Biostatistician

Biostatistician
Remote

Blu Omega is seeking a Biostatistician to support a federal program focused on HIV surveillance, prevention, and genomics. This role operates within a remote environment and is responsible for statistical analysis, study methodology, surveillance analytics, program evaluation, and research efforts. The position requires experience supporting public health datasets, data modernization, and stakeholder engagement to improve health outcomes.

Program Overview
Supports CDC efforts with state and metro public health agencies, modernizing HIV data collection and analysis, and examining program effectiveness, HIV prevalence, resistance mutations, and outbreak clusters.

Key Details
Location: Remote
Clearance: Public Trust Eligible

Responsibilities

• Lead development of statistical methodologies, analysis plans, sampling approaches, and population estimation strategies.
• Provide technical oversight and peer review for analyses, models, and interpretation of findings.
• Design and oversee complex analyses of surveillance, survey, claims, clinical, registry, and laboratory datasets.
• Guide methodological decisions related to study design, causal inference, and evaluation frameworks.
• Lead development and validation of statistical models, surveillance indicators, and population estimates.
• Collaborate with epidemiologists, data scientists, and stakeholders to translate research questions into analytical approaches.
• Address methodological considerations including bias, confounding, missing data, and statistical uncertainty.
• Review and approve statistical deliverables, reports, publications, and presentations.
• Communicate statistical findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Mentor and provide technical leadership to team members.
• Contribute to proposal development and business growth activities.

Required Qualifications

• U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident with ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
• Master's degree or PhD in Biostatistics, Statistics, Epidemiology, Mathematics, or related field.
• Eight or more years of experience applying advanced biostatistical methods in public health, healthcare, or population health environments.
• Experience serving as a lead statistician or senior methodological reviewer for complex analytics or research initiatives.
• Proficiency in statistical inference, study design, power analysis, and population-level inference.
• Experience with generalized linear models, mixed-effects models, survival analysis, longitudinal modeling, and causal inference techniques.
• Skilled in designing and analyzing studies with complex survey designs.
• Proficient in SAS and at least one additional statistical language such as R or Python.
• Experience developing and reviewing SAPs, protocols, and scientific publications.
• Experience working with large-scale health datasets, including surveillance, claims, clinical, and laboratory data.
• Proven ability to lead technical workstreams and mentor multidisciplinary teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• PhD in Biostatistics, Statistics, Epidemiology, or related discipline.
• Strong understanding of epidemiologic methods and public health research.
• Ability to communicate complex concepts to diverse audiences.
• Experience with Bayesian methods, machine learning, or AI-enabled analytics.
• Experience supporting federal public health agencies or biomedical research programs.
• Knowledge of cloud analytics environments such as Databricks, Snowflake, Azure, or AWS.
• Experience supporting SAS-to-R or SAS-to-Python migration.
• Familiarity with HIV surveillance data and processes.
• Experience working with state public health agencies.
• Leadership experience in multidisciplinary analytic teams.

Compensation
Salary Range: $92,000.00 - $101,000.00

Company Overview
Blu Omega is a Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB) delivering technology and cybersecurity solutions to federal agencies and enterprise clients nationwide. Headquartered in Ashburn, VA, we support mission-critical programs across civilian and defense sectors, including health, national security, and regulatory environments. We partner with government agencies and large integrators to provide expertise in cybersecurity operations, cloud and infrastructure modernization, data and analytics, and enterprise IT support.

Equal Opportunity Employer
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability.

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