NGA Cartographic Analyst

CLEARANCE REQUIRED Active TSSCI This job is located in Springfield VA at NGA QSL is looking for a Cartographic Analyst to support the mission of the Maritime Safety Office SFH These personnel shall be proficient to working in a dynamic fast pace team environment supporting critical Maritime GEOINT activities through their GEOINT domain expertise effective communication skills written oral and the building and delivering effective PowerPoint based presentations The ability to manage multiple time constrained projects is critical to success The contractor shall be required to perform an independent quality review on all completed products prior to final submission to the NGA POC Required

Education and Experience 3 to 10 years of cartographic finishing and feature extraction related experience

Understanding of several NGA products such as Controlled Image Base CIBI Topographic Line Maps TLMs Multi national Geospatial Co production Program MGCP products MGCP Derived Graphics MDG Digital Terrain Elevation Data DTED Shuttle Radar Topography Mission SRTM National Technical Means NTMD in boundary recovery processes including data retrieval and storage

Familiar with data conversion tools such as FME ESRI extract transform and ETL tools or similar software extensions

Demonstrated experience with Map finishing Automation tools such as Cartographic Web Services CWS Digital Cartographic Studio DCS and Enterprise Product on i Demand Services ePODSKnowledge of feature data extraction and attribution process

Knowledge of ESRI ArcGIS and PLTSKnowledge of geospatial database content management

Knowledge of basic coordinate systems latitude and longitude UTMKnowledge of projections and their properties

Knowledge of symbolization rules how symbols are used to portray features Demonstrated ability to collect data from rasterized sources including the proper rectifying of the source if so required

Experience working with geospatial data in a multi user enterprise environment

Proficient in MS Outlook Word PowerPoint Access and Excel Preferred

Education and Experience Experience in creating shape files geodatabases and features

Knowledgeable in cartographic finishing techniques

Demonstrated ability to export data in multiple formats predominantly standard MILSPEC as well as shape files

Knowledge of generalization rules

Demonstrated ability to use imagery for the purposes of nautical chart compilation Why work for QSL Our founders Mel Wick and Bill Cronin retired from storied careers in the Special Operations Forces SOF Community Like many Americans and military veterans they felt a strong desire to support the nations response to the 9112001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in any way they could They established QSL to do just that Stay in the Fight QSL is built on a SOF culture emphasizing selfless service and teamwork Our employees work to ensure that warfighters have every possible resource and all necessary support to safely accomplish their missions in defense of our nation QSLs Benefit Package Because we believe our employees are our most valuable asset offering a competitive comprehensive compensation package is very important to us It is the goal of QSL to attract and retain the highest level of experience and technical talent necessary for successful performance In order to accomplish this we feel that it is necessary to provide satisfying work an excellent work environment and we continually monitor the marketplace to ensure that our total compensation benefit package remains competitive Listed below are some of our standard benefits We combine all traditional paid time off Federal holidays sick time leave time personal days jury duty bereavement etc into one category which allows employees flexibility in how they use their leave time and enables them to better balance their career with their personal needs Combined Paid Time Off PTO Medical Dental Life Insurance Disability Short Term and Long Term Vision Insurance CONUS based employees

Flexible Spending Account FSA
401k Retirement Plan Employee Referral Bonus Program Employee Discount Programs Critical Illness and Accident Insurance Employee Assistance Program We are an Equal Opportunity Employer We do not and will not discriminate in employment and personnel practices based on race sex age disability veteran status religion national origin or any other basis prohibited by applicable law Hiring transferring and promotion practices are performed without regard to the above listed items EEOAAP M F V D