Biology/Public Health Surveillance AI Specialist

Biology/Public Health Surveillance AI Specialist

Remote

Blu Omega is seeking a Biology/Public Health Surveillance AI Specialist to support AI-driven public health surveillance, advanced analytics, and disease monitoring initiatives for mission-critical federal programs. This role is responsible for evaluating and supporting AI-enabled solutions within public health surveillance and scientific operating environments.

Program Overview

This program supports federal public health missions focused on disease detection, outbreak monitoring, and informed public health decision-making.

Key Details

• Location: Remote
• Clearance / Suitability: Public Trust eligibility required.

Responsibilities

• Apply biology, epidemiology, and public health surveillance expertise to the development and evaluation of AI-enabled surveillance solutions.
• Collaborate with technical and public health teams to translate surveillance requirements into AI use cases, analytical workflows, and evaluation criteria.
• Evaluate generative AI tools for disease surveillance, outbreak detection, case summarization, trend identification, and scientific information extraction.
• Develop test scenarios and evaluation datasets using public health surveillance data, scientific literature, and other relevant sources.
• Assess AI-generated outputs for scientific accuracy, completeness, reliability, bias, hallucinations, and appropriate interpretation of surveillance findings.
• Support validation of AI-assisted workflows involving laboratory, case, syndromic, genomic, environmental, and other public health datasets.
• Partner with AI engineers and data scientists to improve prompts, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), AI agents, and analytical workflows.
• Document evaluation findings, identify risks and limitations, and communicate recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Stay current with emerging AI technologies, epidemiologic methods, and public health surveillance practices.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in biology, epidemiology, public health surveillance, infectious disease surveillance, or a related scientific field.
• Hands-on experience analyzing or interpreting public health surveillance data, disease trends, outbreak signals, or population health indicators.
• Strong understanding of epidemiologic and surveillance concepts, including case definitions, data quality, sensitivity, specificity, timeliness, and representativeness.
• Experience evaluating scientific findings, validating analytical results, and ensuring accurate interpretation of public health data.
• Understanding of AI, machine learning, generative AI, and large language models, including their capabilities, limitations, and potential applications in public health.
• Experience collaborating with epidemiologists, scientists, data analysts, software engineers, or AI/ML teams.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and technical documentation skills.
• Bachelor's degree in Biology, Epidemiology, Public Health, Microbiology, Biostatistics, or a related field.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience applying or evaluating generative AI, LLMs, RAG, or AI agents within public health, healthcare, or life sciences.
• Experience with public health surveillance platforms, laboratory or genomic datasets, syndromic surveillance, or infectious disease monitoring.
• Experience supporting federal, state, or local public health programs.
• Proficiency with Python, R, SQL, statistical analysis, or data visualization tools.
• Familiarity with AI evaluation frameworks, prompt evaluation, benchmarking, red teaming, or human-in-the-loop validation.
• Master's degree or higher in Epidemiology, Public Health, Biology, Bioinformatics, Biostatistics, or a related field.

Compensation

Salary Range: $125,000.00 - $135,000.00

Final compensation is based on technical skills, experience, education, certifications, and clearance.

Blu Omega Benefits & Perks

• Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage through national providers
• 401(k) with company match (eligible after 6 months; vesting applies)
• Company-paid Life and AD&D insurance with additional voluntary options
• Short-term disability (company-paid) and long-term disability options
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with 24/7 confidential support and mental health resources
• Telehealth and virtual care options available through medical plans
• Pet insurance, legal services, and identity theft protection options
• Paid Time Off (PTO) for eligible employees
• Paid federal holidays for salaried employees
• Access to wellness programs, discounts, and lifestyle benefits

Benefits eligibility and offerings may vary based on role, employment status, and program requirements.

Company Overview

Blu Omega is a Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB) delivering technology and cybersecurity solutions to federal agencies and enterprise clients nationwide. Headquartered in Ashburn, VA, we support mission-critical programs across civilian and defense sectors, including health, national security, and regulatory environments. We partner with government agencies and large integrators to provide expertise in cybersecurity operations, cloud and infrastructure modernization, data and analytics, and enterprise IT support.

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability.

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