Senior Exploitation Specialist​/Data Steward

Senior Exploitation Specialist / Data Steward

At B&A, we foster and embrace a distinct set of values that we live by and instill in all aspects of our organization: dedication, commitment, partnership, trust, and recognition. We have incorporated these values into successful delivery for our customers since 1988. B&A believes in ensuring its employees feel deeply connected to B&A, recognizing successes and hard work, and providing continuous opportunities to learn and grow.

Our people are entrepreneurial thinkers that combine mindset, vision, and experience to drive value – not only to us as an organization, but to the clients we support. We promote a collaborative culture with our clients, and with each other, as one team working towards a common vision.

B&A is looking for a Senior Exploitation Specialist / Data Steward to join a contract with a federal government client in support of an important mission. The role is based at an Analysis Office, NGA Washington (NCE) in Springfield, VA, and is part of the GEO-SPI B labor framework. As an Exploitation Specialist, the successful candidate will structure, organize, and maintain geospatial data holdings so that mission and analytic teams can reliably discover, access, and exploit trusted spatial information.

This Senior‑level (Level 4) position requires leading, integrating, defining tasks, and validating work with advanced knowledge and proven experience. The Senior will provide technical direction and quality control over lower‑level personnel, advise government leadership on data management processes and technology, and lead collaboration across NGA and Intelligence Community teams.

• Manage, organize, and maintain spatial data across enterprise geodatabases and Spatial Database Engines (SDEs).
• Apply GIS, data schemas, and geo‑referencing best practices to structure and steward geospatial information.
• Develop and apply extraction and metadata specifications to ensure discoverable, well‑documented data.
• Design and optimize Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) architectures, applying data normalization best practices and performance tuning.
• Use the ArcGIS Suite, ArcGIS Online, Portal, Excel, Access, and SQL for the storage, organization, and maintenance of spatial data.
• Apply ontology concepts to information systems, data modeling, and data relationships.
• Collaborate across technical and mission‑focused teams and provide senior‑level direction, quality control, and quality assurance.

• 10+ years of relevant experience (a combination of years of experience, professional certifications, and education may be used in lieu of years of experience).
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.

• Demonstrated understanding of GIS, data schemas, and geo‑referencing.
• Knowledge of extraction and metadata specifications.
• Knowledge of RDBMS architectures, data normalization, and performance tuning/optimization techniques.
• Knowledge of enterprise geodatabases such as Spatial Database Engines (SDEs).
• Knowledge of tools such as the ArcGIS Suite, ArcGIS Online, Portal, Excel, Access, and SQL for the storage, organization, and maintenance of spatial data.
• Familiarity with ontology concepts as they relate to information systems, data modeling, and data relationships.
• Strong collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively as a team player across technical and mission‑focused teams.
• Knowledge of scripting languages, such as R or Python.

• Data management, data conditioning, and information modeling / design.
• Structured observation schema development and data hosting.
• Geomatics and geospatial data management.
• Coding / computer programming and data service enabling.
• Quality assurance and integration across enterprise systems.
• Written communication and technical documentation.

• Active TS clearance.

• Robust individual and family medical plans for full‑time employees, including Health Savings Account (HSA) option.
• Two tiers of dental coverage, vision, life & AD&D, disability, accident, hospital indemnity, and critical illness insurance.
• Paid time off and paid holidays.
• Sponso…