- Position Title
- Computer Scientist
- Agency
- Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration
- Announcement Number
- CARZ-10578493-19-LAL Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Thursday, August 15, 2019 to Friday, September 13, 2019
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Eligibilities
1.
Do you claim Veterans’ Preference?
2.
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from the agency hiring for this position? If yes, confirm:
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To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
- you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND,
- you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
- your grade is equivalent to or below the grade level of the vacancy; AND,
- your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
3.
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from a position in a federal agency other than the Department of Veterans Affairs? If yes, confirm:
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
- you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND,
- you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
- you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
- your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
Assessment 1
Select the appropriate answer to each of the following questions based on your current level of experience and/or education or training that demonstrates your ability to perform the duties of this position. When answering the questionnaire, remember that your experience and education are subject to verification by investigation. You may be asked to provide specific examples or documentation of experience or education as proof to support your answers, or you may be required to verify a response by a practical demonstration of your claimed ability to perform a task.
BASIC EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENT: In order to qualify for this position, you must meet the Basic Educational Requirement for the GS-1550 series. Please respond Yes or No to the following question.
1.
Have you successfully completed a bachelor's or higher degree in computer science or 30 semester hours in a combination of mathematics, statistics, and computer science? At least 15 of the 30 semesters must have included any combination of statistics and mathematics that included differential and integral calculus. NOTE: Transcripts are required - If you do not submit a copy of your transcript, your application may not be processed.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT: In addition to meeting the Basic Educational Requirement, you must also meet the following Specialized Experience Requirement for the GS-12. Please respond Yes or No to the following question.
2.
Do you have at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-11) in Federal Service that has equipped you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the duties of a Computer Scientist GS-12? Examples of specialized experience include: developing and maintaining imaging radiomics related computer systems; assisting in the design and implementation of an integrated information/computer system infrastructure to meet the evolving needs of clinical imaging activities; evaluating and monitoring the effectiveness of image data management processes; performing advanced and complex image texture analysis of 2D/3D/4D data sets; and providing technical assistance to radiologists, residents, radiology administrators regarding imaging software systems and data collection. NOTE: Your experience must be fully documented in your resume and must include job title, duties, month and year start/end dates AND hours worked per week.
QUALITY RANKING FACTOR: Knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) that could be expected to enhance an applicant's performance in a position but are not essential. Applicants who possess such KSA's may be ranked above those who do not, but no one may be rated ineligible solely for failure to possess such KSA's.
3.
The Quality Ranking Factor for this position is: Do you have experience utilizing post-processing imaging software such as: Dynacad, MIM Software (MIMS), Multiple Fusion software applications, Tera Recon, Vitrea, Neurogquant, Invivo functional, Advanced Work Station (AW) by General Electric, Syngo? NOTE: Your experience must be fully documented in your resume and must include job title, duties, month and year start/end dates AND hours worked per week.
For each task in the following group, choose the statement from the list below that best describes your experience and/or training.
The following statements pertain to your knowledge of computer languages and their applications to enable a system to perform specific functions.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
4.
Developing and utilizing state of the art methods and practices to collect functional molecular imaging data.
5.
Providing extensive skill to fully develop and maintain imaging radiomics related systems.
6.
Monitoring the quality of data collected and procedures used in regard to radiomics projects.
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Ensuring that valid data is used to produce clinically relevant reports.
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Researching, evaluating, adopting, and maintaining computer systems using radiomics concepts and computer language.
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Consulting with technical staff members regarding program layouts, inter-relationships, sequences, internal logic, utility routines, and the selection or appropriate programming languages in connection with specific projects.
The following statements pertain to your ability to use knowledge that is acquired through formal training or extensive on the job experience to perform one's job; works with, understands, and evaluates technical information related to the job; advises others on technical issues.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
10.
Evaluating and monitoring the effectiveness of image data management processes.
11.
Researching, developing, implementing, and maintaining imaging and statistics-based software systems.
12.
Meeting the needs of varied clinical, academic, and research activities that affect a radiology and nuclear medicine service.
13.
Researching, developing, and evaluating the effectiveness of innovative approaches and methodologies for imaging acquisition, archiving, segmentation.
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Developing new approaches, combining existing approaches, and exploring innovative approaches to knowledge management.
15.
Identifying, initiating, developing, implementing, and supporting innovative imaging analysis and post image.
The following statements pertain to your knowledge of electric circuit boards, processors, chips, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
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Developing new software systems for integration into existing software systems and data structures.
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Assisting in the design and implementation of an integrated information/computer system infrastructure to meet the evolving needs of clinical imaging activities.
18.
Investigating the suitability of specific methods, algorithms, and software approaches to assignments.
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Providing technical guidance and software application support for scientific computing within the areas of image analysis, sequence analysis, linkage analysis, and database design.
20.
Observing the methods used to investigate software architectures and developing methods to improve software reusability and portability.
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Working with radiologists, nuclear medicine physicians, and other physicians to define the requirements for imaging database system design, development, deployment, and maintenance.
The following statements pertain to your knowledge of the principles, procedures, and tools of data management, such as modeling techniques, data backup, data recovery, data dictionaries, data warehousing, data mining, data disposal, and data standardization processes.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
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Retrieving and segmenting relevant data from available imaging studies.
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Performing advanced and complex image texture analysis of 2D/3D/4D data sets.
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Extracting relevant radiomics or image based phenotypic information and applying extracted radiomics information to epidemiological and genomic data sets.
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Generating epi-radio-genomic data sets using the most relevant phenotypic information.
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Correlating data sets and phenotypic information to produce a clinically relevant radiomics report.
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Enhancing the applicability of post processing imaging systems to existing clinical algorithms.
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Adding new algorithms through the utilization of state-of-the-art methods related to computer software applications and advanced statistical tools.
The following statements pertain to your ability to effectively express information to multiple audiences through clear, convincing oral and written communications; demonstrate logical thinking when describing facts and concepts, and shape communications to meet the needs of a specific audience; actively listen to others and demonstrate understanding of their comments and/or questions.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
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Evaluating the progress of radiomics in meeting its objectives and documenting the evaluation in the form of periodic reports.
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Consulting with physicians and managers to identify opportunities for quality improvement in the application of bio-informatics and computer technologies for computer use.
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Collaborating with team members and other colleagues to identify additional potential knowledge for management needs.
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Identifying ways in which existing systems can be adapted and ways in which new systems can be developed to address and meet stakeholder needs/functional requirements.
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Providing technical assistance to radiologists, residents, radiology administrators regarding software systems and data collection.
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Providing technical assistance and analysis aspects of the entire field of radiomics and computer-based post processing.
RESUME REMINDER- Your resume must include the following information each job listed:
Job title
Duties (be as detailed as possible)
Month & year start/end dates (e.g. June 2007 to April 2008)
Full-time or part-time status (include hours worked per week)
Series and Grade, if applicable, for all Federal positions you have held
Please be aware that your answers will be verified against information provided on your resume. Be sure that your resume clearly supports your responses to all of the questions by addressing your work experience in detail.
Recommended: Even though we do not require a specific resume format, your resume must be clear so that we are able to fully evaluate your qualifications. To ensure you receive appropriate consideration, please list the duties you performed under each individual job title. If we are unable to match your experiences with the positions held, you may lose consideration for this vacancy. We cannot make assumptions regarding your qualifications.
TRANSCRIPT REMINDER - If you are basing your qualifications on education (or a combination of education and experience) or if the position requires a college education to qualify, you must submit a copy of your transcripts with your application.
VETERAN'S PREFERENCE DOCUMENTATION REMINDER - When applying for Federal jobs, eligible veterans should claim preference on the Occupational Questionnaire in the section provided and provide a legible copy of DD-214(s) showing all dates of service as well as character of service (honorable, general, etc.). Additionally, veterans with service-connected disability of 10% or more must also submit a copy of their official statement from the Department of Veterans Affairs, or from a branch of the Armed Forces, certifying their service-connected disability and/or their receipt of compensation for service-connected disability. If the military member is within 120 days of separation and does not yet have a DD214, the member may instead submit any written document from the armed forces that certifies the service member is expected to be discharged or released from active duty service in the armed forces under honorable conditions not later than 120 days after the date the certification is signed.