DATA SCIENTIST
Department of the Air Force - Agency Wide
Posted: March 24, 2026 (3 days ago)
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Defense Information Systems Agency
Department of Defense
Location
Salary
$121,785 - $158,322
per year
Type
Full-Time
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Base salary range: $88,520 - $115,079
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-12. Expert-level knowledge in field.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
This job involves managing data for payroll, timekeeping, and employee records in a defense agency, including processing files, generating reports, and handling customer inquiries about pay and access issues.
It requires overseeing sensitive personnel data submissions and ensuring accurate payroll processing for a large organization.
A good fit would be someone with experience in federal payroll systems, strong attention to detail, and skills in customer service and data analysis.
This position for The Defense Information Systems Agency is at Fort Meade, Maryland . **This Job Opportunity Announcement is using an additional online assessment tool to evaluate applicants.
Please review the HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED, REQUIRED DOCUMENTS, HOW TO APPLY and NEXT STEPS sections below for instructions.
For the GS-13, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service, or comparable in difficulty and responsibility to GS-12 if outside the Federal service.
Specialized experience is defined as communicating time and labor processes to customers to resolve access issues and overseeing account management; submitting validated Proxy User Management requests to include processing role requests; generating time and attendance ad-hoc inquiries; handling sensitive personnel time-card submission requests; and submitting an agency's System Data Automation (SDA) files.
Time-in-Grade: Current or former federal employees who have held a GS position in the preceding 52 weeks, must meet the time in grade requirement.
Applicant must have served 52 weeks as a GS-12 or higher grade in Federal Service.
You may qualify for consideration if meeting time-in grade, specialized experience, education requirement, 90 days after competitive appointment requirement, and all other qualification requirements within 30 calendar days after the closing date of the announcement, unless otherwise indicated on the announcement.
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