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$109,294 Salary, Full-Time
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Da Scientist Department of Energy Federal Energy Regulory Commission Summary The Federal Energy Regulory Commission (FERC) is ranked within the top 5 mid-size agencies through the Partnership for Public Service's Best Places to Work in the Federal Government Rankings! This Da Scientist position is in the Office of Enforcement and Regulory Accounting. For more informion : OERA Learn more about this agency Summary The Federal Energy Regulory Commission (FERC) is ranked within the top 5 mid-size agencies through the Partnership for Public Service's Best Places to Work in the Federal Government Rankings! This Da Scientist position is in the Office of Enforcement and Regulory Accounting. For more informion : OERA Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/07/2026 to 05/18/2026 Salary $85,447 - $133,142 per year Pay scale & grade
GS 11 - 12
Locion Few vacancies in the following locion: Washington, DC FEW vacancies Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-Time Service Competitive Promotion potential 13 Job family (Series) 1560 Da Science Series Supervisory stus No Security clearance Other Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Modere Risk (MR) Trust determinion process Credentialing Suitability/Fitness Announcement numberFERC-DHA-2026-0001
Control number 868264200 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Videos Duties Help The Division of Analytics and Surveillance (DAS) in the FERC Office of Enforcement and Regulory Accounting (OERA) is seeking a motived and skilled Da Scientist. Leverage your skills in Python, R, and SQL to contribute towards DAS's wholesale electricity and nural gas surveillance and forensic analysis. As a Da Scientist, some of your typical work assignments may include: Developing and maintaining da pipelines using SQL/T-SQL, Python, R, Dabricks, or Synapse. Using Power BI, R, Python, SQL to analyze da and implement quality control checks. Using GitHub for version control and to collabore with teammes. Clearly presenting findings, approach, and processes to the team, the Division, or management orally and/or in writing. Requirements Help Conditions of employment You must be a U.S. Citizen or Nional. A one-year probionary period may be required. A background investigion is required. This is a bargaining unit position (AFGE Local 421) Generally, male applicants must be registered with the Selective Service. This position has an educion requirement, you must submit transcripts. Relocion expenses will not be paid. If hired, you may be required to divest certain energy-reled securities. Maximum of 2 page resume. You must meet all eligibility and qualificion (experience and/or educion) requirements by the closing de of this announcement. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1-year probionary period during which we will evalue your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider:- your performance and conduct;
- the needs and interests of the agency;
- whether your continued employment would advance organizional goals of the agency or the Government; and
- whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
Specialized experience is defined as:
independently extracting, transforming, and integring complex, multi-source dasets using Python, R, or SQL; developing reproducible da pipelines; and applying stistical or analytical techniques to produce and present insights, visualizions, and models th inform organizional decision making. For the GS-12: In addition to the educion required for this position, you must have one full year of specialized experience or equivalent to the GS-11 level.Specialized experience is defined as:
experience designing and implementing automed da workflows and analytical products using Python, R, or SQL; integring and validing large, complex, structured, and unstructured da from numerous internal and external sources; developing advanced da visualizions, stistical analyses, and models; and transling analytical results into actionable recommendions for senior staff or program stakeholders, both orally and in writing. 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 directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including any volunteer experience. Please do not cut and paste the position description, specialized experience, or occupional assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume, as this will not be considered a demonstrion of your qualificions for this position. Educion This position has an educion requirement and therefore, transcripts are required. Failure to submit a copy of your transcripts the time of applicion will result in your applicion being marked incomplete and you will not receive further considerion. Additional informion Our employees ranked FERC as a top 5 mid-size agency in Effective Leadership according to the Partnership for Public Service's Best Places to Work in the Federal Government ! In addition, FERC was also ranked #1 in Work-Life Balance and we are proud to offer telework and workplace flexibilities in accordance with agency policy. If selected for this position, you required to: Complete a Declarion for Federal Employment (OF-306) to determine your suitability for Federal employment. Have your Federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of your choice. Go through a Personal Identity Verificion (PIV) process th requires two forms of identificion from the Form I-9. Federal law requires verificion of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in theU.S. FERC
also participes in the USCIS Electronic Employment Eligibility Verificion Program (E-Verify). For more informion about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, : http://www.uscis.gov/e-verify. Attend a mandory ethics training. We are governed by the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) Standards of Conduct, the criminal conflict of interest stutes, and FERC's supplemental ethics regulion, which specifically prohibits FERC employees from holding certain energy-reled securities. To comply with these regulions and stutes, divestiture of least some energy securities is likely to be required after you begin employment. See 5 C.F.R. 2634-41; 18 U.S.C. 201-208; 5 C.F.R. 3401. If selected, you may also be required to file a financial disclosure stement within 30 days of appointment. Receive authorizion from OPM on any job offer you receive, if you are or were (within the last 5 years) a political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Non-Career SES employee in the Executive Branch. 