Geospatial Analyst

Geospatial Analyst

NGA MAVEN PROGRAM
· GEOINT
· MULTI-INT ANALYSIS
· MIDDLE

Machine learning models need training data that reflects the real world — and identifying which imagery captures the right objects, scenes, and characteristics requires a GEOINT analyst who understands what they're looking at. As the Geospatial Analyst on NGA Maven, you'll bring imagery expertise, multi-INT analytical tradecraft, and quantitative methods together to curate data that makes AI/ML model development more effective and operationally relevant.

The Geospatial Analyst provides geospatial and imagery expertise and quantitative analysis to make recommendations that improve data curation and development in support of Machine Learning algorithm training and evaluation. You'll leverage multi-INT data to prioritize and curate imagery from emerging sensors, recommend curation strategies, identify data gaps, and apply GEOINT tradecraft alongside data science methods to build diverse, representative datasets for model development.

• Leverage multi-INT data to curate imagery from emerging sensors — prioritizing collection that contains objects of interest or needed scene characteristics per government direction
• Conduct spatial and spatial-temporal analysis of data holdings; recommend curation strategies based on geographic coverage, scene attributes, and ML model development needs
• Exploit imagery and analyze geospatial data using GEOINT tradecraft and tools (NGA-authorized geospatial exploitation tools, ArcGIS Pro, Jupyter Notebook) to support data analysis and exploitation tasks
• Apply statistical and mathematical analyses to identify trends, solve problems, and optimize performance across the data curation and labeling pipeline
• Develop explanatory and predictive models; conduct comparative and alternative analysis to address complex military and intelligence challenges
• Select and apply GIS analysis methods (viewshed/LOS, mobility, terrain, spatial statistics, geospatial modeling) to support multi-INT research and curation recommendations

Mission Impact

The imagery you prioritize for curation becomes the labeled training data that teaches Maven's AI/ML models to identify objects of interest. Your analytical judgment directly influences the diversity and representativeness of that dataset — and therefore the quality of model outputs used in real intelligence operations.

Geo Owl Impact

Your GEOINT tradecraft brings a critical analytical dimension to Geo Owl's technical team on Maven — ensuring the data pipeline stays grounded in real imagery expertise, not just engineering throughput.

Your Growth

You'll expand your geospatial tradecraft into applied data science and AI/ML data operations — developing skills in quantitative analysis, spatial statistics, and ML-informed imagery curation increasingly valued across the GEOINT community.

• Leverage multi-INT data to curate imagery from emerging sensors; prioritize collection with objects of interest or needed characteristics per government direction
• Based on sensor characteristics and limitations, recommend curation strategies and identify data gaps to build diverse, representative datasets for ML model development
• Identify and apply data mining, retrieval, and statistical analysis techniques to detect trends, solve problems, and optimize pipeline performance
• Collect, process, and analyze large volumes of data to build and enhance products, processes, and systems
• Conduct spatial and spatial-temporal analysis of data holdings; apply knowledge of elevation, terrain, and geospatial modeling to support imagery curation
• Exploit imagery and analyze geospatial data using GEOINT tools and tradecraft to support data manipulation, exploitation, and conversion of multi-intelligence information
• Select and execute multi-INT research methods; conduct descriptive analyses and exploit intelligence databases to support mission objectives
• Implement GA tradecraft including GIS analyses such as viewshed/LOS, Mobility, Order of Battle, Geospatial Synthesis, Geospatial Modeling, Terrain, and Spatial Statistics

• Active TS/SCI…