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Position Title
SUPERVISORY MATH STATISTICIAN OR STATISTICIAN (DATA SCIENTIST)
Agency
Securities and Exchange Commission
Announcement Number
23-DH-12097149-SH Opens in new window
Open Period
Friday, August 18, 2023 to Friday, September 1, 2023
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Eligibilities
1. Do you claim Veterans’ Preference? (limit characters)
2. Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from the agency hiring for this position? If yes, confirm:
  • 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.
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.
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3. Have you served on a Schedule C appointment or as a political appointee anytime within the last 5 years? (limit characters)
4. Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from a position in a Federal agency other than the agency hiring for this position? If yes, confirm:
  • 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.
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 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.
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5. Are you a previous federal employee with Securities and Exchange Commission? (limit characters)
6. Are you a current SEC employee?

 
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7. Have you received a Voluntary Separation Incentive Payment (VSIP) in the last 5 years? If so, you will need to repay the entire amount of the VSIP to the agency from which you separated as a condition of reemployment. (limit characters)
Preferences
1. Select the series you want to be considered for. You must choose at least one series. (limit characters)
2. From the options below, please indicate the choice that BEST describes your situation: (limit characters)
3. How did you hear about this position? (limit characters)
4. Please specify based on your selection above as applicable: (limit characters)
Assessment 1
Thank you for your interest in the Supervisory Mathematical Statistician or Statistician, SK-1529/1530-15 position, with United States Securities and Exchange Commission. We will evaluate your resume and your response to the questionnaire to determine if you are among the best qualified for this position. Your responses are subject to verification. Please review your responses for accuracy before you submit this questionnaire. (limit characters)
1. Applicants must meet the Basic Requirements described below:

A. Degree: that included 24 semester hours of mathematics and statistics, of which at least 12 semester hours were in mathematics and 6 semester hours were in statistics. or
B. Combination of education and experience -- at least 24 semester hours of mathematics and statistics, including at least 12hours in mathematics and 6 hours in statistics, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. or
A. Degree: that included 15 semester hours in statistics (or in mathematics and statistics, provided at least 6 semester hours were in statistics),and 9 additional semester hours in one or more of the following: physical or biological sciences, medicine, education, or engineering; or in the social sciences including demography, history, economics, social welfare, geography, international relations, social or cultural anthropology, health sociology, political science, public administration, psychology, etc. Credit toward meeting statistical course requirements should be given for courses in which 50 percent of the course content appears to be statistical methods, e.g., courses that included studies in research methods in psychology or economics such as tests and measurements or business cycles, or courses in methods of processing mass statistical data such as tabulating methods or electronic data processing. or
B. Combination of education and experience -- courses as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. The experience should have included a full range of professional statistical work such as (a) sampling, (b) collecting, computing, and analyzing statistical data,and (c) applying statistical techniques such as measurement of central tendency, dispersion, skewness, sampling error, simple and multiple correlation, analysis of variance, and tests of significance.
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2. Applicant must have at least one year of specialized experience in (1) performing complex analytical tasks and assignments requiring skill and knowledge using the Python programming language, cloud computing platforms (e.g., Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure) and related analytical capabilities and services; AND (2) experience developing advanced analytical models, tools, prototypes, applications, or solutions (including artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions) on cloud computing platforms; AND (3) leading or overseeing complex analytical projects involving the development and deployment of AI/ML models, tools, or solutions. (limit characters)