Senior Quantitative Analyst / Modeler
Company: Leidos
Location: Arlington
Posted on: August 6, 2022
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Job Description:
DescriptionJob Description:Chase your aspirations with no
boundaries at Leidos! Accelerate your career growth by joining
Leidos.Leidos has an opening for a Senior Quantitative Analyst
/Modeler to support the Administration for Strategic Preparedness
and Response (ASPR) within HHS in Washington DC. Be part of a small
team with outsized impact! Perform a broad and ever-changing array
of modeling, analysis, and data science projects supporting
national health preparedness and the ongoing COVID-19 response.Work
as part of a multi-disciplinary team conducting a broad range of
quantitative analyses. Examples include:Develop new forecasting
techniques for infectious diseasesContinue development of existing
open-source agent-based modeling software frameworkPerform
healthcare cost-benefit and economic impact analysesPerform data
exploration on novel datasetsConstruct visualization of large and
complex dataPerform epidemiological analyses of infectious
diseasesAssist clinical trial development with statistical
analysesEstimate the need for medical countermeasures to protect
civilians from various threats, be they novel pandemics or use of
CBRN agentsHelp senior decision-makers think through complex public
health challengesYou will work as part of a team on large-scale
analyses as well as independently investigate problems. Many of
these efforts have been recognized as being difficult to solve and
require the sophistication, creativity, and judgment of an
established and competent scientist. The position will require
significant interaction with cross-functional teams of subject
matter experts in non-quantitative fields, so communication skills
are key to understanding the analysis needs / decision-point as
well as for briefing the methodology and outcomes.You will
collaborate with scientists from across the federal government,
industry, and academia. Expect regular interactions with
researchers from NIH, CDC, and the newly-established Center for
Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics.Telecommuting - Up to 100%.
Preference for those local to Washington DC and able to take part
in occasional on-site events.Primary Responsibilities.Working with
customer to understand the decision points and refine a question
into a task that can be answered with a model and the available
dataDeveloping in and extending an agent-based framework to support
infectious disease and other response activitiesPerforming ad-hoc
analyses on existing dataPerforming novel statistical analyses of
clinical trial resultsPerforming the entire lifecycle of analysis:
problem formulation, data acquisition, data cleaning, analysis, and
presentationBasic QualificationsMS in relevant discipline with 6+
years relevant experience OR PhD in relevant discipline with 4+
years relevant experienceExpertise in mathematics, probability and
statistics, data scienceExperience with scientific or mathematical
software or programming; particularly R or other scripting language
(e.g. Python, MATLAB, or Mathematica)Experience developing software
in an object-oriented programming language (Java programming is
considered a strong plus)Excellent communication skills with the
ability to successfully interact with supervisors, functional peer
groups, and/or outside customersAbility to obtain and maintain a
Secret clearancePreferred QualificationsSubject matter knowledge of
quantitative infectious disease modeling, COVID-19 epidemiology,
and/or related sciencesSubject matter knowledge of CBRN
effectsExperience working with a data-science team, including
knowledge of best practices of code management and working with
large-scale dataPrior experience with Knowledge Data Analytics,
quantitative algorithms for prediction, Machine Learning/AI,
statistics, disease transmission modeling, systems dynamics
modeling, Data analytics, Bioinformatics, Health economics and/or
economic modelingPay Range:Pay Range $94,250.00 - $145,000.00 -
$195,750.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general
guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary.
Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but
are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education,
experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal
equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement
(if any), or other law.
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