Information Technology Specialist (Data Scientist)

We are the nation's art museum, home to a renowned collection of over 160,000 works of art from antiquity to today. Millions of people come through our doors each year—with even more online—making us one of the most visited art museums in the world. Located on the National Mall, admission to the West and East Buildings, Sculpture Garden, special exhibitions, and public programs is always free.

This position is in the National Gallery's Analytics & Enterprise Architecture division of The Treasurer's Digital Solutions Group. The selected candidate will be responsible for developing analytic products and capabilities in partnership with other IT specialists and domain experts, to inform National Gallery strategy and execution across topics that may include customer experience (CX) and audience engagement, museum operations, talent strategy, collection management and other strategic priorities. Duties for this position include: Leads and performs data science and analytics projects, including developing, maintaining, and coding predictive models, machine learning solutions, data engineering processes, and scalable analytics products to support business decisions. Applies statistical analysis, data visualization, text analytics, data profiling, and data quality assessment methods to extract reliable insights from large and complex datasets. Supports data and analytics platform modernization by assessing data resources, infrastructure, access methods, and stakeholder needs; collaborates with architects to design scalable data pipelines and integrate new data sources. Communicates findings, practical implications, and data insights to technical and non-technical stakeholders through multiple delivery methods. Builds stakeholder relationships, participates in peer review and communities of practice, stays current on emerging data science methods and technologies, and promotes outcomes-based enterprise-wide use of data.

Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. For information on qualification requirements, see Qualification Standards Handbook for General Schedule Positions viewable on OPM Website. It is your responsibility to ensure that you submit appropriate documentation prior to the closing date. Your resume serves as the basis for qualification determinations and must highlight your most relevant and significant experience as it relates to this job announcement. Be clear and specific when describing your work history since human resources cannot make assumptions regarding your experience. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Your resume must include the dates of all qualifying experience (from month/year to month/year) and the number of hours worked/volunteered per week.