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Booz Allen

Builds AI and cyber systems for the US government

Health Computational Modeler

Full-TimeDeadline 1/13/27
$69.4k - $158k/yr
Mid
Bachelor's, Master's, PhD
Bethesda, MD, USA
In Person
Academic & Institutional ResearchMedical Research

About the job

Requirements
  • At least 3 years of experience in computational modeling and simulation, including supporting infectious disease events, outbreaks, forecasting, or response planning.
  • Experience developing and applying advanced epidemiological models, such as compartmental models and discrete event simulation.
  • Experience using Python, R, MATLAB, or Julia.
  • Experience designing and deploying reliable simulation workflows, including testing, logging, monitoring, error handling, and performance optimization.
  • Knowledge of statistical modeling, model calibration, data assimilation, uncertainty quantification, and model validation.
  • Ability to write clean, efficient, and well-documented code for model development, analysis, and data transformation.
  • Ability to provide technical leadership, establish modeling standards, mentor colleagues, and communicate complex concepts to technical and nontechnical audiences.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or Suitability/Fitness determination based on client requirements.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computational Science, Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Epidemiology, Mathematics, or Computer Science.
Responsibilities
  • Design, develop, and maintain advanced computational models focused on resource allocation, infectious disease dynamics, outbreak forecasting, and response planning.
  • Translate complex epidemiological data into actionable insights by building robust models, integrating data sources, and developing reliable, scalable simulation workflows.
  • Provide technical leadership across modeling initiatives.
  • Establish best practices for model development and validation.
  • Improve model performance and reliability.
  • Collaborate with epidemiologists, data scientists, engineers, and other cross-functional partners.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience leading cross-functional computational modeling or epidemiological research projects.
  • Experience deploying and operating production-grade modeling or simulation systems.
  • Experience integrating and analyzing complex epidemiological or health-related data sources, and building interactive dashboards such as Streamlit, Shiny, or Dash to communicate findings.
  • Experience with AI-assisted code development tools such as Claude Code, OpenCode, or similar tools to support efficient, high-quality software development.
  • Experience using cloud platforms and cloud-native services such as AWS or Azure for scalable modeling and data processing.
  • Knowledge of data governance, data lineage, privacy, and compliance requirements for epidemiological or health data, including tools such as Apache Atlas, AWS Glue Data Catalog, or Collibra.
  • Ability to establish software engineering best practices within modeling teams, including the use of Git for version control, automated testing, logging, and performance optimization.
  • Master’s degree in Epidemiology, Computational Science, Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Mathematics, or Computer Science; a doctorate in those fields is a plus.

About the company

Booz Allen builds and runs technology for the U.S. government, mostly for the military and intelligence agencies, and its engineers work alongside consultants who know each agency's mission. In 1958, it helped the U.S. Navy create PERT, a project-scheduling method first used on the Polaris submarine missile program and later adopted across government and industry. Its teams design cyber defenses, AI and data tools, and battlefield communications, and it sells its own products, such as Vellox, a suite of AI tools that spot and fight off hackers. Agencies pay mainly through multi-year contracts that reimburse costs, bill hours, or set a fixed price. Booz Allen was founded in 1914 and is based in McLean, Virginia.

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

1914

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What believers are saying

  • Product work is growing: Booz Allen bought Ultra's battlefield encryption and computing unit for $720 million in August 2026.
  • Hiring continues despite cuts: Booz Allen listed 2,282 open roles in October 2026, 1,097 of them in technology.
  • Work is lined up for years: backlog, including contract options, hit $39.5 billion in June 2026, about 3.5 years' revenue.

What critics are saying

  • Job security has slipped: staff fell from 33,400 to 30,900 in the year to June 2026 as civil work shrank.
  • Stock grants lost value: shares fell 29% in the year to October 2026 while defense IT rival CACI rose 14%.
  • Shutdowns halt paid work: the federal shutdown that began October 2025 cost Booz Allen about $50 million in unperformed work.

What makes Booz Allen unique

  • Most coworkers are cleared for secrets: about 77% of Booz Allen's 31,500 employees held security clearances in March 2026.
  • AI is its specialty: Booz Allen calls itself the federal government's largest AI provider, with about 400 active AI projects.
  • It bankrolls defense tech startups: Booz Allen tripled its venture fund to $300 million in July 2025, backing 17 companies.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Disability Insurance
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • Paid Vacation
  • Professional Development Budget
  • Remote Work Options
  • Flexible Work Hours

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Virginia-based startup Aventra has raised $17.5 million in new funding, with Konvoy Ventures leading the round. Seed round backer Lavrock Ventures participated alongside new investors Booz Allen Ventures, Sands Capital, Langford Industries, and Western Alliance Bank. The company manufactures Piranha, a high-altitude balloon-dropped glide bomb that converts unguided munitions into precision-guided weapons. Since emerging from stealth with a $3.5 million seed round last October, Aventra has delivered over 400 units to US and NATO customers and doubled its production revenue. The system launches munitions from 60,000 feet and can glide approximately 100 miles, with recent demonstrations achieving accuracy within three metres of targets. Aventra plans to use the funding to scale production from 35 units monthly to 500 through a new Virginia facility called Factory Zero.

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Palantir, Nvidia, Booz Allen restrict Anthropic and OpenAI models over data retention concerns

Palantir Technologies, Nvidia, and Booz Allen Hamilton are restricting use of AI models from Anthropic and OpenAI over data protection concerns, Reuters reported. The companies worry model providers could retain or extract value from sensitive corporate information. Palantir has pressed Anthropic for zero data retention guarantees. Nvidia limits Anthropic's models to less sensitive tasks, favouring its own Nemotron models for proprietary work. Booz Allen has banned staff from using Anthropic's commercial model on cybersecurity projects involving proprietary data. The pushback intensified after Anthropic introduced a 30-day data retention policy in June for its Claude 3.5 model, citing security monitoring needs. Anthropic responded by launching Enterprise Frontier Safeguards, allowing customers to store activity data in their own cloud infrastructure under their encryption keys.

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Sep 12th, 2026
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