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 For more informion regarding Federal benefits programs, : https://help.usajobs.gov/working-in-government/benefits How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Once the vacancy announcement closes, we will review your resume and any supporting documention to determine whether you meet the eligibility and minimum qualificion requirements for the position. Your resume must address the following competencies (knowledge, skills, and abilities, and other characteristics): Da Pipeline Development Da Analysis Source Control and Da Documention Presentions The online assessment is used to evalue your relevant educion and experience in relion to the required competencies for this position. If you meet the eligibility and minimum qualificion requirements, your applicion forwarded to the selecting official for considerion. Veterans' preference and cegory ring procedures do not apply for this announcement under Direct Hire Authority regulions. For more informion, : https://www.opm.gov/policy-da-oversight/hiring-informion/direct-hire-authority/#url=Overview . You may be required to participe in a selection interview. Please note - only your resume and cover letter forwarded to the selecting official. You may preview questions for this vacancy. Benefits Help For more informion regarding Federal benefits programs, : https://help.usajobs.gov/working-in-government/benefits Required documents Required Documents Help Failure to submit all required documention by the closing de of this vacancy announcement, including adhering to the maximum two-page resume requirement, will result in removal from considerion and loss of any special hiring preference (e.g., veterans' preference, ICTAP/CTAP eligibility, Schedule A).REQUIRED DOCUMENTS FOR ALL CANDIDATES
RESUME (maximum of 2 pages in length) : Your resume should describe your specialized experience and support your answers to the vacancy announcement questionnaire. You must ensure it contains the following informion for each experience/position: Position title Name of employer Beginning and ending des of employment (Month/Day/Year form) Hours worked per week Detailed description of job duties, accomplishments, reled skills, and responsibilities to include any supervisory/managerial responsibilities and number of staff supervised (if applicable) Series and grade or equivalent (for federal positions) If the position has an educion requirement or you are qualifying based on your educion, you must list your educion history, including the type of degree and your major of study.VACANCY QUESTIONNAIRE
You must submit and complete the online eligibility and vacancy questions.TRANSCRIPTS
(only required when the position has an educion requirement, or you are qualifying for the position based on your educion): You MUST submit copies of your college transcripts to verify your educion. Unofficial copies are acceptable; however, if selected you required to provide official transcripts before your effective de.OPTIONAL DOCUMENTS TO SUPPORT CAREER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
(CTAP)/INTERAGENCYCAREER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
(ICTAP)ELIGIBILITY
These programs apply to employees who have been involuntarily separed from a Federal service position within the competitive service or Federal service employees whose positions have been deemed surplus or no longer needed. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: 1) meet CTAP or ICTAP eligibility criteria; 2) be red "Well Qualified" for the position; and 3) submit the approprie documention to support your CTAP or ICTAP eligibility. For more informion aboutCTAP/ICTAP, :
http://www.opm.gov/rif/employee_guides/career_transition.asp .The following documents are required:
Reduction in Force or RIF notice - written notice of your expected separion, or other documention of priority considerion stus; Lest SF-50 noting your current position, grade level, and duty locion; Last performance appraisal, including your ring; and Any documention from your agency showing your current promotion potential. How to Apply Help The FERC Careers site provides detailed instructions on how to apply to our vacancies. For more informion : https://www.ferc.gov/about/careers/job-searchapply Here are a few additional tips: When applying to a FERC vacancy announcement, please remember you must complete and submit your entire applicion (including your resume, vacancy questionnaire, and any applicable supporting documention) no ler than 11:59 pm Eastern Time (ET) on the vacancy closing de . Please note, it may take you longer to apply to some vacancy announcements than others. Starting your applicion le on the evening the vacancy closes is not recommended because you might not have enough time to ensure your applicion is successfully submitted and received. When the specialized experience stement in the vacancy announcement requires experience presenting informion to a large audience, your resume should include speeches or presentions you've given. Make sure you verify th your resume clearly indices possession of the competencies and specialized experience listed under the "Qualificions and Evaluions" and "How You Will Be Evalued" sections of this announcement. Remember to submit all required and supporting documention listed under the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
FERC provides reasonable accommodions to applicants with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please contact DisabilityManager@FERC.gov no ler than 11:59 pm ET on the vacancy closing de. The decision to grant a reasonable accommodion made on a case-by-case basis. For more informion on telework, click the following link: USAJOBS Help Center | Wh is telework? For more informion on remote work, click the following link: USAJOBS Help Center | Wh is a remote job? Agency contact informion Amanda Hoch Phone 202-502-8476 Fax 000-000-0000 amanda.hoch@ferc.gov AddressFERC 888
