Senior Epidemiologist (SAS)

Company: General Dynamics
Location: Silver Spring
Posted on: June 6, 2021

Job Description:

Responsibilities for this Position

Location: USA MD Silver Spring

Full Part/Time: Full time

Job Req: RQ85237

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

Other

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

Secret

Public Trust/Other Required:

Job Family:

Epidemiology

Job Description:

We are GDIT. The people supporting and securing some of the most complex government, defense, and intelligence projects across the country. We ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work has meaning and impact on the world around us, but also on us, and that's important.

GDIT is your place. You make it your own by embracing autonomy, seizing opportunity, and being rusted to deliver your best every day.

We think. We act. We deliver. There is no challenge we can't turn into opportunity. And our work depends on a Senior Epidemiologist joining our team to support the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch (AFHSB) activities at their Silver Spring, Maryland location.

This position allows the opportunity to work REMOTE from home during COVID pandemic restrictions. Once it is safe to return to work, and restrictions are lifted, this position will work 100% onsite at the Silver Spring location .

In this role, a typical day will include:

• Providing consultative support on a wide variety of health surveillance questions on military-related populations to public health professionals, key military leaders, policy leaders, and researchers throughout the DoD.
• Assisting in formulation of sound epidemiological studies (i.e., hypothesis generation, study concept and design, data retrieval from AFHSB and other DoD databases, analytic techniques, and reporting).
• Using expertise in SAS to analyze personnel and health data for military-related epidemiological studies and review SAS code written by AFHSB analysts for accuracy.
• Ensuring timely completion of analysis, summaries, and reports produced by E&A.
• Ensuring data quality of reports and analyses are of highest quality and accuracy.
• Preparation of ad hoc briefings, white papers, summaries, reports, manuscripts and presentations on health surveillance.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Doctoral degree in epidemiology, biostatistics or public health (or related field)
• 5+ years of related experience in health surveillance and/or applied epidemiology
• Demonstrated experience in health data analyses using SAS
• Experience in using Microsoft Office software (MS Outlook; MS Word; MS Excel; and MS PowerPoint)
• Team player who collaborates well with other professionals
• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Must be secret clearable

WHAT GDIT CAN OFFER YOU:

• Full-flex work week
• 401K with company match
• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career
• Collaborative teams of highly motivated critical thinkers and innovators
• Ability to make a real impact on the world around you

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Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

None

Telecommuting Options:

Telecommuting Not Allowed

Work Location:

USA MD Silver Spring

Additional Work Locations:

We are GDIT. The people supporting some of the most complex government, defense, and intelligence projects across the country. We deliver. Bringing the expertise needed to understand and advance critical missions. We transform. Shifting the ways clients invest in, integrate, and innovate technology solutions. We ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. We are there. On the ground, beside our clients, in the lab, and everywhere in between. Offering the technology transformations, strategy, and mission services needed to get the job done. nnGDIT is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.

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