Epidemiologist

Job Description

Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as an Epidemiologist supporting a Federal Health Organization. GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career. At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As an Epidemiologist our work depends on taking pride in providing our clients with the data, they need to make important decisions that impact the world around us. You will be engaged in the analysis of very large datasets to estimate the incidence and prevalence of disease and injury in military populations.

HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

• Collaborate with a team of contractor, government, and military public health professionals on health surveillance efforts
• Conduct descriptive and complex epidemiologic and statistical analyses on acute and chronic disease and injury data sets in SAS
• Support the dissemination of the results of surveillance efforts and other studies via technical reports, briefings, presentations, and manuscripts
• Incorporate feedback on the accuracy and efficiency of your SAS code from senior epidemiologists and use it to improve your own SAS coding for specific projects

Job Qualifications

• Education: Master’s Degree in epidemiology, biostatistics or public health (or related field)
• Experience: 2+ years of related experience in health surveillance and/or applied epidemiology
• Technical Skills: Demonstrated experience in health data analyses using SAS; Experience in using Microsoft Office software (MS Outlook; MS Word; MS Excel; and MS PowerPoint)
• Attributes for Success: Team player who collaborates well with other professionals; Must have good written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Skills

• Prefer candidates to have secret clearance or NACLC-T3
• Ability to work with large datasets

About the Role

GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career. At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As an Epidemiologist our work depends on taking pride in providing our clients with the data, they need to make important decisions that impact the world around us. You will be engaged in the analysis of very large datasets to estimate the incidence and prevalence of disease and injury in military populations.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a team of contractor, government, and military public health professionals on health surveillance efforts
• Conduct descriptive and complex epidemiologic and statistical analyses on acute and chronic disease and injury data sets in SAS
• Support the dissemination of the results of surveillance efforts and other studies via technical reports, briefings, presentations, and manuscripts
• Incorporate feedback on the accuracy and efficiency of your SAS code from senior epidemiologists and use it to improve your own SAS coding for specific projects

Requirements

• Education: Master’s Degree in epidemiology, biostatistics or public health (or related field)
• Experience: 2+ years of related experience in health surveillance and/or applied epidemiology
• Technical Skills: Demonstrated experience in health data analyses using SAS; Experience in using Microsoft Office software (MS Outlook; MS Word; MS Excel; and MS PowerPoint)
• Attributes for Success: Team player who collaborates well with other professionals; Must have good written and verbal communication skills

Qualifications

• Education: Master’s Degree in epidemiology, biostatistics or public health (or related field)
• Experience: 2+ years of related experience in health surveillance and/or applied epidemiology
• Technical Skills: Demonstrated experience in health data analyses using SAS; Experience in using Microsoft Office software (MS Outlook; MS Word; MS Excel; and MS PowerPoint)
• Attributes for Success: Team player who collaborates well with other professionals; Must have good written and verbal communication skills

Skills

• Epidemiological Research
• Microsoft Windows Office
• SAS

Benefits

This position does not accept submissions from third-party agencies or corp-to-corp entities. Only direct applicants are eligible for consideration. GDIT IS YOUR PLACE: At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do. Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunitiesSupport: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goalsRewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time offCommunity: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace #GDITFedHealthJobs #GDITHealth

Pay

The likely salary range for this position is $83,927 - $113,549. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Schedule

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Telecommuting Options

Telecommuting Options: Hybrid Work Location: USA MD Silver Spring Additional Work Locations: Total Rewards At GDIT: Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

About the Role

GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career. At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As an Epidemiologist our work depends on taking pride in providing our clients with the data, they need to make important decisions that impact the world around us. You will be engaged in the analysis of very large datasets to estimate the incidence and prevalence of disease and injury in military populations.