Are you looking for a Challenge? Looking for an innovative organization and the opportunity to learn and grow professionally? Our client is currently seeking a Senior Scientist - Decontamination. The ideal candidate will possess the experience, vision, commitment, and integrity to successfully support the strategic goals of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T). This position leverages extensive scientific subject matter expertise to provide technical input to assist engineering discussion and decisions on large-scale biological decontamination efforts, including engagement with government and industry partners to establish best use technologies and policy. This is a remote/offsite position.

In this role you will be expected to:

Serve as a scientific SME supporting engineering decisions regarding the application and appropriateness of biological decontamination technologies and development of interagency biosafety standards and decontamination policy.
Leverage scientific expertise to provide technical input on procurement planning, and assistance with inter-agency engagements.
Engage with industry partners to establish current state of the art technologies for effective large-scale biological decontamination.

Required Qualifications:

Master’s degree and 10 years of relevant experience or Bachelor’s degree and 18 years of relevant experience.
Applicants selected may be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
Ability to obtain DHS Suitability.

Desired Qualifications:

Operational, programmatic or management experience supporting DoD and/or DHS components (e.g., TSA, CBP, FPS, CISA, CWMD, USCG, ICE).
Ability to work collaboratively in a high pressure, fast paced atmosphere.
Demonstrated experience in a biological field such as microbiology, infectious diseases or animal science, including decontamination, detection and countermeasures regarding biological agents.
Demonstrated experience in interpreting and/or support the development of public scientific policy.
Demonstrated experience in DHS or DOD acquisition strategy.
Demonstrated experience in interagency engagement to elicit and provide scientific input.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Experience writing and editing technical documentation for both technical and non-technical audiences.
Experience with Microsoft Office, including Word, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint.
DHS suitability.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, marital status, ancestry, protected veteran status, or any other protected group or class.