Epidemiologist
We are currently seeking a full-time Epidemiologist to support the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Technical Reachback Division in Fort Belvoir, VA.
The mission of DTRA Technical Reachback is to provide round-the-clock dedicated and independent Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and high yield Explosive (CBRNE) technical and analytical decision support.
Provides subject matter expertise and modeling support in epidemiology to DTRA Technical Reachback biology team.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES
- Providing subject matter expertise (SME) to conduct, implement and sustain functionality in epidemiology at DTRA Reachback.
- In accordance with DoD directives, provide a decision-response and support capability for deliberate, crisis, and immediate planning and operations, and post CBRNE event analyses, to the following: Combatant Commands (COCOMs); Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD); Joint Staff (JS); Intelligence Community (IC); command elements; first responders, and federal, state, and local government organizations.
- Will use applied knowledge to develop, integrate, test, verify, validate and apply CBRNE software/scenarios based on results of experiments and predicted phenomena based on theoretical and computational methods.
- Work closely with other scientist and engineers to define the modeling objectives, obtain the required model inputs and outputs, verify and validate results.
- Present modeling results and decision support aid to both internal and external customers in the form of written reports and oral presentations.
- Review technical work of others.
- The candidate will also be responsible for 1) Reviewing current research in various and potentially diverse subject areas for familiarity, and relevance; 2) Becoming familiar with new experiments and resulting data that are relevant to the project and evaluating the overall quality of the presented results; 3) Providing general knowledge and biomedical defense subject matter expertise in hazard prediction modeling and simulation technical areas involving CBRNE hazards/phenomena resulting from chemical, biological, nuclear, and radiological dispersion/incident or attack to government agencies and First Responders; 4) Attending technical and programmatic meetings in which you coordinate responses from scientific community members and review the assembled materials for technical accuracy, consistency, and completeness.
- Shift work is required.
THE FOLLOWING IS REQUIRED
- PhD degree in Epidemiology with 0 to 2 years of experience.
- Strong communication skills, both orally and verbally, technical presentation, teamwork mentality, graphic visualization and Microsoft Office proficiency skills are required.
- Must be able to travel up to 10% within the US and possible International travel.
- Must be a US citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret SCI DoD clearance.
THE FOLLOWING IS DESIRED
- Experience in Combating WMD threats (primarily through modeling and simulation and/or test experience) in addition to a working knowledge of using ArcGIS tools in an operational environment are a plus.
- Experience with public health threats such as Ebola, pandemic influenza, emerging infectious agents and biological warfare agents.
- Preferred candidate would possess experience working with organizations within the Department of Defense (especially relating to issues concerning WMD); as well as other government agencies such as HHS, CDC, etc.
- Current DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance.