Imagery Analyst

MANDATORY QUALIFICATION CRITERIA: For this particular job, applicants must meet all competencies reflected under the Mandatory Qualification Criteria to include education (if required). Online resumes must demonstrate qualification by providing specific examples and associated results, in response to the announcement's mandatory criteria specified in this vacancy announcement:

Pay Band 2:
1. Experience creating written communications and delivering oral communications to convey information or ideas.
2. Experience gathering information to identify the causes of basic problems and draw logical conclusions.
3. Experience engaging with others to support a shared project or effort to meet a goal.
4. Experience organizing and prioritizing own tasks to complete assignments in a timely and effective manner.
5. Knowledge of research and analysis, imagery, and/or geospatial analysis.

Pay Band 3:
1. Experience developing and presenting briefings to meet the needs of various audiences.
2. Experience using critical thinking skills and/or data analytics to solve problems and draw logical conclusions.
3. Experience working collaboratively with others.
4. Experience in meeting requirements on scheduled collaborative work with other organizations in a fast-paced and/or constantly changing environment.
5. Experience with research and analysis, imagery, and/or geospatial analysis.

EDUCATION REQUIREMENT: A. Education: Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Engineering, Foreign Area Studies, Geography, History, International Affairs, International Studies, Military Science, Physical Science, Political Science, Remote Sensing, or a related field. -OR- B. Combination of Education and Experience: A minimum of 24 semester (36 quarter) hours of coursework in any area listed in option A, plus experience working in an Intelligence discipline analyzing and interpreting imagery and maintaining and building tasking strategies, or a related area that demonstrates the ability to successfully perform the duties associated with this work. As a rule, every 30 semester (45 quarter) hours of coursework is equivalent to one year of experience. Candidates should show that their combination of education and experience totals 4 years. -OR- C. Experience: A minimum of 4 years of experience working in an Intelligence discipline analyzing and interpreting imagery and maintaining and building tasking strategies, or a related area that demonstrates the ability to successfully perform the duties associated with this work.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENT: Distinguish principal colors and shades/hues of principal colors; Near visual acuity of 20/20 or better with or without corrective lenses; Stereopsis ability; Hand steadiness

ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENT: Prolonged exposure to video display units

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATION CRITERIA: In addition to the mandatory qualifications, experience in the following is desired:

1. Experience with Geospatial Information Systems (GIS).
2. Experience using technical skills, such as computer vision implementation, data mining in addition to analytics, data visualization, statistical analysis, algorithm development, and/or data science.
3. Knowledge of national and/or Commercial Imaging Systems; Image Tasking; Image Processing; Image Exploitation and writing imagery reports.
4. Knowledge of national or commercial imagery systems to include tasking, processing, exploitation, and analysis.
5. Experience with imagery analysis or all-source intelligence to address matters of national concern, such as foreign military, Joint Targeting Cycle and the Joint Targeting Enterprise, foundational
military intelligence (FMI), environmental, and/or terrorism.
6. Experience in a related work role for the Federal Government, specifically the Military and/or Intelligence Community. Intelligence Conclusion Development.

CAREER ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM: All Professional Work Category positions advertised at a Pay Band 2 are part of NGA's Career Advancement Program (CAP). Employees in the Career Advancement Program will be evaluated semi-annually to determine if they meet the established program requirements. If requirements are met, employees will be eligible for a salary increase. Upon meeting all program requirements, the employee is eligible to be promoted non-competitively to a Pay Band 3. This promotion completes Career Advancement Program participation meaning the employee will no longer receive salary increases through the Career Advancement Program, and will now be evaluated in accordance to the Agency's standard evaluation processes.