Clarification from the agency

All US Citizens

In this role as a Data Scientist, you will be responsible for:

• Providing authoritative guidance on structured data standards, disclosure requirements, validation rules, and data quality principles.
• Evaluating the structure, consistency, and interpretability of machine-readable data submitted to the Commission.
• Conducting analytical assessments on data, identifying structural or semantic issues, and determining appropriate methodological approaches.
• Supporting the development, refinement, and implementation of taxonomy elements, data models, and validation logic.
• Participating in long-range planning related to machine-readable data modernization, standard setting, and statutory implementation.
• Collaborating with staff across the SEC, other regulators, external standards groups and others to address data quality and structured reporting issues.
• Designing or advising on processes, tools, or automation approaches that improve machine-readable data quality and usability.

Conditions of employment

• You must be a US Citizen.
• SELECTIVE SERVICE: Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see https://www.sss.gov/).
• PROBATIONARY PERIOD: This appointment may require completion of a one-year probationary period.
• SECURITY CLEARANCE: Entrance on duty is contingent upon completion of a pre-employment security investigation. Favorable results on a Background Investigation may be a condition of employment or selection to another position.
• PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION (PCS): Moving/Relocation expenses are not authorized.
• DIRECT DEPOSIT: All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choosing.

Qualifications

Applicants are responsible for confirming all required materials are submitted by the closing date of the announcement. Please check the How You Will Be Evaluated and Required Documents sections carefully, as missing documents will render the application incomplete and ineligible for review.

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. All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

BASIC REQUIREMENT:
Basic Requirements:

MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT: In addition to meeting the basic requirement, applicants must also meet the minimum qualification requirement.

SK-14: Applicant must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS/SK-13 level: Specialized experience includes all of the following:

1. Providing leadership on financial data, data standards, machine-readable languages, and analytical initiatives requiring advanced datatypes and multisource integration, and identifies and communicates emerging AI/ML tools and methods to strengthen organizational analytical capabilities.
2. Applying AI tools, including code assist technologies, automation, and AI-enabled analytical methods, to strengthen evaluation of machine-readable data, improve workflow efficiency, and support modernization efforts, while acting as a recognized technical resource for these applications.
3. Leading the development and enhancement of cloud and hybrid infrastructure to support analytical processing, data ingestion pipelines, structured data validation, and modernization activities across multilayer storage architectures, diverse databases, and cross platform migration and transformation workloads.
4. Supporting long-range planning, strategic decision making, and policy interpretation for structured data, analytics, cloud systems, and modernization efforts, and communicating analytical findings to leadership, program staff, and external stakeholders.

ACCOMPLISHMENT RECORD COMPETENCIES: Your Accomplishment Record narratives should address the following competencies. See the How You Will Be Evaluated section below for more information:

• AI/ML Application & Responsible Use: Uses appropriate AI/ML methods and tools-including code assist and information processing automation-to enhance analysis of structured data, increase workflow efficiency, and modernize analytical or review processes while following responsible AI practices.
• Technology Awareness and Innovation: Maintains awareness of emerging analytics and AI/ML technologies and uses this knowledge to introduce and share relevant advancements that strengthen organizational capabilities.
• Teamwork and Collaboration: Interacts with internal and external others in a manner that advances SEC goals and objectives.
• Technical Quality and Reproducibility - Applies structured engineering practices and quality control techniques and methods across the development lifecycle, producing well documented code, maintaining version controlled artifacts, and creating reproducible workflows.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

This position is being advertised through the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) Delegated Direct-Hire Authority (5 U.S.C. Section 3304 and 5 CFR Part 337, Subpart B) and is open to All U.S. Citizens. Under this authority, competitive rating, ranking and veterans' preference procedures do not apply.

Your qualifications will be assessed through a two-step screening process:

Your resume will be reviewed by an HR Specialist and a Subject Matter Expert to determine if you meet the basic requirement (if applicable) and minimum qualification requirements as outlined in the announcement.

If you are found minimally qualified through the minimum qualifications review, a rating panel will review your resume and Accomplishment Record narratives. Accomplishment Record narratives should clearly demonstrate your proficiency in the competencies listed in the Qualifications section. Submitting a Performance Appraisal does not fulfill the requirement for an Accomplishment Record. Click here for help with writing your Accomplishment Record.

Your resume must provide evidence that supports the claims made in your Accomplishment Record narratives; both documents must effectively showcase your qualifications. Each competency narrative should detail one specific, relevant example from your training or experience. Please limit each response to a maximum of 300 words, as any text beyond this limit will not be considered during the evaluation. You will upload one document with your narrative responses addressing each of the four competencies. Your responses must be in the below format:

Competency Title

• Position title and dates from your resume that this experience was obtained
• Describe the situation (i.e., the challenged faced, the problem solved)
• Describe the specific actions you took
• State the outcome, results, or long-term impact of your accomplishment
• Name and email address of someone who can verify this information

• Pass - Meets the minimum qualification requirements and has at least a moderate amount of skills and experience in most of the job related competencies.
• Fail - Meets the minimum qualification requirements, but has only limited experience in several of the job related competencies.

Passing applicants will be referred to the hiring office for further review and consideration. The hiring office may directly contact recommended candidates for interview(s). When the selection is made, applicants will be sent a referral status notification and a final disposition notification.

You must provide a complete Application Package, which includes:

• Required: Your responses to the Occupational Questionnaire.
• Required: Resume - Resumes should include relevant work experience, with specific employment dates, that demonstrates qualifications for the specialized experience and competencies as outlined above. If your resume does not reflect demonstrated evidence of these qualifications, you may not receive consideration for the position. Resumes that exceed two pages will be deemed ineligible and receive no further consideration. For resume writing tips, visit USAJOBS and the SEC careers page.
• Required: Accomplishment Record - The Accomplishment Record is a set of narrative responses that demonstrate your proficiency in the competencies listed. These narratives support your resume by providing specific examples from your training or experience. For each competency, you must provide a 300 word or less written narrative (text only) describing one example of competency-related experience. Text beyond this limit will not be considered. This document must be uploaded to the application under Accomplishment Record. An accomplishment record submitted outside the USA Staffing system will not be accepted. Failure to provide the Accomplishment Record in the correct format will result in an ineligible rating.
• Required: Unofficial Transcripts/Registration/License - If education is a qualification for this position, you must submit a copy of your unofficial transcripts with your application. If the position requires an active professional license or registration, you must submit a copy with your application. Official documents will be required if selected.
• Required, if applicable: CTAP/ICTAP documentation (a copy of a separation notice or other proof of eligibility for priority selection; a copy of an SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action, showing current position, grade, promotion potential, and duty location; AND a copy of your most recent performance appraisal.)

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