Skills

Python

R

SAS

SQL

Data cleaning

Data transformation

Relational databases

Education

Master's degree or higher

Job description

Summary

Creditable Service for Annual Leave Accrual and Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program are available. This 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.

Duties

Creditable Service for Annual Leave Accrual and Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program are available. This 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.

Requirements

Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including specialized experience and education, as defined below. Applicants 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: Writing computer programs and algorithms using software/programming languages such as, but not limited to Python, R, SAS, and SQL. Cleaning/transforming data to address issues such as missing values, outliers, duplicates, functional dependencies, etc. Training or experience extracting and transforming data from relational databases using Python, R, SAS, or SQL. OR 2 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree OR Combination 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. Experience 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.

The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is the public health regulatory agency responsible for ensuring the safety of meat, poultry and processed eggs. USDA is a great place to start or continue your career. For more information on USDA and the Food Safety and Inspection Service, visit FSIS. FSIS offers various recruitment incentives to newly hired eligible employees. You may be eligible for one or more of the following: Selectees may be eligible for Creditable Service for Annual Leave Accrual (CSALA). For more information please visit: CSALA Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program: For more information please visit: PSLF Program