Data Scientist

Da Scientist Department of Defense Defense Contract Audit Agency DCAA-Headquarters Summary Reemployed annuitant: This vacancy does not meet the criteria for appointment of annuitants. Learn more about this agency Summary Reemployed annuitant: This vacancy does not meet the criteria for appointment of annuitants. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/07/2026 to 05/21/2026 Salary $125,776 - $163,514 per year Pay scale & grade GS 14 Locions 1 vacancy in the following locions: Anaheim, CA Lone Tree, CO Melbourne, FL Indianapolis, IN Show more fewer locions (4) Lowell, MA Irving, TX Fort Belvoir, VA Renton, WA Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required 25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential 14 Job family (Series) 1560 Da Science Series Supervisory stus No Security clearance Other Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Noncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Modere Risk Trust determinion process Nional security Financial disclosure Yes Bargaining unit stus No Announcement number

DCAA-26-HQ-12953772

Control number 868333800 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Clarificion from the agency All U.S. Citizens Duties Help Serves as a Da Scientist in

DCAA, CDAO

Division. Plans, directs, and coordines da initiives including pipelines, integrion efforts, and enterprise da products, setting milestones, methods, resources, and da sources to support the Agency Directs, plans, and conducts research and analytical studies of Agency da challenges. Recommends da collection, integrion, and retention requirements, and communices technical approaches and findings clearly to analysts and senior leaders. Serves as team lead and SME integring advanced software tools into DCAA decisions. Designs and optimizes da structures, transformions, and integrion processes to cure large structured and unstructured dasets for analytics and ML use. Leads discussions with stakeholders, senior leaders, stewards, architects, and partners to transle mission needs into scalable da solutions. Presents results and ensures delivered da products meet internal customer and decision-maker needs. Externally - Inities and maintains liaison with da science and engineering peers across agencies and societies to facilite the mutual exchange of new analytical techniques, da modeling methodologies, and da governance frameworks. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Must be a U.S Citizen as verified through E-Verify Program Qualificions All qualificion and time-in-grade (if applicable) requirements must be met within 30 days of the closing de of this announcement. You must meet the minimum qualificion requirements as sted in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Opering Manual, Qualificion Standards for General Schedule Positions, http://www.opm.gov/qualificions/Standards/group-stds/gs-prof.asp.

Basic Requirement:

Degree:

Mhemics, stistics, computer science, da science or field directly reled to the position. The degree must be in a major field of study ( least the baccalauree level) th is approprie for the position. OR Combinion of educion and experience: Courses equivalent to a major field of study (30 semester hours) as shown in paragraph A above, plus additional educion or approprie experience.

Specialized Experience:

GS-14 - In addition to meeting the basic requirement you must have one year of specialized experience the GS-13 or equivalent level. Specialized experience must be documented in your resume.

Specialized experience is defined as:

directing and conducting complex da science and da preparion activities on large structured, semi-structured, and unstructured dasets, including designing and optimizing da integrion processes, transformions, and da structures th enable analytics, automion, and machine learning use cases; OR applying advanced quantitive, machine learning, or predictive techniques to develop innovive, da-driven solutions th improve operional analytics and support critical business and audit decisions; OR leading the full lifecycle of da-centric projects, from defining objectives and recommending da collection, integrion, and retention requirements, to presenting findings and providing authoritive policy recommendions to senior leadership; OR providing input to and supporting enterprise da governance frameworks, including da classificion, lineage, metada caloging, and integrion with enterprise da and governance plforms, using languages such as SQL, Python, or R and modern da plform tools.

Volunteer Experience :

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (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 th transles to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Educion Substitution of Educion for

Specialized Experience:

There is no substitution of educion for experience this grade level. Additional informion DCAA has a comprehensive benefits package th includes retirement, social security and thrift savings; health, life and long term care insurance; paid vacion, sick leave and holidays. DCAA employees enjoy our business-casual dress code, flexible work schedules, and transit subsidies.

Selective Service:

Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see www.sss.gov ).

Initial Trial Period:

Accepting this position, you may be required to serve a I-year probionary period during which we will evalue your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.

Background Investigion:

All selectees subject to a personnel security investigion which must be favorably adjudiced for occupancy of a sensitive position and/or access to classified informion. If you are selected for a critical/special sensitive position, you subject to a Single Scope Background Investigion (SSBI). For a critical sensitive position, you must be able to obtain and maintain security clearance eligibility the Top-Secret level. For a special sensitive position, you must be able to obtain and maintain security clearance eligibility the Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Informion (TS/SCI) level AND you subject to a random counterintelligence scope polygraph.

