Federal Data Scientist — Analytics & Visualization

USDA-FSIS; Fort Collins (CO); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) Office of Planning, Analysis and Risk Management (OPARM) provides centralized analytics, data integration, and visualization services to inform FSIS decision-making, policy development, risk management, and strategic planning. The role supports credibly derived analytics and reporting across programs and datasets.

The incumbent will develop data-driven insights, write programs in Python/R/SAS/SQL, and create visualizations using tools like Power BI,

Qualifications

• Experience writing programs in Python, R, SAS or SQL.
• Ability to develop visualizations combining data from multiple sources (Python, R, Qlik, Tableau, or Power BI).
• Graduate education can substitute for experience as allowed by GS-12 rules.

Responsibilities

• Support analytic decision-making with data visualization and reporting.
• Transform and integrate data from relational databases for analysis.
• Develop and maintain analytics products to inform policy and planning.

Skills

Python

R

SAS

SQL

Data Analysis

Education

Graduate education (Ph.D. or equivalent)

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Qlik

Job description

USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) Office of Planning, Analysis and Risk Management (OPARM) provides centralized analytics, data integration, and visualization services to inform FSIS decision-making, policy development, risk management, and strategic planning. The role supports credibly derived analytics and reporting across programs and datasets.

The incumbent will develop data-driven insights, write programs in Python/R/SAS/SQL, and create visualizations using tools like Power BI,