Data Scientist – Federal Analytics & Visualization (PSLF)

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

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.