Drug Testing:

If you are given access to classified informion, you subject to random drug testing. If you are selected for a critical/special sensitive position, you placed in a drug testing designed position. You must pass a drug test before your assignment to such a position and you subject to random drug testing subsequent to your assignment.

PCS:

Relocion expenses reimbursed - Yes - You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Relocion expenses offered based on agency staffing needs and budgetary availability.

Performance Appraisal:

If you are a current Federal employee, you must be red fully successful or higher on your current performance ring to be eligible for promotion. You may be asked to provide a copy of your performance appraisal during the evaluion and selection process.

Telework:

This position may be eligible for situional telework. Telework approval determined by your immedie supervisor or manager following the agency's telework policy and guidance. If participing in the telework program, you required to sign a telework agreement detailing agency telework policy requirements, working conditions, and expections for the position. All applicants are encouraged to apply electronically. If you are unable to apply on-line, you may contact 317-212-0454 for assistance. This position is not covered by a bargaining unit. Are you looking for an inclusive and employee-friendly work environment, challenging assignments, specialized training and generous benefits? At DCAA you'll find all this in a progressive organizion dediced to continuous improvement. DCAA is ranked in the top third of the "Best Places to Work in the Federal Government." Join the elite cadre of professionals who have made DCAA their employer of choice. You providing a unique service to your country and making a difference in the lives of Americans everywhere! Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Your applicion will initially be reviewed to determine whether you meet the minimum eligibility and qualificions requirements. If you are qualified, you will then receive a numeric score based on the degree to which your background mches the knowledge, skills and abilities for the position listed below. If a determinion is made th you have infled your qualificions, you assigned a ring commensure with your background. Your final score used to determine if you are among the best qualified candides.

Competencies:

Project Management Communicion Da Analysis Customer Service Technical Competence Criminal History Inquiries- If you apply to this position and are selected, we will not ask about your criminal history before you receive a conditional job offer. If you believe you were asked about your criminal history improperly, contact the agency @ dcaa.belvoir.hq.mbx.ask-lmer@mail.mil Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help You must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: 1.

Resume:

A two-page maximum resume is required. Applicant guidance on the two page resume requirement may be found : Learn more about the new resume requirements . 2. Complete initial

Eligibility Questionnaire:

Your resume must demonstre the quality of your work as it reles to the experience requirements outlined in the job announcement. 3. Other supporting documents a. SF-50: Current and former federal employees, including those currently working for the agency, must submit their SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action) reflecting their highest grade held on a permanent basis for least 52 weeks, tenure, and appointment type. Failure to provide this document may result in disqualificion. b. College Transcripts - If you are using educion as a substitution for specialized experience, you must provide your college transcripts. c. Veterans Preference Documention You must submit a copy of your DD Form-214, Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty", showing the des of active duty service, type of discharge and the character of service. Alternively, If you are a current military member in active duty service and do not have a copy of your DD Form-214, you must submit a written documention (certificion) from your branch of service certifying th you are expected to be discharged or released from active duty under honorable conditions no ler than 120 days after the de the certificion is submitted with your applicion for this position. The certificion should also include your rank, des of active duty service and wh the condition of discharge is thought to be. If claiming 10-point preference and/or are a 30% or more Disabled Veteran, you must submit both a DD Form-214 or expected discharge documention as described above AND a copy of a letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) or your branch of service certifying the presence of service-connected disability and indicing the percentage of disability If you are claiming eligibility based on 10-point derived veterans' preference (i.e. a spouse, widow/widower, or parent of a veteran claiming veterans' preference when the veteran is unable to use it), you must also submit a Standard Form 15 (SF-15) "Applicion for 10-Point Veteran's Preference" and any required documents indiced on the SF-15 to substantie the claimed preference. d. Other documents identified in this announcement If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package. See required documents below. Click 'Apply Online' to cree an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. 1. Follow the prompts to complete the assessment questionnaire and upload required documents. 2. Please ensure you click the Submit My Answers button to submit your applicion. 3. Check applicion stus by logging into your USAJOBS account, clicking Applicion Stus, then More Informion for this position. Return to an incomplete applicion by logging into your USAJOBS account and clicking Upde Applicion in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion incomplete. You can preview the Assessment Questionnaire here: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12953772

WARNING:

Failure to submit a complete Applicion Package including all required documention by the closing de of the announcement 11:59 p.m. Eastern time, or the time of applicion for announcements with an extended closing de, may result in an ineligible ring and loss of considerion. To verify th your applicion is complete, log into your USAJOBS account, select Applicion Stus and More Informion. The Details page will display the stus of your applicion. Once your applicion is "processed", you can review your submitted merials. It is your responsibility to verify th informion you entered, uploaded, or faxed is received, legible and accure. Neither Human Resources nor the Selecting Official will modify your submitted documents and informion.. Agency contact informion HR Customer Care Center Phone (317) 212-0454 dfas.indianapolis-in.zh.mbx.dfasmeritcc@mail.mil Address

