Computer Scientist

National Telecommunications and Information Administration • Boulder, CO

9h

About The Position

This vacancy is for a Computer Scientist in the National Telecommunications and Information Administration within the Department of Commerce. Duties As a Computer Scientist, you will perform the following duties: Uses a variety of software languages to independently design and develop software solutions to solve complex telecommunication research problems that implement mathematical models, statistical methods, numerical analysis, and technical algorithms. Verifies, validates, debugs, troubleshoots, and tests software implementations. Creates test plans, test scripts, requirements specifications, status updates, system architecture diagrams, and design documents. Analyzes project results and effectively participates in internal and external meetings with leadership, colleagues, and sponsors. Reports project results to both technical and non-technical audiences using tact and persuasion, responding appropriately to questions. Authors or co-authors sponsor reports, conference papers, technical reports, user guides, test analysis reports, software design/architecture documents, public code release documentation, and systems analysis reports. This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other Computer Scientist ZP-1550-3, FPL 4 positions within the Department of Commerce in the same geographical location or local commuting area with the same qualifications and specialized experience. This position is also advertised under NTIA-ITS-DE-26-13077101, which is open to Delegated Examining eligible applicants. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Must successfully pass a background investigation.
• Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
• Must complete an Optional Form 306, Declaration for Federal Employment, and certify the accuracy of all information.
• All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or bachelor's degree with 30 semester hours in a combination of mathematics, statistics, and computer science. At least 15 of the 30 semester hours must have included any combination of statistics and mathematics that included differential and integral calculus.
• One full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 or ZP-2 (or equivalent band) in the Federal service.
• Specialized experience includes: Software development experience to create and improve software solutions; AND Creating scientific software programs (for example, metrics, data intensive workloads, algorithms, modeling, data mining, forecasting, optimization, simulations, statistical analysis, numerical analysis, numerical methods, machine learning (ML), artificial Intelligence (AI), signal processing, image/audio/video processing).

Nice To Haves

• 3 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or equivalent doctoral degree in computer science or field directly related to the position.
• A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%.

Responsibilities

• Uses a variety of software languages to independently design and develop software solutions to solve complex telecommunication research problems that implement mathematical models, statistical methods, numerical analysis, and technical algorithms.
• Verifies, validates, debugs, troubleshoots, and tests software implementations.
• Creates test plans, test scripts, requirements specifications, status updates, system architecture diagrams, and design documents.
• Analyzes project results and effectively participates in internal and external meetings with leadership, colleagues, and sponsors.
• Reports project results to both technical and non-technical audiences using tact and persuasion, responding appropriately to questions.
• Authors or co-authors sponsor reports, conference papers, technical reports, user guides, test analysis reports, software design/architecture documents, public code release documentation, and systems analysis reports.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package
• Federal salary payments made by direct deposit
• Recruitment incentive may be offered (New Federal employees only) up to $10,000
• Relocation incentive may be offered (Current Federal employees only) up to $10,000

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level