Description
Make meaningful contributions that fuel critical outcomes for some of the most complex government, defense, and intelligence projects. Join GDIT and the Joint Multinational Simulation Center - Pacific (JMSC-P) as a JLVC Terrain Technician for a career where your growth is just as important as the mission you support.
Responsibilities:
- Build high-fidelity terrain and simulation products that accurately represent operational environments and support realistic collective training environments
- Translate unit training requirements and operational scenarios into customized terrain products that enhance training realism
- Create simulation database with accurate infrastructure and environmental features
- Validate terrain product accuracy through quality-control processes that identify discrepancies, missing data, and fidelity issues before exercise execution
- Assist with data formatting and import/export of terrain products across all simulation platforms
- Refine terrain products based on exercise feedback, after-action reviews, and evolving training objectives
- Willing to learn, work as part of team, and as an individual with minimal guidance
Requirements:
- Education: BS/BA in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Geospatial Science, Modeling and Simulation or a related technical discipline, OR the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications, relevant experience or specialized technical training
- Required Experience: 3+ years of progressively responsible experience in terrain development, database development, modeling and simulation, or a related technical discipline; preferred experience developing, modifying, managing terrain and database products for military simulations or training systems and experience supporting Army or Joint collective training events
- Required Technical Skills:
- Developing, modifying, validating, and sustaining JLVC simulation terrain and parametric data sets by using JTDS or VISTA
- Build and maintain the data pipelines, schemas, and integrations that connect simulation systems to exercise and mission-command environments
- Terrain generation and visualization, including elevation data, imagery, feature data, and three-dimensional terrain products
- Geospatial data formats and standards, including vector, elevation, imagery, and other spatial data formats
- Data conversion, transformation, and validation between multiple geospatial and simulation formats
- Terrain quality assurance, including accuracy checks, data validation, and fidelity assessments
- Configuration and version management of terrain products
- Simulation interoperability and an understanding of how terrain products support distributed training environments
- Certification: Comp TIA SEC+ certification required within 6 months of hire
- Security Clearance Level: SECRET clearance is required with ability to obtain TS/SCI Clearance
Benefits:
- Medical plan options
- Dental plan options
- Vision plan
- 401(k) plan with company match
- Paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave
- Short and long-term disability benefits
- Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance