Computer Scientist

This vacancy is for a Computer Scientist position in multiple directorates located at the U.S. Census Bureau Headquarters in Suitland, Maryland . The Census Bureau is accessible from the Metro Rail Green Line - Suitland Station. This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other Computer Scientist, 1550-13 positions within the Census Bureau in the same geographical location with the same qualifications and specialized experience.

Qualifications:

Minimum Education Requirement:

Bachelor's degree in computer science or bachelor's degree with 30 semester hours in a combination of mathematics, statistics, and computer science. At least 15 of the 30 semester hours must have included any combination of statistics and mathematics that included differential and integral calculus. All academic degrees and course work must be from accredited or pre-accredited institutions.

AND Specialized Experience:

For the GS-13 , you must have one year of experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 in the Federal service.

Experience for this position includes:

Planning, managing and leading others in developing web and cloud-based applications as well as big data processing and analysis; utilizing modern program language and frameworks (e.g., Python, PySpark, Node.js, PHP, Laravel), AWS Cloud Services (e.g., AWS S3, AWS Redshift, AWS

SQS, AWS

Lambda, AWS Glue, AWS EC2, Amazon API Gateway), data storage (e.g., AWS S3, AWS Redshift, Postgres, Oracle, AWS DynamoDB) and containerization (e.g., Docker, AWS

EKS, AWS ECS

) to ensure software projects meet standard requirements; AND consulting with customers and subject matter experts to refine requirements.

Education:

education cannot be substituted for experience at this grade level. 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, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer. After you submit this application, you will receive an e-mail informing you that a USA Hire assessment is required. You will have 48 hours from the closing date of this announcement, 05/05/2026, to complete the assessment as this assessment is part of your application.