Description
We are seeking a TS/SCI cleared Human Geography (HG) Analyst to join our team in Springfield, VA. The successful candidate will perform human geography production and provide a broad array of Human Geography products to customers who rely on the accurate and timely delivery of products to support policy decisions and mission planning and execution.
Responsibilities:
- Support operations to the GEOINT enterprise, National System for Geospatial Intelligence Operations Executive (NOX) levied requirements and formal requests (RFI's) for geospatial data.
- Utilize an understanding of geography, research, GIS, and data conflation and management skills to produce a broad array of human geography products including attributed data, maps, and written reports.
- HG projects and products may include research, discovery, evaluation, extraction, creation, geo-enabling, quality control/review, metadata attribution, source citation, service enabling and dissemination.
- Enabling activities in support of Human Geography production (i.e. writing SOPs and how to guides, training coworkers, etc.)
- Conduct production phases to support HG products and projects via activities that may include research, discovery, evaluation, extraction, creation, geo-enabling, quality control/review, metadata attribution, source citation, and service enabling and dissemination.
- Participate in technical exchanges with customers, partners and colleagues onsite and virtually around the globe to ensure production standardization to feature extraction/attribution and HG production.
- Ensure a current and accurate International Trade in Arms Regulations (ITAR) exemption is in effect for all requested support involving partner interaction.
Requirements:
- Active TS/SCI or eligibility and willingness to obtain a POLY is REQUIRED to be considered.
- 3 or more years’ experience as an HG Analyst or relevant field, to include 1-3 years of demonstrated experience supporting DOD or the IC's GEOINT Mission.
- Knowledge of Human Geography concepts.
- Experience in the research, discovery and extraction of geospatial and non-geospatial information.
- Experience in imagery research, extraction and attribution.
- Proficiency in use of fundamental ArcGIS Pro software tools in the creation, attribution, schema development and utilization, management, and geo-referencing of data.
- Experience in geo-enabling non-spatial data.
- Demonstrated experience to communicate GEOINT products, data, and services to peers and leadership.
Preferred Qualifications:
- BA/BS Degree preferred in Human Geography or GIS, or a related field. Degree may count toward required experience requirements.
- Knowledge of the regional, cultural and political geography of the region assigned.
- Experience in using established cartographic principles, geo-referencing, and naming conventions/Romanization in the creation of geo-spatial products.
- Experience in creating and publishing GEOINT products.
- Working knowledge of at least one of the foreign languages of the assigned region.
- Experience producing data and products to customer standards.
- Experience with open source data harvest, process automation and scripting.
- Experience with data management, schema development, and data conflation.
- Experience with Google Earth Engine (GEE).
- Proficiency in Basic Python Scripting.