Computer Scientist
Job Location:
Washington, AR - USA
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Job Summary
GPO employees possess a diverse array of talent in many administrative fields and trades. We provide other agencies with innovative services for the printing publishing storage and distribution of digital content. If you are an energetic inventive individual looking for a challenging yet rewarding career opportunity GPO may be the place for you.
This position is located in Government Integrated Print Services Government Publishing Office in Washington District of Columbia.
- Secure Artificial Intelligence (AI) Pipeline Integration: Embed automated security scans into CI/CD pipelines specifically tailored for AI training data code and model artifacts.
- AI Data Privacy and Governance: Enforce strict access controls data sanitization and encryption to prevent data poisoning and unauthorized access to training sets.
- AI Model Vulnerability Testing: Perform automated testing for adversarial machine learning attacks prompt injection and model inversion risks.
- AI Infrastructure Protection: Secure underlying compute resources GPUs and orchestration platforms hosting the AI workloads against exploitation.
- AI Monitoring and Auditing: Implement continuous logging and behavioral monitoring of deployed AI models to detect drift evasion attempts or unexpected outputs
- U.S. Citizenship is required.
- Selectee must successfully pass pre-employment prior to appointment.
- Males born after 12/03/59 must be registered for Selective Service.
- Selectee may be required to serve a one year probationary period.
- Selectee must undergo a background investigation for a Public Trust.
Bachelors degree in computer science or 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 coursework must be from accredited or pre-accredited institutions.
In addition to the basic requirements above all applicants must meet the qualification requirements below:SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:
To qualify for the Computer Scientist PGapplicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the PG-12 level in the Federal service or equivalent experience in other pay systems that equipped the applicant with the knowledge skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of this position. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include:
1). Designing implementing and securing Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled application environments including integrating automated security testing into CI/CD pipelines; protecting AI training data and model artifacts; testing for AI-specific vulnerabilities and adversarial threats; securing AI infrastructure; and implementing continuous monitoring and auditing of AI models and workloads.
2). Designing implementing and maintaining enterprise cybersecurity and application security processes including vulnerability management security testing risk mitigation incident response security controls secure application development and compliance with applicable Federal information security standards and frameworks.
3). Designing implementing and supporting DevSecOps and CI/CD processes using Azure DevOps or comparable technologies including automated build testing security scanning software composition analysis deployment infrastructure configuration and operational processes that support secure reliable and maintainable enterprise applications.
Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management
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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.
All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement 09/02/2026 to be considered.
This position has an education requirement. You MUST provide transcripts to support your educational claims. Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Please submit copies of all transcripts including transferred hours. Official copies are not required at the time of application. If selected you will be required to provide official copies of all transcripts. Degree audits are not accepted.
Basic Education Requirement: You must have completed a bachelors degree with a major in Computer Science that included 30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours of coursework in any combination of mathematics statistics and computer science with at least half of those hours in mathematics and statistics courses that included differential and integral calculus; and that provided an in-depth knowledge of theoretical and practical applications of computer science including digital computer system architecture and system software organization the representation and transformation of information structures and the theoretical models for such representations and transformations.
Employment of Relatives: Section 3110 of Title 5 U.S. Code prohibits a Federal official from appointing promoting or advocating the appointment or promotion of a relative in the agency where the official is serving or exercises addition Section 2302(b)(7) of Title 5 U.S. Code makes it a prohibited personnel practice for a person in authority to appoint employ promote advance or advocate for the appointment employment promotion or advancement of a relative. For further information visit: and Employees: If you have separated from Federal Government employment you may obtain a copy of your SF-50 via: National Personnel Records Center Annex 1411 Boulder Boulevard Valmeyer IL 62295; or visit the National Archives Website.
Work Life Balance: The GPO offers Transit subsidy for commuters using public transportation (Metro Bus/Rail MARC VRE etc.).
Background Investigation:
To ensure the accomplishment of its mission the GPO requires every employee to be reliable and trustworthy; this position requires a Moderate Risk Public Trust background investigation. To meet those standards all selected applicants must undergo and successfully complete a background for a Moderate Risk Public Trust. This review could include financial issues such as delinquency in the payment of debts child support and/or tax obligations as well as criminal offenses and illegal use or possession of drugs; this process may take 6 weeks or longer. The Agency may rescind the tentative offer if the candidate is unable to pass the background investigation.
A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments and the candidate is unable to obtain an interim clearance.
The selectee will work shift 1.
Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement.
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.
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