First Street, NE Washington, District of Columbia 20426 United Stes Next steps Once your complete applicion is received, we will conduct an evaluion of your qualificions. You notified of the stus of your applicion up to four times throughout the applicion process, via your USAJOBS dashboard. To verify the stus of your applicion, both during and after the announcement open period, log on to your USAJOBS account. The applicion record in your USAJOBS account provides an option to "Track this applicion." Your "Applicant stus" will also appear along with the des you applied to this position and when your applicion was last upded. To learn more about your specific job stus and how this helps you track jobs and applicions : https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/applicion/stus Please notify us if your contact informion changes after the closing de of the announcement. More than one selection for similar positions may be made from this announcement and the program office for th selection may vary. By applying, you agree to have your applicion shared with any interested selecting official(s). 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 Failure to submit all required documention by the closing de of this vacancy announcement, including adhering to the maximum two-page resume requirement, will result in removal from considerion and loss of any special hiring preference (e.g., veterans' preference, ICTAP/CTAP eligibility, Schedule A).REQUIRED DOCUMENTS FOR ALL CANDIDATES
RESUME (maximum of 2 pages in length) : Your resume should describe your specialized experience and support your answers to the vacancy announcement questionnaire. You must ensure it contains the following informion for each experience/position: Position title Name of employer Beginning and ending des of employment (Month/Day/Year form) Hours worked per week Detailed description of job duties, accomplishments, reled skills, and responsibilities to include any supervisory/managerial responsibilities and number of staff supervised (if applicable) Series and grade or equivalent (for federal positions) If the position has an educion requirement or you are qualifying based on your educion, you must list your educion history, including the type of degree and your major of study.VACANCY QUESTIONNAIRE
You must submit and complete the online eligibility and vacancy questions.TRANSCRIPTS
(only required when the position has an educion requirement, or you are qualifying for the position based on your educion): You MUST submit copies of your college transcripts to verify your educion. Unofficial copies are acceptable; however, if selected you required to provide official transcripts before your effective de.OPTIONAL DOCUMENTS TO SUPPORT CAREER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
(CTAP)/INTERAGENCYCAREER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
(ICTAP)ELIGIBILITY
These programs apply to employees who have been involuntarily separed from a Federal service position within the competitive service or Federal service employees whose positions have been deemed surplus or no longer needed. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: 1) meet CTAP or ICTAP eligibility criteria; 2) be red "Well Qualified" for the position; and 3) submit the approprie documention to support your CTAP or ICTAP eligibility. For more informion aboutCTAP/ICTAP, :
http://www.opm.gov/rif/employee_guides/career_transition.asp .The following documents are required:
Reduction in Force or RIF notice - written notice of your expected separion, or other documention of priority considerion stus; Lest SF-50 noting your current position, grade level, and duty locion; Last performance appraisal, including your ring; and Any documention from your agency showing your current promotion potential. How to Apply Help The FERC Careers site provides detailed instructions on how to apply to our vacancies. For more informion : https://www.ferc.gov/about/careers/job-searchapply Here are a few additional tips: When applying to a FERC vacancy announcement, please remember you must complete and submit your entire applicion (including your resume, vacancy questionnaire, and any applicable supporting documention) no ler than 11:59 pm Eastern Time (ET) on the vacancy closing de . Please note, it may take you longer to apply to some vacancy announcements than others. Starting your applicion le on the evening the vacancy closes is not recommended because you might not have enough time to ensure your applicion is successfully submitted and received. When the specialized experience stement in the vacancy announcement requires experience presenting informion to a large audience, your resume should include speeches or presentions you've given. Make sure you verify th your resume clearly indices possession of the competencies and specialized experience listed under the "Qualificions and Evaluions" and "How You Will Be Evalued" sections of this announcement. Remember to submit all required and supporting documention listed under the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
FERC provides reasonable accommodions to applicants with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please contact DisabilityManager@FERC.gov no ler than 11:59 pm ET on the vacancy closing de. The decision to grant a reasonable accommodion made on a case-by-case basis. For more informion on telework, click the following link: USAJOBS Help Center | Wh is telework? For more informion on remote work, click the following link: USAJOBS Help Center | Wh is a remote job? Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Amanda Hoch Phone 202-502-8476 Fax 000-000-0000 amanda.hoch@ferc.gov AddressFERC 888
First Street, NE Washington, District of Columbia 20426 United Stes Next steps Once your complete applicion is received, we will conduct an evaluion of your qualificions. You notified of the stus of your applicion up to four times throughout the applicion process, via your USAJOBS dashboard. To verify the stus of your applicion, both during and after the announcement open period, log on to your USAJOBS account. The applicion record in your USAJOBS account provides an option to "Track this applicion." Your "Applicant stus" will also appear along with the des you applied to this position and when your applicion was last upded. To learn more about your specific job stus and how this helps you track jobs and applicions : https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/applicion/stus Please notify us if your contact informion changes after the closing de of the announcement. More than one selection for similar positions may be made from this announcement and the program office for th selection may vary. By applying, you agree to have your applicion shared with any interested selecting official(s). 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 Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/07/2026 to 05/18/2026 Salary $85,447 - $133,142 per year Pay scale & gradeGS 11 - 12
Locion Few vacancies in the following locion: Washington, DC FEW vacancies Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-Time Service Competitive Promotion potential 13 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Announcement numberFERC-DHA-2026-0001
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