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Computer Scientist

Department of Justice
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Summary

This position advertised has been exempted from the federal civilian hiring freeze. As a Computer Scientist, you will specialize in the design, development, integration, and deployment of cutting-edge tools and systems to support cyber operations and intelligence activities. Leveraging advanced knowledge and tradecraft with regards to computer and network security, you will produce creative, innovative, and elegant solutions to some of the toughest challenges.

Overview

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Open & closing dates
04/10/2025 to 04/24/2025
Salary
$109,749 to - $168,597 per year
Pay scale & grade
GS 13 - 14
Location
1 vacancy in the following location:
Huntsville, AL
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
No
Travel Required
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Excepted
Promotion potential
14
Job family (Series)
Supervisory status
No
Security clearance
Sensitive Compartmented Information
Drug test
Yes
Financial disclosure
Yes
Bargaining unit status
No
Announcement number
DESTIMP-12722871-25-SA
Control number
835055200

This job is open to

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The public

U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.

Federal employees - Competitive service

Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's hiring rules and pay scales.

Federal employees - Excepted service

Current federal employees whose agencies have their own hiring rules, pay scales and evaluation criteria.

Internal to an agency

Current federal employees of the hiring agency that posted the job announcement.

Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL)

Federal employees whose job, agency or department was eliminated and are eligible for priority over other applicants.

Veterans

Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces or a spouse, widow, widower or parent of a veteran, who may be eligible for derived preference

Military spouses

Military spouses of active duty service members or whose spouse is 100 percent disabled or died on active duty.

Individuals with disabilities

Individuals who are eligible under Schedule A.

Clarification from the agency

All U.S. Citizens.

Duties

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  • Develop, deploy and maintain bespoke capabilities, tools, and analytics needed to conduct the FBI's counterterrorism mission.
  • Understand and partner with enterprise environments, architectures, applications, policies and compliance to provide capabilities.
  • Partner with mission teams to build automation capabilities, exploit data, and provide technical support.
  • Perform design analysis, testing, documentation, and implementation of complex computer programs and secure databases.
  • Apply both theoretical and application oriented computer science methodologies.
  • Conduct requirement elicitations and analyses for improving the design of existing tools and gathering needs for new capabilities.
  • Create tailored data visualizations from disparate enterprise data repositories.
  • Advise on and review designs of other application projects to ensure quality products are delivered.
  • Develop and extend cost methods for the purpose of support comparisons.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

  • Must be a U.S. citizen
  • Must be able to obtain a Top Secret-SCI clearance
  • Some travel may be required

Qualifications

GS-13: Applicant must possess at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level. SE is defined as follows:

  • Evaluated, designed, and developed methods to store, manipulate, transfer, and/or present information.
  • Performed feasibility analysis and requirement studies by investigating new techniques related to database designs.
  • Performed design analysis, testing, documentation, and implementation of complex computer programs and secure databases.
  • Identified, analyzed, and recommend new technologies for inclusion or adoption to support an organization.
  • Identified, evaluated, and/or developed new tools and techniques to be used among computer programmers and analysts at an organization.
GS-14: Applicant must possess at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 grade level. SE is defined as follows:
  • Determined feasibility and applicability of methodological advances in computer science for an organization.
  • Designed, developed, and implemented new information processing models, representations, and methodologies to solve administrative, investigative, law enforcement, and system requirements.
  • Formulated and developed computer science policy and standards.
  • Maintained liaison with external organizations to ensure the incumbent's organization has the most up to date capabilities.
  • Analyzed advances in analytic methodologies to evaluate computer science foundations and functional requirements of an organization.

Education

This position has a specific education requirement; all applicants must verify completion of this basic educational requirement by submitting a copy of their college transcripts by the closing date of the vacancy announcement.

BASIC REQUIREMENTS: All applicants must have a bachelor's degree in Computer Science or bachelor's degree with 30 semester hours in combination of mathematics, statistics, AND computer science (15 of the 30 semester hours MUST have been in any combination of statistics and mathematics that included differential and integral calculus). Courses designed to provide an introduction to computer science techniques and methodologies are acceptable; courses in teaching elementary, business or shop mathematics are NOT acceptable.

Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements provided you can show foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States.

Additional information

Memorandum for Record: Work performed outside assigned duties (that would not normally be documented on an SF-50, i. e., back-up duties), has to be documented in detail by an immediate supervisor in order to receive full credit for amount of time worked in that position. If no documentation is furnished no credit will be given for time worked in that position. The following notations must be specified in the documentation (Memorandum for Record):
  • Percent of time worked in the particular position (cannot conflict with main duties)
  • The month/year work began
  • Frequency worked (i.e., daily, monthly, etc.)
  • Specific duties performed
Key Words:
Computer Science, Information Technology, Solution Architect, Product Engineering, Computer Programmer, Analytics, Mission Critical, National Security, Cutting Edge Technology, Research and Development, Innovative Projects, Algorithms and Data Structures, Computational Theory, Programming, Data Science, Software Development, Rapid Development

How you will be evaluated

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

Your application will be evaluated and rated under the FBI's Candidate Rating Procedures. Your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine whether you meet the job qualifications listed in this announcement and will be compared to your responses to the online assessment questionnaire. High self-assessment in the vacancy questions that is not supported by information in your resume, and/or supporting documents may eliminate you from Most Competitive status.

Your application will then be placed in one of three categories: Most Competitive, Competitive, or Least Competitive. Names of candidates in the Most Competitive category will be sent to the hiring official for employment consideration. Veterans' preference will be applied.

All applicants will be rated on the following Competencies:

  • Algorithms
  • Innovative Thinking
  • Operating System Design
  • Technology Application

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