Epidemiology Operations Analyst

Amentum is seeking a driven and professional Epidemiology Operations Senior Analyst to work on the PACOM Command Surgeon’s (J07) Decision Support Team (DST). This position serves as the DST's senior expert for infectious-disease surveillance, population-health trends, and epidemiological risk, acting as a primary liaison with civilian health agencies, academia, and foreign partners. The Analyst leads wastewater-based epidemiology and integrates public health, biosurveillance, wastewater, open-source, operational, and classified information to identify anomalies and assess force-health and mission effects. General public health experience without applied epidemiological or biosurveillance expertise is insufficient. Assigned to J85, the position directly supports J07, entails hybrid work from Camp Smith and other local locations, receives functional priorities from J07 through established contract channels, operates with project and technical oversight from J85, and reports administratively to the Amentum Project Lead.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Analyze epidemiological, public-health, wastewater, biosurveillance, operational, open-source, and classified information to identify trends, anomalies, clusters, and emerging threats.
• Lead wastewater-surveillance baseline, indicator, trend, and anomaly-threshold development with laboratory, public-health, and CBRNE specialists.
• Assess the significance, reliability, limitations, uncertainty, and operational implications of epidemiological findings.
• Provide findings to the Operations Planner for integration with medical intelligence, CBRNE analysis, Force Health Protection, and operational plans.
• Monitor emerging infectious diseases and public-health threats across the US PACOM AOR using DoW, interagency, state, foreign-government, and partner data.
• Support epidemiological investigations and assessments in coordination with authorized DoW medical and public-health personnel.
• Coordinate with J07, subordinate commands, theater public-health organizations, overseas laboratories, intelligence analysts, military planners, and external partners.
• Test the Biosurveillance Information Platform and provide epidemiology-specific findings for Military Utility Assessments and recommendations.
• Translate surveillance needs into requirements for technical teams developing feeds, dashboards, alerts, and workflows; coding is not required.
• Develop surveillance protocols, data-quality standards, analytic methods, reports, white papers, and capability-improvement recommendations.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in epidemiology, public health, biostatistics, health science, or a closely related discipline.
• Must have an active Secret security clearance. Note: US Citizenship is required to obtain a Secret Clearance.
• 7+ years of progressively responsible experience in epidemiology, public health surveillance, disease monitoring, outbreak analysis, or a related field.
• Experience independently analyzing complex surveillance data and translating findings into actionable recommendations.
• Knowledge of epidemiological design, surveillance methods, statistical concepts, disease-activity measures, data quality, and uncertainty.
• Familiarity with military planning and ability to work with military planners, intelligence professionals, technical teams, and decision-makers.
• Strong writing, consultation, coordination, and senior-leader briefing skills.
• Active Top-Secret security clearance, with SCI eligibility later during employment. 
• Master of Public Health or another relevant master's degree; wastewater-based epidemiology experience.
• DoW, Combatant Command, public-health agency, or infectious-disease surveillance experience.
• Knowledge of microbiology, pathophysiology, syndromic surveillance, and emerging diseases.
• Indo-Pacific experience and familiarity with AI-enabled tools, Maven Smart System, or biosurveillance platforms.

Compensation & Benefits

HIRING SALARY RANGE: $165K - $180K (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant internal equity, and alignment with market data.)

This position includes a competitive benefits package. For more detailed information on our Benefits and what it is like to work for Amentum: please visit our careers site: www.amentumcareers.com 

       

Compensation Details:

$165K - $180K

       

The compensation range or hourly rate listed for this position is provided as a good-faith estimate of what the company intends to offer for this role at the time this posting was issued. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as job responsibilities, education, experience, skills, internal equity, market data, applicable collective bargaining agreements, and relevant laws.

 

Benefits Overview:

Our health and welfare benefits are designed to support you and your priorities. Offerings include:

• Health, dental, and vision insurance

• Paid time off and holidays

• Retirement benefits (including 401(k) matching)

• Educational reimbursement

• Parental leave

• Employee stock purchase plan

• Tax-saving options

• Disability and life insurance

• Pet insurance

 

Note: Benefits may vary based on employment type, location, and applicable agreements. Positions governed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA), or other employment contracts may include different provisions/benefits.

       

Original Posting:

09/25/2026 - Until Filled

Amentum anticipates this job requisition will remain open for at least three days, with a closing date no earlier than three days after the original posting. This timeline may change based on business needs.

       

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