This position is located in the Surveillance Branch within the Division of Enforcement. The Branch is responsible for the development, management, and evaluation of the Commission's market surveillance program.
Conduct in-depth market, trading, economic, statistical, and data analyses of a wide variety of commodity derivatives market data, including futures, options, swaps, digital assets, and prediction markets, along with related cash market products.
Analyze trading by individuals and groups of traders in relation to price movements, price relationships, open interest, and volume of trading, applying sophisticated economic and statistical techniques to determine whether such activity represents basic supply and demand forces or potential artificial market disruption.
Analyze elements of proof in market abuse and market/price manipulation cases, evaluate results, and prepare detailed reports incorporating tabular data and graphical data analysis for use by Commission Enforcement staff. Build and assist in the development of business intelligence dashboards in tools like Tableau or Allium to drive insights from complex datasets.
Participate in the development of software prototypes to advance and automate surveillance techniques in support of the Branch's mission in a rapidly expanding and innovative industry. Strategic and Advisory Duties: Serve as a trusted advisor, translating analytic findings for attorney teams and senior leadership.
Guide the successful completion of major projects, including reviewing output from data science professionals and other analysts to support tool development and an increased understanding of covered markets. Support the development of the agency's AI and data analytics strategy.
There is no Education Requirement for the position.
TWilliford@CFTC.gov · 202-418-5804
This position is with Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Other Agencies and Independent Organizations.
The posted pay range is $152377 – $272407/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
Applications close on 2026-11-16.
There are 10 openings for this position.
This position is open under the 'Public' hiring path.
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