Biologist, Lead

Booz Allen Hamilton•Reston, VA

29d

About The Position

Biologist, Lead Key Role: Leverage scientific knowledge to support biological or biochemical research agendas. Apply leading-edge principles, theories, and concepts and contribute to the development of new principles and concepts. Work on unusually complex problems and provide highly innovative solutions. Operate with substantial latitude for unreviewed action or decision and mentor or supervise employees in both organization and technical competencies. Provide biological weapons effects subject matter expertise to client research and modeling and simulation (M&S) programs. Apply biological weapons effects knowledge to support client biological technology effects, detection, and forensic research programs. Support various multi-INT teams conducting hard target deconstruction, preparing technical collection concepts, developing R&D requirements, and preparing technical collection research reports.

Requirements

11+ years of experience conducting systems engineering or research developing and advancing physics-based models for atmospheric transport or biological weapons effects
11+ years of experience with engineering research, reverse engineering analysis or characterizations, and facility and vulnerability assessments on foreign biological capabilities
Experience with systems engineering approaches to biological weapons effects
Ability to evaluate all project aspects, including design, development, execution, and implementation of chemical and biological research
Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take a polygraph exam
Bachelor's degree in Biology, Biological Sciences, or Epidemiology

Nice To Haves

Experience as a principal investigator
Experience with DoD agencies
Experience with military operations, biological command, control, and communications, survivability, and hard target defeat
Knowledge of systems engineering, data science, artificial intelligence, and machine learning
Knowledge of weapons control technology
TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph
Master's degree in Biology, Biological Sciences, Epidemiology, or a related field

Responsibilities

Leverage scientific knowledge to support biological or biochemical research agendas.
Apply leading-edge principles, theories, and concepts and contribute to the development of new principles and concepts.
Work on unusually complex problems and provide highly innovative solutions.
Operate with substantial latitude for unreviewed action or decision and mentor or supervise employees in both organization and technical competencies.
Provide biological weapons effects subject matter expertise to client research and modeling and simulation (M&S) programs.
Apply biological weapons effects knowledge to support client biological technology effects, detection, and forensic research programs.
Support various multi-INT teams conducting hard target deconstruction, preparing technical collection concepts, developing R&D requirements, and preparing technical collection research reports.