Computer Scientist

About the role

Employee will be assigned to Clinical Science Research & Development Service, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA. The position is within the Boston Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center (Boston CSPCC). This position supports the Office of Research and Development (ORD) national effort in genomic medicine as well as the CSP initiatives in informatics. Basic Education Requirement: 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. All academic degrees and course work must be from accredited or pre-accredited institutions. (Transcript Required) INSTRUCTIONS: In addition to meeting the above basic education requirement, you must also meet the additional requirements listed below. This position includes a Selective Placement Factor (skill, knowledge, ability or other worker characteristic basic to - and essential for - satisfactory performance of the job). Selective Placement Factors are a prerequisite to appointment and represent minimum requirements for a position. Applicants who do not meet it are ineligible for further consideration. The Selective Placement Factor for this position is: Experience working with software tools and languages and can design, build, and integrate code. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess at least one year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of this position, and that is typically in or related to the work of this position To be creditable, this experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-12 level in the Federal service. This series includes professional positions which primarily involve the application of, or research into, computer science methods and techniques to store, manipulate, transform or present information by means of computer systems. The primary requirements of the work are (a) professional competence in applying the theoretical foundations of computer science, including computer system architecture and system software organization, the representation and transformation of information structures, and the theoretical models for such representations and transformations; (b) specialized knowledge of the design characteristics, limitations, and potential applications of systems having the ability to transform information, and of broad areas of applications of computing which have common structures, processes, and techniques; and (c) knowledge of relevant mathematical and statistical sciences. Specialized experience includes: designing and developing databases to support bioinformatics studies; analyzing and refining system requirements; developing and testing new application software utilizing structured query language (SQL); and applying informatics for quality improvement. Physical Requirements: The work is primarily sedentary, although some slight physical effort may be required. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.