Senior Public Health AI Surveillance Specialist

System One, Inc.; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 171,000; Full time

Job summary

System One, Inc. is seeking a Biology/Public Health Surveillance AI Specialist in Atlanta, GA to advance AI-enabled surveillance solutions for public health.

You will work with epidemiologists, data scientists, AI engineers, software engineers, and analysts to translate surveillance questions into measurable AI use cases and assess outputs for accuracy, bias, and evidence support. Qualifications include 5+ years in biology or public health, experience with surveillance data, and strong

Qualifications

• 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
• Must be a U.S. Citizen or Lawful Permanent Resident (Green Card Holder)

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 translate public health needs into AI use cases and evaluation criteria.
• Evaluate AI and Generative AI tools for surveillance use cases such as event detection and information extraction.
• Develop representative test scenarios and evaluation datasets using surveillance data and scientific literature.
• Assess AI outputs for scientific accuracy, completeness, relevance, and bias, including explainability and evidence support.
• Support validation of AI-assisted workflows using structured and unstructured public health data.
• Work with AI and data engineering teams to improve prompts, RAG, agents, knowledge sources, and evaluation methods.
• Document evaluation results, limitations, risks, and recommendations for stakeholders.
• Stay current with advancements in public health surveillance and responsible AI; assess applicability to programs.
• Engage in knowledge sharing and contribute to a collaborative team environment.

Skills

Biology

Epidemiology

Public Health

AI/ML

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in biology or related field

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Python

R

SQL

Job description

System One, Inc. is seeking a Biology/Public Health Surveillance AI Specialist in Atlanta, GA to advance AI-enabled surveillance solutions for public health.

You will work with epidemiologists, data scientists, AI engineers, software engineers, and analysts to translate surveillance questions into measurable AI use cases and assess outputs for accuracy, bias, and evidence support. Qualifications include 5+ years in biology or public health, experience with surveillance data, and strong