Data Scientist

Summary
This position is assigned to Program Integration (N9D); Fleet and Family Readiness (FFR); Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC); Washington Navy Yard, District of Columbia. The incumbent serves as a Data Scientist for the FFR Integration Office and provides data analytics expertise for the Navy's FFR Integration Office to ensure high data quality and data integrity of data elements used in developing dashboards.

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In order to qualify for this position, resumes must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties of the position. Applicant resumes are the key means for evaluating skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position therefore, applicants are encouraged to be clear and specific when describing experience.
Research & Data Analysis duties include but are not limited to:

• Develops information capability architecture, solves complex and difficult technical problems, and adapts to rapidly changing requests for analysis.
• Conducts quantitative analyses of data utilizing dynamic models and techniques associated with multivariate statistics, and matrix analysis.
• Serves as the data scientist on multidisciplinary teams and is assigned a major segment of the overall analysis for highly complex programs.
• Applies broad range of data analysis, mathematics, statistical analysis, modeling, simulation, or other scientific concepts, principles, and standards, methods, practices, and procedures to achieve outcomes.
• Applies expert knowledge of data science tools, including scripted languages (such as R, Python, SQL, and JavaScript), analytics platforms, and open source/commercial off the-shelf solutions.
• Applies expert knowledge of data visualization tools (such as Qlik or Tableau).
• Assists team members engaged in studying FFR programs under the purview of CNIC Headquarters (HQ).
• Works with large and complex data sets to perform extensive analysis of volumes of data.
• Designs and coordinates surveys for various programs and monitors their progress.
• Designs and delivers frameworks to facilitate data development.
• Initiates data collection, research, and trend identification, and preparing summaries and reports to illustrate program statistics and findings.
• Uses various data integration services and data visualization tools to accurately represent data.
• Recognizes and modifies problems in research methodology.
• Compiles and analyzes numerical information.
• Initiates and completes action to improve the quality of data collection, as it relates to program execution, performance, and outcomes.
• Initiates assessments of FFR programs and overall performance that may be required to utilize innovative techniques by applying methods developed for other purposes.
• Uses technical expertise with automated data collection and reporting systems to accomplish work.
• Uses familiarity with procedural standards and regulations specific to Navy research instructions and processes for various areas of research.
• Provides technical guidance to direct the efforts of personnel who assist in data collection and analysis.
• Applies probability theory, linear programming, and other operations research techniques to the prediction of reliability degradation and the mathematical simulation of performance.
• Conducts analysis of alternative ways to improve operations.

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Conditions of employment

• Participation in Direct Deposit/Electronic Fund