Biosecurity Expertise

Description

Narrative Overview

CRDF Global is looking to deepen our bench of experts in support of our Biosecurity programming that aims to promote responsible science and technology development and prevent the deployment of biological weapons (BW) or the acquisition of BW-applicable materials and data. The program also seeks to protect U.S. biotechnologies and bio-pharmaceutical supply chains by denying adversaries access to genomic data biotechnology intellectual property and manufacturing capacity. This portfolio supports partner countries in strengthening laboratory biosafety and biosecurity building research oversight capacity and promoting adoption of U.S. standards and norms for laboratory security cybersecurity and data protection. Regions include Africa EAP EUR NEA SCA and WHA with a focus on countries with growing biotech sectors genomic sequencing centers and high containment laboratories (HCLs).

Core Technical Domains :

Experts are sought in the following areas (including but not limited to) :

• Pathogen Security & Biosafety

Secure handling of high-consequence pathogens () laboratory containment (BSL-2 / 3 / 4) development of laboratory safety and security management systems.

Protecting sensitive genomic sequencing data and bioinformatics pipelines.

Synthetic biology gene editing (e.g. CRISPR) computational pipelines with dual-use potential.

Risk mitigation for sourcing and distribution of biological reagents specialized equipment and consumables.

Applying cryptographic and access control solutions for sensitive data.

Cross-Cutting Security and Governance Domains :

Experts should also demonstrate experience in at least one of the exampled categories or related activities :

Illustrative Activities

Experts on the Biosecurity bench may be asked to :

Required Experience :

Manager

Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1