Data Specialist

Summary

This position is located in the Division of Information Technology, CIOO, HQ of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation providing expertise in enterprise data, cloud data management and analytics, and artificial intelligence/ machine learning (AI/ML).

Additional selections may be made from this vacancy announcement to fill identical vacancies that occur subsequent to this announcement.

Duties

• Provides expertise in enterprise data, cloud data management and analytics, and artificial intelligence / machine learning (AI/ML). Focus areas include enterprise data governance, enterprise data architecture, enterprise data management, enterprise data analytics, cloud data architecture, artificial intelligence / machine learning (AI/ML) and data-related security and privacy policy and compliance.
• Responsible for developing strategies, governance, architectures, and technologies that support modern, cloud-based, foundational, data management and data analytic, and artificial intelligence & machine learning (AI/ML) capabilities and ensures a holistic, enterprise approach is taken that enables the FDIC and IT organization to become more agile, innovative, and responsive to business needs.
• Work collaboratively with FDIC business and IT stakeholders across the corporation in developing holistic, effective and responsive data-related strategies, architectures, data ecosystems and technologies to meet the corporations current and future business objectives and creating a culture where FDIC’s data becomes an enterprise-level resource.
• Supports investment preparation and decision-making process, advocating for investments that are material to data strategy and business objective achievement. As required, creates business case, total cost of ownership (TCO) for new, modern, cloud-based data-related initiatives and programs.
• Leads integrated project teams (IPT's) to analyze business and technology trends and strategies to ensure data strategies and architecture remains relevant to business needs; address strategic initiatives; and address material gaps in the target data architecture.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

This position is eligible for up to 100% telework based on location and management's discretion.

Registration with the Selective Service.

U.S. Citizenship is required.  

Employment Conditions.

Completion of Financial Disclosure may be required.

Qualifications

Qualifying experience may be obtained in the private or public sector. 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 experience. Additional qualifications information can be found here.

To qualify, applicants must have completed at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the CG-13 grade level or above in the Federal service.  Specialized experience is defined as experience developing data strategies, developing enterprise data governance technologies and processes, developing modern cloud-based data architectures, and developing security and privacy policy data-related compliance solutions.

You must have Information Technology (IT)-related experience which demonstrates proficiency in each of the following competencies:

• Attention to Detail - Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.
• Customer Service - Works with clients and customers (that is, any individuals who use or receive the services or products that your work unit produces, including the general public, individuals who work in the agency, other agencies, or organizations outside the Government) to assess their needs, provide information or assistance, resolve their problems, or satisfy their expectations; knows about available products and services; is committed to providing quality products and services.
• Oral Communication - Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.
• Problem Solving - Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations.

Applicants must have met the qualification requirements (including selective placement factors – if any) for this position within 30 calendar days of the closing date of this announcement.

Applicants eligible for ICTAP (Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program) must achieve a score of 85 “well qualified” for this position. For more information, Click Here.

Education

There is no substitution of education for the experience for this position.

Additional information

COVID-19: Individuals who start their Federal government service after November 22, 2021, must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to their start date, except in limited circumstances where the law requires an exception. See “Next Steps” section.

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If selected, you may be required to serve a probationary period.

The range of pay shown includes base pay plus supplemental locality adjustments. The locality rates for these duty locations range from a low of 6.68% to a high of 47.85%. Pay will vary by grade level and the locality rate for the geographic location based upon selectee's current permanent duty location. For more on FDIC locality rates, click here.