MA-03: Junior Data Scientist / MA-04: Data Scientist

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Assessment accommodation

When you apply to this selection process, you are not applying for a specific job, but to an inventory for future vacancies. As positions become available, applicants who meet the qualifications may be contacted for further assessment.

As this process is to staff positions in two streams (MA-03 and MA-04), you must clearly indicate in your application which stream(s) you are applying for, and also answer all screening questions that pertain specifically to the stream(s).

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HOW TO APPLY:
You will be required to answer screening questions to demonstrate how you meet the Essential Qualifications (Education and all Essential Experiences).

When answering the screening questions, it is not sufficient to say that you have the required qualifications or to list your current or past responsibilities. Rather, you must provide concrete examples of tasks you have accomplished with significant details to explain the WHAT, WHEN, WHERE and HOW you acquired each qualification.

For each experience criteria, please provide the following information:

1- Name of the department or organization where the experience was acquired;
2- Title of the position occupied, group and level and the period(s) in which you performed the functions (M-Y to M-Y);
3- Specific details of tasks or projects demonstrating how the experience was acquired (Situation/Challenge, Tasks, Action and Result).

Should your responses to the screening questions contain insufficient details to demonstrate that you meet the screening criteria, your application will not be given further consideration in this process. Candidates will not be solicited for incomplete or possible missing information.

Duties

Some of the key duties of the positions are:
-Supporting investigative operations related to complex digital data challenges.
-Contribute to project development related to complex digital data challenges.
-Provide advice to management.

Work environment

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is looking for talented and skilled individuals in to join our dynamic team. We offer a diverse, inclusive, respectful and healthy work environment that offers flexible work arrangements to ensure work-life balance. If you value teamwork, challenging assignments and are innovative, collaborative and value high quality service to clients, we want to hear from you!

Our team is located at 73 Leikin Drive in Ottawa, Ontario (Barrhaven), in a modern building with plenty of free parking, convenient access to bus routes immediately outside of the building, free use of a gym, and a cafeteria onsite.

Intent of the process

The immediate need is to staff one MA-04 position and two MA-03 positions on an indeterminate basis, with a linguistic profile of English Essential and a Top Secret security clearance.

A pool of candidates may be established and may be used to staff similar positions within the RCMP in the National Capital Region on an indeterminate or specified period (including term, acting, or assignment) basis.

Should a Civilian Member (CM) be found qualified and selected for appointment, the appointment will not result in a change of status to the Public Service (PS) category for the CM.

Positions to be filled: 3

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

In order to be considered, your application must clearly explain how you meet the following (essential qualifications)

Education

MA-03 and MA-04:
Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with specialization in mathematics, statistics or operational research or with specialization in one of the physical, life or social sciences combined with an acceptable number of courses in mathematics, statistics or operational research at the level of a recognized post-secondary institution.
Notes:
1. An acceptable number of courses is normally 10 full courses or approximately 60 credits
2. The courses for the specialization must be acceptable and must have been taken at a recognized post-secondary institution, but not necessarily within a degree program in the required specialization.

Degree equivalency

Experience

MA-03 and MA-04:
EX1: Experience preparing or contributing to the development of technical materials such as documentation, briefing notes, proposals, reports, and/or presentation decks.
EX2: Recent* experience working with programming languages applicable to Data Science such as Python (numpy, scipy, pandas), R, SQL, C/C#/C++.

MA-03:
EX3: Experience conducting research and analysis with large datasets and documenting the process.

MA-04:
EX4: Recent* and significant** experience conducting research and analysis with large datasets and documenting the process.
EX5: Recent* experience working with structured and unstructured datasets, relational and/or non-relational (noSQL) databases such as MySQL, Postgres, Neo4j, Elasticsearch, MongoDB, and Cassandra.

*Recent experience is defined as experience normally acquired within the last five (5) years.
**Significant experience refers to the depth and breadth of the experience associated with having performed a broad range of various, complex related activities which are normally acquired over a period of approximately two (2) years.

If you possess any of the following, your application must also clearly explain how you meet it (other qualifications)

Asset Qualifications

Education

MA-03 and MA-04:
AED: Graduation with Masters degree or above from a recognized post-secondary institution with specialization in mathematics, statistics or another specialty relevant to the data science position to be staffed and/or specialized training or certifications in data science or other areas relevant to the Data Scientist position being staffed.

Degree equivalency

Experience

MA-03 and MA-04:
AEX1: Experience working with statistical methodology applicable to data analytics and/or designing, developing, and validating supervised and unsupervised machine learning models, graph theory, social network analysis, and/or natural language processing.
AEX2: Experience developing data science applications and/or model testing and validation frameworks.
AEX3: Experience using data visualization applications or software such as Tableau, Power BI, SAS Visual Analytics, Kibana, Graphana, Gephi.
AEX4: Experience working in or in support of operational law enforcement.

MA-03:
AEX5: Experience working with structured and unstructured datasets, relational and/or non-relational (noSQL) databases such as MySQL, Postgres, Neo4j, Elasticsearch, MongoDB, and Cassandra.

The following will be applied / assessed at a later date (essential for the job)

English essential

Information on language requirements

Knowledge

MA-03 and MA-04:
K1: Knowledge of principles and techniques of data analytics.
K2: Knowledge of programming and scripting for data analysis.
K3: Knowledge of databases for structured and unstructured datasets.

Abilities

MA-03 and MA-04:
A1: Ability to identify, analyze and solve technical problems and recommend solutions.
A2: Ability to communicate technical concepts effectively and proficiently both orally and in writing.
A3: Ability to work effectively as part of a team and independently.

Personal Suitability

MA-03 and MA-04:
PS1: Demonstrating discretion, integrity and respect.
PS2: Showing initiative and being results-driven.

MA-04:
PS3: Effective decision making.
PS4: Attention to detail

The following may be applied / assessed at a later date (may be needed for the job)

-Must be willing to travel domestically and internationally for training and operational purposes.
-Willingness to work overtime, and flexible hours on short notice.
-Willingness to provide testimony in a court of law.

Conditions of employment

Enhanced Reliability Status with Top Secret security clearance

Other information

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that reflects the Canadians we serve. We promote employment equity and encourage you to indicate if you belong to one of the designated groups when you apply.

Information on employment equity

Candidates must meet all essential qualifications to be appointed to a position. This will be determined through the use of various evaluation tools.

Candidates may be required to meet the asset qualifications or the organizational needs, depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed.

You must provide proof of education credentials. If you obtained your degree outside Canada, it is your responsibility to demonstrate its equivalence, please take a look at the following link for more information: https://www.cicic.ca

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans first and then to Canadian citizens and permanent residents, with the exception of a job located in Nunavut, where Nunavut Inuit will be appointed first.

Information on the preference to veterans

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

Contact information

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