Epidemiologist (SAS)

Public Trust: None

Requisition Type: Regular

Your Impact

Own your opportunity to be on the frontlines of health innovation. Deliver for America’s health agency missions and enhance lives for hundreds of millions every day.

Job Description

Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as an Epidemiologist supporting the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division (AFHSD). 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

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

• Education : Master’s Degree in epidemiology, biostatistics or public health (or related field)
• Required Experience : 2+ years of related experience in health surveillance and/or applied epidemiology
• Required 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
• Location :  Work 3 days onsite in the DC area – remote for the remainder of the week
• Travel: No travel required
• US Citizenship Required
• Security Clearance Level : Must be secret clearable

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 opportunities
• Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
• Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
• Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

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Work Requirements

Years of Experience

2 + years of related experience

* may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree

Certification

Travel Required

None

Citizenship

U.S. Citizenship Required