AI Standards Architect
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Job Location:
San Francisco, CA - USA
Yearly Salary:
$ 85447 - 187093
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Summary
CAISI is a center of AI expertise in the U.S. government. Its Partnerships team is hiring a computer scientist to research and develop technical guidelines for AI including evaluation methodologies security frameworks and agentic protocols.
This notice is issued under direct-hire authority to recruit new talent to occupations for which NIST has a severe shortage of candidates.
In this position you will:
- Research develop and draft guidelines and standards for Artificial Intelligence focusing on evaluation methodologies security frameworks and agentic protocols.
- Manage document development lifecycles including technical working groups and feedback synthesis.
- Negotiate and settle matters involving significant technical issues.
- Impact the planning and completion of technology projects.
- Present ideas and results in a persuasive manner.
- Collaborate on technical research and study emerging topics including agentic protocols.
- Coordinate engagement in standards-development organizations to ensure standards are scientifically rigorous interoperable and aligned with national security and the public interest.
Conditions of employment
- U.S. citizenship
- Males born aftermust be registered for Selective Service
- Suitable for Federal employment
- Completion of Confidential Financial Disclosure Form OGE-450
- Designated and/or random drug testing required
- Bargaining Unit Position: No
Qualifications
All applicants must submit a resume NOT TO EXCEED two pages on standard-size paper. If the resume exceeds two pages only the first two pages will be reviewed for qualifications or assessment determinations.
Basic Requirements:
A. Bachelors degree in computer science.
OR
B. Bachelors 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.
ZP-1550-III:
In addition to the basic requirements applicants must have one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-9 level (ZP-II at NIST). Specialized experience is defined as demonstrating technical understanding of Artificial Intelligence (AI) generative models and Machine Learning (ML) algorithms; carrying out technical evaluations or research on AI models; working with protocols APIs or multi-agent AI frameworks; drafting technical reports documentation of manuscripts; collaborating and coordinating on AI-related projects with technical working groups.
OR
3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree
OR
Combination of education and experience.
ZP-1550-IV: In addition to the above requirements applicants must have one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 level (ZP-III at NIST). Specialized experience is defined as demonstrating advanced technical understanding of Artificial Intelligence (AI) generative models and Machine Learning (ML) algorithms; planning and designing technical evaluations or research on AI models; contributing to the development and maintenance of software protocols APIs or multi-agent AI frameworks; leading drafting of technical reports documentation or manuscripts; and leading AI-related projects with technical working groups.
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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies knowledge and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience including volunteer experience.
The qualification requirements in this vacancy announcement are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook.
If requesting reconsideration of your qualification determination please refer to the following site: Applicant Reconsideration
Education
This position has an education requirement. Transcripts must be submitted to validate that the education requirement has been met. Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application package. However an official copy will be required before a final offer of employment.
Use of foreign education for qualifications. An accredited organization must evaluate education completed outside of the U.S. to ensure that it is comparable to education received in accredited institutions in the U.S. Click here to view a listing of accredited organizations from the Department of Educations website. A copy of the foreign education evaluation (containing the results with course-by-course listing) is required with your application.
Additional information
This position is covered under NISTs Alternative Personnel Management System (APMS) a pay-for-performance system with excellent HR flexibilities to help NIST recruit and retain top talent Learn more about the APMS here!
As a condition of employment for accepting this position you may be required to serve a 1-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public determining if your employment advances the public interest we may consider:
Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government passionate about the ideals of our American republic and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Key Skills
- APIs
- Pegasystems
- Spring
- SOAP
- .NET
- Hybris
- Solution Architecture
- Service-Oriented Architecture
- Adobe Experience Manager
- J2EE
- Java
- Oracle
