Biology/Public Health Surveillance AI Specialist

Overview

  Position contingent on contract award - details below are subject to change based on final award.

Come join a company that strives for Extraordinary People and Exceptional Performance! Chenega Services & Federal Solutions, LLC, a Chenega Professional Services’ company, is looking for a 

Biology/Public Health Surveillance AI Specialist. The AI Specialist will support the next generation of public health analytics by applying biological and public health surveillance expertise to AI-enabled solutions. They'll partner with epidemiologists, public health scientists, data scientists, AI engineers, software engineers, and business analysts to evaluate, develop, and operationalize AI capabilities that strengthen disease surveillance, situational awareness, and public health decision-making. They will help translate surveillance questions and biological context into measurable AI use cases, assess the quality and reliability of AI-generated outputs, and ensure solutions are scientifically sound, explainable, secure, and appropriate for public health use. 

Our company offers employees the opportunity to join a team where there is a robust employee benefits program, management engagement, quality leadership, an atmosphere of teamwork, recognition for performance, and promotion opportunities. We actively strive to channel our highly engaged employee’s knowledge, critical thinking, innovative solutions for our clients. 

Responsibilities

• Apply biology, epidemiology, and public health surveillance expertise to the design and evaluation of AI-enabled surveillance solutions. 
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand public health needs and translate them into AI use cases, evaluation criteria, and analytical workflows. 
• Evaluate AI and Generative AI tools for surveillance use cases such as event detection, case and outbreak summarization, information extraction, classification, trend identification, and evidence synthesis. 
• Develop representative test scenarios and evaluation datasets using surveillance data, scientific literature, reports, and other relevant public health information. 
• Assess AI outputs for scientific accuracy, completeness, relevance, consistency, hallucinations, bias, explainability, and appropriate use of supporting evidence. 
• Support validation of AI-assisted workflows that use structured and unstructured public health data, including laboratory, case, syndromic, genomic, environmental, and other surveillance information as applicable. 
• Work with AI and data engineering teams to improve prompts, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), agents, knowledge sources, and evaluation methods based on public health domain findings. 
• Document evaluation results, limitations, risks, and recommendations and communicate findings clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders. 
• Stay current with advancements in public health surveillance, epidemiology, biology, Generative AI, and responsible AI, and assess their applicability to public health programs. 
• Engage in knowledge sharing and contribute to building a strong, collaborative team environment. 

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in biology, epidemiology, public health, bio surveillance, infectious disease surveillance, or a closely related field 
• Experience working with public health surveillance data and interpreting disease trends, signals, outbreaks, or other population health indicators 
• Experience reviewing scientific or public health information and assessing the accuracy, validity, and appropriate interpretation of analytical results 
• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams that include epidemiologists, scientists, data analysts, data engineers, software engineers, or AI/ML practitioners 
• Ability to demonstrate a strong understanding of AI, machine learning, Generative AI, or large language model capabilities and their potential applications and limitations in scientific or public health settings 
• Ability to demonstrate a strong understanding of epidemiologic and surveillance concepts, including data quality, case definitions, sensitivity, specificity, timeliness, representativeness, and interpretation of surveillance signals 
• Possession of strong communication and documentation skills with the ability to clearly convey scientific and technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences 
• Bachelor’s degree in biology, Epidemiology, Public Health, Microbiology, Biostatistics, or a related scientific discipline 

Preferred: 

• Experience applying or evaluating Generative AI, large language models, RAG, AI agents, or natural-language analytics in public health, healthcare, or life sciences 
• Experience with public health surveillance platforms, laboratory or genomic data, syndromic surveillance, or emerging infectious disease monitoring 
• Experience working with federal, state, local, tribal, or territorial public health programs 
• Knowledge of Python, R, SQL, statistical analysis, or data visualization tools used in public health analytics 
• Knowledge of AI evaluation frameworks, benchmark development, prompt evaluation, red teaming, or human-in-the-loop validation 
• Master’s degree or higher in Epidemiology, Public Health, Biology, Bioinformatics, Biostatistics, or a related field preferred 

Final salary determination based on skill-set, qualifications, and approved funding.

Many of our jobs come with great benefits – Some offerings are dependent upon the role, work schedule, or location, and may include the following:

Paid Time Off

            PTO / Vacation – 5.67 hours accrued per pay period / 136 hours accrued annually 

            Paid Holidays - 11

            California residents receive an additional 24 hours of sick leave a year

Health & Wellness

            Medical

            Dental

            Vision

            Prescription

            Employee Assistance Program

            Short- & Long-Term Disability

            Life and AD&D Insurance

Spending Account

            Flexible Spending Account

            Health Savings Account

            Health Reimbursement Account

            Dependent Care Spending Account

            Commuter Benefits

Retirement

            401k / 401a

Voluntary Benefits

            Hospital Indemnity

            Critical Illness

            Accident Insurance

            Pet Insurance

            Legal Insurance

            ID Theft Protection

Teleworking Permitted?

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