Data Analyst

This position is located in the Division of Consumer Response and Operations (DCRO) in the Bureau of Consumer Protection (BCP) at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in Washington D.C. The Bureau of Consumer Protection investigates and litigates civil actions to enforce federal consumer protection laws. For more information visit If selected for the position of Data Analyst you will provide analysis and intelligence concerning consumer reports information obtained during law enforcement investigations and actions and other data maintained by the FTC.

As part of your responsibilities you will support the Consumer Sentinel Network (CSN) and other law enforcement efforts and agency priorities. Consumer Sentinel is a secure online tool available to law enforcement authorities throughout the United States and abroad. It includes a searchable data bank of consumer reports about fraud scams and bad business practices received by the FTC and external data contributors.

In this position you will support multiple FTC/BCP program areas including anti-fraud identity theft Do Not Call and Take it Down Act enforcement as well as the consumer redress program.

You will perform the following duties:
- Support senior data analysts management and other staff in developing methods to extract and analyze data from CSN or from data obtained during the course of investigations and transmit this information to the appropriate internal and external users.
- Leverage analytics and visualization tools (Tableau) to present information in a way that drives fact-based decision-making.
- Assist in the extraction cleaning processing of medium size datasets.
- Analyze clean and process sensitive consumer data collected in various mediums converting the data into a uniform standardized format for use in redress activities.
- Assist in querying and mining small and medium datasets to discover patterns using traditional or advanced techniques such as large language models.
- Use MS Excel Python and other programming languages to analyze small to medium datasets of structured and unstructured data.
- Energetically work with teams to create data products for a wide range of stakeholders.

• U.S. citizenship requirement must be met by the closing date of this vacancy.
• Position is subject to a background investigation.
• Males born after December 31 1959 must register with Selective Service.
• The position may be subject to completion of a one-year probationary period. Probationary periods are an extension of the hiring process.
• If selected for this position the agency will evaluate your fitness and whether continuation of employment advances the public interest before extending your appointment beyond the one-year probationary period.
• Resume and supporting documents (See How To Apply).
• This position is in the bargaining unit. This position is represented by the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 2211.

To qualify for a Data Analyst position at the GS-09 level you must meet the following requirements:

You must demonstrate in your resume at least one (1) year of qualifying experience equivalent to at least the GS-07 level in the Federal service obtained in either the private or public sector performing the following types of tasks: analyzing data with use of excel tableau or other software with small to medium datasets.


OR You can qualify based on education for the GS-09 if you have completed:

- a Masters or equivalent graduate degree; or have two full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or an LL.B. or J.D. if related.

OR A combination of graduate level education and specialized experience that equals 100% of the requirements for the GS-09 level as outlined above.



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.