GEOINT Standards Developer

GEOINT Standards Developer – Imagery Standards

Expert-Level 

Location:  Springfield, VA

TS/SCI Clearance Required

Key Position Description:

The Lead Imagery Standards Developer works in collaboration with NSG & ASG community membership, international partners, and other members of the GEOINT & IT Standards Division to ensure current and updated standards content for still & motion imagery standards meet capability delivery dates for NGA & NSG initiatives and solution providers.  The Lead Imagery Standards Developer is responsible for providing specialized advice and assistance on complex technical projects and shall independently performs a variety of system analysis, design and/or engineering tasks that are broad and innovative in nature. The Lead Imagery Standards Developer serves as a Subject Mater Expert (SME) on development of Still and/or Motion Imagery Standards with the objective of facilitating compliance and interoperability through integration of NSG & ASG requirements while reducing technical and schedule risk in still imagery standards (e.g., NITF, NITF Extensions, and NATO Imagery STANAGs) and motion imagery phenomenologies (e.g. EO, LVMI/WAMI, IR, MSI, and HSI) standards.

General Responsibilities:

• Responsible for providing specialized advice and assistance on complex technical projects. Known in his/her field of expertise. Independently performs a variety of system analysis, design and/or engineering tasks that are broad and innovative in nature. Participates in national level steering and advisory groups, panels, and committees. Advises/mentors’ technical personnel at all levels and reviews work for technical accuracy. Guides the strategic growth of scientific imagery programs.
• Ensure current and future GEOINT standards will satisfy capability requirements at the program and strategic level across NGA, the NSG, and ASG. 
• Develop capability-based standards profiles & reference architectures to enable search, discovery, access, retrieval, integrated intelligence, and advanced analytics are enabled.

Required Skills and Tasks:

• Active TS/SCI clearance
• Able to develop & use exceptionally complex concepts & processes that span multiple organizations and disciplines.
• Performs multiple tasks at the expert level.
• Leads Senior/Mid-level personnel.
• Recommends new technology to senior leadership.
• Have expert-level working experience (10 years or more) developing Imagery Standards.
• Have at least five (5) years demonstrated experience with:
• Still Imagery collection, encoding, and operations, to include still imagery standards & Tagged Record Extensions (TRE)
• Motion Imagery collection, encoding, and operations.
• Motion imagery phenomenologies, such as:
• Electro Optical (EO)
• Large Volume Motion Imagery (LVMI)/Wide Area Motion Imagery (WAMI)Infrared Motion Imagery Standards (IR)
• Multispectral Imaging (MSI)
• Hyper spectral imaging (HSI)
• Imagery compression formats and metadata schemas

Work Level:

• Leadership
• Management
• Key member of team
• Oversees or monitors task(s)
• Approves issue resolution.

Education Required:

Master’s degree plus 10 years of experience or Bachelor’s degree plus 12 years’ experience with degree in technical or scientific fields such as Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Operations Research, Engineering Management, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Image Science, or related STEM degree program.