DATA SCIENTIST

You will serve as a DATA SCIENTIST in the Technical Service Center. Location: Lakewood, CO

Provides data-driven solutions to mission challenges by developing workflows that transform raw structured and unstructured data into useful, actionable information, applying statistical modeling, AI/ML applications, optimization, and exploratory data analysis to identify trends, patterns, and relationships. Designs, builds, and maintains data pipelines to collect, clean, validate, and organize data from multiple enterprise systems, ensuring data is accurate, consistent, and usable for downstream analysis and reporting. Develops analytical tools, queries, dashboards, and visualizations using programming and scripting languages such as Python, R, and SQL and business intelligence tools such as Tableau and the Microsoft Power Platform. Develops data quality checks and procedures, and supports data governance best practices for data access, usage, metadata documentation, and security, ensuring analytical work aligns with Bureau policies, Departmental guidance, and Federal regulations. Assists in developing, testing, and refining predictive and statistical models to support forecasting, workload estimation, and resource planning, validating results using standard statistical and computational methods. Collaborates with multidisciplinary teams to understand data needs, translate technical concepts, and ensure analytical projects meet program and business goals. Translates the results of analysis into clear, actionable communications that equip Reclamation decision makers to make informed, data-driven decisions about programmatic and administrative functions. Communicates technical work effectively with oral presentations to internal team members and Reclamation clients and collaborators. Drafts written technical documentation such as briefing papers, standard operating procedures, technical tool documentation, and technical memorandums.

Must be a U.S. Citizen or National. Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication. Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service. Direct Deposit participation required. Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more, visit www.dhs.gov/EVerify/. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest will be evaluated. This probationary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated. Upon completion of your probationary your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.