Job Description

Metas Solutions excels in providing strategic consulting, program management, and data-driven analytics to federal public health agencies. Our expertise enhances health systems and delivers measurable outcomes, helping agencies achieve their mission. We collaborate with federal partners to implement agile solutions for national public health initiatives, driving impactful changes through cutting-edge programs that strengthen communities and promote well-being. See www.metassolutions.com for further details about us and careers with Metas.

Job Description:

Metas Solutions has an "immediate opening" for a talented Biology/Public Health Surveillance AI Specialist. In this position, you'll support the next generation of public health analytics by applying biological and public health surveillance expertise to AI-enabled solutions. You'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. You 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.

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:

• Bachelor's degree in biology, epidemiology, public health, microbiology, biostatistics, or a related scientific discipline
• 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
• Must be a U.S. Citizen or Lawful Permanent Resident (Green Card Holder)   

Additional Qualifications:

• 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

Security Requirements:

• Must be US Citizen and with the ability to obtain a US Government security clearance (Public Trust 5) within a reasonable period
• Market competitive salary, commensurate with experience and education
• Comprehensive benefits package available, Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance, Paid Time Off (PTO), 401K with company match, growth, and promotion opportunities

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Metas Solutions is committed to maintaining a fair and competitive interview process for all candidates, based on their experience, skills, and education. To preserve the integrity and fairness of our interview process, candidates are expected to respond to all interview questions based on their own knowledge, skills, and experience. The use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools or other third-party resources to generate, assist with, or provide interview responses during phone, virtual, or in-person interviews is not permitted. Any use of AI-assisted responses during the interview process may result in disqualification from further consideration for employment.

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