Description
The Senior Open Source (OS) Biologist will provide technical support to collection and exploitation efforts and chemical and biological weapons analytic efforts, which includes identifying publicly available research journals and core and enduring academic and open sources collection, conducting short-term assessments, and responding to ad hoc taskings, such as briefing working groups or participation in the sharing of technical data with foreign nationals at meetings and conferences, if required and with customer approval.
Specifically, the Senior OS Biologist shall focus full-time on expanding Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) collection and reporting
The Senior OS Biologist shall utilize expertise in the field of biological sciences to expand the OS collection of publicly available and commercially available information on biotechnology and biosecurity developments.
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The Senior OS Biologist shall identify new openly available sources and establish dedicated collection and reporting streams on countries, regions, technologies, and biological agents of interest.
This project addresses these requirements by initiating, expanding, curating, and reporting OSINT to fill the identified collection gaps.
The Senior OS Biologist will utilize the full range of OS Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) toolsets and broad collection capabilities to expand OSINT collection on biotechnology and biosecurity developments at a rapid pace, and will work closely with data scientists and systems engineers to use AI/LLMs to curate, structure, and produce reporting packaged to meet ODNI and IC requirements.
Required Skills:
Education: Ph.D in Biology
Experience - 10 to 15 years experience
Clearance - TS/SCI w-Poly
Desired Skills:
Working knowledge of Generative AI Tools
Working knowledge of various OSINT Tools and collection
Original Posting:
May 9, 2025
For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range:
Pay Range $112,450.00 - $203,275.00
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.