DCAA - HEADQUARTERS 8725

John J. Kingman Road Ft. Belvoir, VA 22060 US Next steps Once your applicion is received, you will receive an acknowledgement email. You will subsequently receive an email notice of your ring and whether you were referred to the hiring manager as best qualified. Qualified candides eligible for non-competitive reassignment, repromotion, change to lower grade, transfer or reinstement will also be referred. You may be contacted for an interview. You notified when the selection process is complete. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help You must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: 1.

Resume:

A two-page maximum resume is required. Applicant guidance on the two page resume requirement may be found : Learn more about the new resume requirements . 2. Complete initial

Eligibility Questionnaire:

Your resume must demonstre the quality of your work as it reles to the experience requirements outlined in the job announcement. 3. Other supporting documents a. SF-50: Current and former federal employees, including those currently working for the agency, must submit their SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action) reflecting their highest grade held on a permanent basis for least 52 weeks, tenure, and appointment type. Failure to provide this document may result in disqualificion. b. College Transcripts - If you are using educion as a substitution for specialized experience, you must provide your college transcripts. c. Veterans Preference Documention You must submit a copy of your DD Form-214, Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty", showing the des of active duty service, type of discharge and the character of service. Alternively, If you are a current military member in active duty service and do not have a copy of your DD Form-214, you must submit a written documention (certificion) from your branch of service certifying th you are expected to be discharged or released from active duty under honorable conditions no ler than 120 days after the de the certificion is submitted with your applicion for this position. The certificion should also include your rank, des of active duty service and wh the condition of discharge is thought to be. If claiming 10-point preference and/or are a 30% or more Disabled Veteran, you must submit both a DD Form-214 or expected discharge documention as described above AND a copy of a letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) or your branch of service certifying the presence of service-connected disability and indicing the percentage of disability If you are claiming eligibility based on 10-point derived veterans' preference (i.e. a spouse, widow/widower, or parent of a veteran claiming veterans' preference when the veteran is unable to use it), you must also submit a Standard Form 15 (SF-15) "Applicion for 10-Point Veteran's Preference" and any required documents indiced on the SF-15 to substantie the claimed preference. d. Other documents identified in this announcement If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package. See required documents below. Click 'Apply Online' to cree an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. 1. Follow the prompts to complete the assessment questionnaire and upload required documents. 2. Please ensure you click the Submit My Answers button to submit your applicion. 3. Check applicion stus by logging into your USAJOBS account, clicking Applicion Stus, then More Informion for this position. Return to an incomplete applicion by logging into your USAJOBS account and clicking Upde Applicion in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion incomplete. You can preview the Assessment Questionnaire here: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12953772

WARNING:

Failure to submit a complete Applicion Package including all required documention by the closing de of the announcement 11:59 p.m. Eastern time, or the time of applicion for announcements with an extended closing de, may result in an ineligible ring and loss of considerion. To verify th your applicion is complete, log into your USAJOBS account, select Applicion Stus and More Informion. The Details page will display the stus of your applicion. Once your applicion is "processed", you can review your submitted merials. It is your responsibility to verify th informion you entered, uploaded, or faxed is received, legible and accure. Neither Human Resources nor the Selecting Official will modify your submitted documents and informion.. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion HR Customer Care Center Phone (317) 212-0454 dfas.indianapolis-in.zh.mbx.dfasmeritcc@mail.mil Address

DCAA - HEADQUARTERS 8725

John J. Kingman Road Ft. Belvoir, VA 22060 US Next steps Once your applicion is received, you will receive an acknowledgement email. You will subsequently receive an email notice of your ring and whether you were referred to the hiring manager as best qualified. Qualified candides eligible for non-competitive reassignment, repromotion, change to lower grade, transfer or reinstement will also be referred. You may be contacted for an interview. You notified when the selection process is complete. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Additional locions Lowell, MA Irving, TX Fort Belvoir, VA Renton, WA Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/07/2026 to 05/21/2026 Salary $125,776 - $163,514 per year Pay scale & grade GS 14 Locions 1 vacancy in the following locions: Anaheim, CA Lone Tree, CO Melbourne, FL Indianapolis, IN Show more fewer locions (4) Lowell, MA Irving, TX Fort Belvoir, VA Renton, WA Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required 25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential 14 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

DCAA-26-HQ-12953772

Control number 868333800