Geospatial Analyst

Geospatial Analyst

Understands technical requirements, relevant state-of-the-art technology for the program, and customer specifications and compliance documents. Conveys requirements to project personnel, ensuring first time right products and services. Responsible for technical and quality performance of projects which includes independent validation and verification, process improvement, audits, reporting, and lessons learned. Provides technical expertise to staff, suppliers, customers, and regulatory agencies to ensure compliance with contractual and company requirements. Analyzes and provides advice in areas of imagery exploitation and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for meeting project requirements. Provides internal and external technical leadership and training in the geosciences discipline. Utilizes knowledge of technical operations and quality control to ensure full customer satisfaction with delivered products and services.

Competencies
General

• Adaptability
Generally understands changes in own and others' work-group tasks and situations as well as the logic or basis for change; generally seeks information about changes affecting own and fellow employees' jobs. Treats changes and new situations as opportunities for learning or growth; focuses on the beneficial aspects of change; speaks positively about the change to work group members, direct supervisor, and occasionally members of others work groups. Quickly modifies behavior to deal effectively with changes in the work environment; readily tries new approaches appropriate for new or changed situations; does not persist with ineffective behaviors.

• Communication
Generally clarifies purpose and importance; stresses major points; follows a logical sequence. Usually keeps the audience engaged through use of techniques such as analogies, illustrations, humor, an appealing style, body language, and voice inflection. Frames the message in line with audience experience, background, and expectations; uses terms, examples, and analogies that are meaningful to the audience. Generally seeks input from audience; checks understanding; presents message in different ways to enhance understanding. Uses syntax, pace, volume, diction, and mechanics appropriate to the media being used. Accurately interprets messages from others and responds appropriately.

• Customer Focus
Considers customers and their needs when performing and/or working with others on routine tasks; supports others and occasionally becomes directly involved in developing and sustaining customer relationships; assists more experienced employees in seeking information to understand customers' circumstances, problems, expectations, and needs; prepares information which more experienced employees will share with customers to build their understanding of issues and capabilities; considers how day-to-day actions or plans affect customers; responds quickly to help others address customer needs and resolve problems.

• Decision Making
Recognizes a variety of issues, problems, or opportunities in own and occasionally in other work groups and determines whether action is needed; identifies the need for and collects information to better understand issues, problems, and opportunities. Generally integrates information from a variety of sources; detects general trends, associations, and cause-effect relationships. Creates relevant options for addressing problems/opportunities and achieving desired outcomes. Generally formulates clear decision criteria; evaluates options by considering implications and consequences; chooses an effective option. Implements decisions or initiates action within a reasonable time. Generally includes work group members, direct supervisor, and occasionally members of others work groups in the decision-making process as warranted to obtain good information, make the most appropriate decisions, and ensure buy-in and understanding of the resulting decisions.

Technical

• Analytical Skills
Basic - Skill and ability to: collect, organize, synthesize, and analyze data; summarize findings; develop conclusions and recommendations from appropriate data sources at the work group level.
Preferred - Skill and ability to: collect, organize, synthesize, and analyze data; summarize findings; develop conclusions and recommendations from appropriate data sources at the department level.

• Industry Awareness
Basic - General understanding to build and use industry knowledge for planning and performance accomplishment. This includes knowledge of competition and strategic partners.
Preferred - Complete understanding to build and use industry knowledge for planning and performance accomplishment. This includes knowledge of competition and strategic partners.

• Process Management Skills
Basic - General ability to determine the process to be used to accomplish goals, properly document processes, support people and activities, understand how to separate and combine tasks into efficient work flow, identify opportunities for synergy and integration, and simplify complex processes.
Preferred - Complete ability to determine the process to be used to accomplish goals, properly document processes, know how to organize people and activities, understand how to separate and combine tasks into efficient workflow, identify opportunities for synergy and integration, and simplify complex processes.

• Remote Sensing
Basic - General knowledge of sensors, platforms, characteristics and capabilities, to include collection and dissemination. Basic understanding of hard- and soft-copy exploitation tools, equipment and software.
Preferred - Complete understanding of the Imagery intelligence cycle as it applies to remote sensing systems, and ability to assess and determine best sensor to satisfy requirement. Complete understanding of hard- and soft-copy exploitation tools, equipment and software.

Basic Qualifications For Consideration

Do you have quality management skills and experience which include quality process standards such as ISO 9001 and/or CMMI?

Do you have experience applying GIS/IT principles, theories, and concepts?

Typical Education/Experience
Level 2 - Technical bachelor's degree and typically 2 or more years' related work experience or a Master's degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience. A technical degree is defined as any four year degree, or greater, in a mathematic, scientific or information technology field of study. Level 3 - Technical bachelor's degree and typically 5 or more years' related work experience or a Master's degree with typically 3 or more years' or a PhD degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience. A technical degree is defined as any four year degree, or greater, in a mathematic, scientific or information technology field of study.

Other Job related information
Experience in the production and analysis of traditional NGA legacy products to include, but not limited to DTED, HRTe, FD/TLM, MGCP, GNDB, DNC, CIB, DPPDB, and POID/COIP. Must completely understand and be able to apply GIS/IT principles, theories, and concepts. Experience with COTS geospatial packages such as ARC/INFO, GEOMEDIA, GAIT, as well as Socet Set photogrammetric software. Must have solid quality management skills which include the knowledge of quality process standards such as ISO 9001 and/or CMMI. Position requires Current Secret US Citizenship or equivalent (Refer to Security Clearance Definitions link above). Applicants MUST include their Security Clearance Level, Investigation Type and Investigation Date clearly on their resume.

• Business Unit Defense, Space&Security
• Division Networks & Space Systems
• Program Information Solutions
• Job Type Non-Management
• Experience Level Career/Experienced
• US Person Status Required? Yes

Closing Date: 02/14/2012