NY HELP No Agency Labor, Department of Title Research Scientist 4 Occupational Category Other Professional Careers Salary Grade 27 Bargaining Unit PS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF) Salary Range From $106898 to $131665 Annually Employment Type Full-Time Appointment Type Permanent Jurisdictional Class Non-competitive Class Travel Percentage 0% Workweek Mon-Fri Hours Per Week 37.50 Workday From 9 AM To 5 PM Flextime allowed? No Mandatory overtime? No Compressed workweek allowed? No Telecommuting allowed? No County New York Street Address 1220 Washington Avenue State Office Campus, Building 12 City Albany State NY Zip Code 12226 Duties Description As a Research Scientist 4 within the Research & Statistics Bureau, the incumbent will perform the following duties but are not limited to the following: • Demonstrate the ability to work in a multidisciplinary environment, helping researchers with data integration and management and developing pipelines to empower data analysis throughout scientific and translational research. • Responsible for managing and training other staff in the Bureau in areas of subject matter expertise. • Designing and executing analysis independently and collaboratively with other research scientists and subject matter experts, including interacting with other research/data scientists in NYSDOL. • Present and publish plans, processes, or findings at conferences/journals. • Collaborate with economists, analysts, and others working in this area to identify relevant public and confidential data sources (labor market data, education data, etc.). • Develop data pipelines to extract data from various sources, ensuring secure access to confidential data. • Clean and pre-process the data to handle inconsistencies, missing values, formatting issues, etc. • Design and implement a secure data storage system to handle large volumes of data from diverse sources. • Build and maintain data warehouses and lakes for efficient data retrieval and analysis. Ensure data security and access control, especially for confidential data. • Work with economists, analysts, and others to define research questions and identify relevant data points. • Develop statistical models and machine learning algorithms to analyze essential trends, relationships, and patterns in the data. • Conduct exploratory data analysis (EDA) to understand the data's characteristics and potential biases. • Collaborate with economists, analysts, and others working in this area to create non-technical informative dashboards, reports, and visualizations for public consumption. • Design benchmarks and metrics relevant to the economic techniques, such as natural language processing (NLP), to analyze textual data within the system. • Develop machine learning models for forecasting, anomaly detection, or data segmentation on approved datasets. • Ensure responsible AI practices by mitigating bias and ensuring model explainability. Minimum Qualifications Non-Competitive Minimum Qualifications:Bachelor's degree and five years of professional research experience** in an appropriate field; Or Master's degree and four years of professional research experience in an appropriate field; Or Ph.D. degree and three years of professional research experience in an appropriate field.**Substitutions: master's degree in an appropriate field substitutes one year of experience, and Ph.D. in an appropriate field may substitute two years of experience.Preferred Qualifications: • Two years of experience at the supervisory level • Ability to initiate and maintain relationships across a diverse set of stakeholders. Additional Comments Candidates with no previous state service will begin at the starting rate of the salary range listed above. If you are a current NYS employee and have questions regarding salary, please contact the Business Services Center (BSC): 518-457-4272, BSCHR@ogs.ny.gov.Telecommuting is available and can be discussed during the interview.We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:• 13 paid holidays, 5 personal days, and a minimum of 13 vacation days per year• Paid sick leave (CSEA and PEF employees- 13 days; M/C employees- 8 days plus free enrollment into the Income Protection Program for short-term and long-term disability coverage).• Choice of several affordable and competitive health insurance plans• Dental and vision insurance plans at no additional cost• Membership in the NYS Employee’s Retirement System• NYS Deferred Compensation Investment Plan• Eligibility to apply for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) (full-time employees)• Eligibility to apply for tuition reimbursement for qualifying employees and courses• Paid Parental LeaveOur mission is to provide outstanding services to our customers—the workers and business that call New York home. We help New Yorkers find careers they will love. We build and support New York’s businesses. We empower and protect New York’s workers. To learn more about our mission and the exciting work of the DOL, please visit: https://dol.ny.gov/about-usDOL is committed to fostering employee engagement and work-life balance. We offer telecommuting and alternative work schedules to eligible employees. Eligible employees may be approved to telecommute, if operationally feasible, up to 2 days per regular workweek, and not to exceed 4 days per two-week pay period. Telecommuting can be discussed at the time of interview. Our exciting training and development opportunities, including Coursera and our formal Employee Recognition Program allow us to develop, recognize, and celebrate our workforce.Please note that specific benefits and programs may vary based on negotiating unit, current contract, length of State service, and program area. Some positions may require additional credentials or a background check to verify your identity. Name Michelle Lavigne Telephone 5184571020 Fax EFax: 5184742871@fax.ny.gov Email Address labor.sm.personnel.jva@labor.ny.gov Address Street 1220 Washington Avenue State Office Campus, Building 12 City Albany State NY Zip Code 12226 Notes on Applying All candidates must submit a written resume and cover letter which clearly demonstrates how they meet the minimum qualifications for the position. These documents must be received by August 14, 2025, and submitted via email to labor.sm.personnel.jva@labor.ny.gov or mailed to the NYS Department of Labor, Personnel Bureau, Building 12, Room 561, State Office Campus, Albany, NY 12226. You must include, Vacancy ID 193563, Research Scientist 4 – Albany, in the subject line of your email. Failure to do so may result in a delay of processing your application.Candidates from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Department of Labor is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer committed to ensuring equal opportunity for persons with disabilities and workplace diversity.New York State (NYS) is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. NYS Law prohibits discrimination because of age, race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation, military status, sex, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics, marital status, domestic violence victim status, carrier status, gender identity or prior conviction records, or prior arrests, youthful offender adjudications or sealed records unless based on a bona fide occupational qualification or other exception.If you are a person with a disability and wish to request that a reasonable accommodation be provided for you to participate in a job interview, please contact: Department of Labor, Attn: Director, Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Access (ODEIA), Building 12, Albany, NY 12226 (Phone (518) 457-1984 and/or fax (518) 485-2575).