Program Analyst – Department of Agriculture

This position is located within the Economic Research Service. The selectee is not required to report to a government office, however, the option to work in one of the Agency offices may be available.

In this position, you will be analyzing and evaluating the effectiveness of obtaining public and sensitive data as well as providing secure access, and tracking use and outputs for each data product.

 

Duties

  • Works closely with the Senior Management to provide management advisory services on Data and IT usage and implement administrative management policies, procedures, operations, goals, and objectives for the Division.
  • Serves as IT liaison and keeps Division Management informed of issues, changes, etc.
  • Communicates information to the staff related to maintenance and outage dates, new policies and procedures related to IT, new software request, and Division’s needs for increased storage space.
  • Reviews, analyzes requirements, and coordinates authorization of software business function requests.
  • Conducts studies, gathers data, analyzes facts and advises on the internal and external access to data and statistics developed by staff.
  • Develops and maintains an up-to-date tracking record of resulting products and outputs by source of data.
  • Reviews, signs, and submits New Employee setup forms (including Interns) and moves forms for existing staff; manages cubicle and computer assignments.
  • Develops and maintains procedural structures for organizational polices and regulations (such as confidentiality and privacy laws related to using sensitive data).
  • Serves as the primary advisor and technical resource for the Division management on data usage and results.
  • Advises management with respect to security of data resources; full compliance to data access, and reporting requirements; as well as no data breaches.
  • Provides and manages access of staff to data resources sensitive data, databases, and data subscriptions via AD groups, SAAR forms, NDA forms.

 

More information: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/764292200