Geospatial Analyst

Job specifications are intended to present a descriptive list of the range of duties performed by employees. Specifications are not intended to reflect all duties performed within the job. The employer retains the right to change or assign other duties to this position.

SUMMARY:

As a Geospatial Analyst, the successful candidate will participate on a team engaged in:

(1) collecting, processing, and delivering of geospatial data; (2) perform quality assurance and quality control on data products; (3) managing and organizing large volumes of geospatial data; (4) providing technical support and assistance to

partners/end-users and (5) working side-by-side with a team of Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) professionals to plan the execution of new GEOINT 2D/3D production workflows.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Essential functions are intended to present a descriptive list of the range of duties performed by employees. This list of essential functions is not intended to reflect every duty that may be performed within the job.

• Be a part of a team responsible for performing a diverse set of geospatial processing and production tasks.
• Provide Geospatial production expertise to support the development of innovative automated production workflows and capabilities.
• Perform time-sensitive ad-hoc production of 3D GEOINT content in response to tactical, mission-critical end-user requests.
• Collaborate with end-users to ensure 3D GEOINT content can be easily accessed and integrated into existing software and workflows.
• Produce GEOINT user tutorials and user-friendly documentation showcasing how to exploit 3D geospatial intelligence to create analyses and visualizations in common software applications.
• Support sourcing geospatial data from open-source, onsite, commercial and Government Furnished Information (GFI) repositories to support new and existing production requirements.
• Support prototype and production workflows within HPC, Supercomputer and Cloud processing environments.
• Maintain regular communication with customer, subcontractors and vendor staff members.
• Take on, lead and complete project tasks, as assigned, independently with minimal oversight from Project Manager.
• Work with the team to ensure physical and data security procedures.
• Work within a small close knit team, reporting to the Program Manager.
• Demonstrate a willingness to work within a small, diverse, flexible team which may require performing ad-hoc jobs as required to complete project tasks.
• Support daily activity, as required.
• Communicate on a regular basis with all members of the team, the team management, other members of GNIS, and be actively involved in the ongoing commercial Both in person and remotely through email, phone, and video teleconference.
• Interact regularly with Project Partners.
• Travel, as required, to attend training, conferences, presentations, and exercises that align with the mission objectives.
• Other duties as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS/QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

• A Bachelors or Masters from an accredited college in a geospatial, or related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education.
• Working knowledge of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) GEOINT 2D/3D data formats, standards and user-community use cases for those data sets.
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience using geospatial technologies in a professional and/or educational setting.
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience using COTS geospatial software tools to process, review and analyze geospatial data products.
• Active SECRET clearance (TOP SECRET preferred).

PREFERRED:

• Experience producing standard 2D/3D GEOINT Products
• Experience processing/creating/reviewing Digital Elevation Models (DEM)
• Experience deploying advanced geospatial processing techniques
• Experience with Programming and Scripting
• Experience performing Quality Control & Quality Assurance reviews
• Familiarity with distributed processing in Cloud, HPC and/or Supercomputing environments
• Knowledge of industry and government metadata standards and formats

KNOWLEDGE,

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

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• Knowledge of geospatial principles including datum/projection, data types and formats, accuracy assessment methodologies, data integrity, photogrammetry , SAR processing, and GIS analysis.
• Knowledge of and willingness to assist with various compute management tasks, including operational, maintenance, system administration, network connectivity, and help desk support for compute resources.
• Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Ability to communicate with others to convey information effectively.
• Ability to use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems to maximize customer satisfaction.
• Skilled at understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
• Effective, professional, and…