Position:  GEOINT Imagery Standards Developer Senior-Level  #2041
Location:  Springfield, VA
Clearance: TS/SCI
 

Compass is looking for a motivated individual to provide operational services to the Intelligence Community. Our goal is to hire talented and passionate team members who desire to grow their skillsets, as well as the reputation of the company with our partners, clients, and stakeholders. We are looking for an individual to join an innovative team supporting mission critical/mission essential activities. Professional IT certification training opportunities and assistance are available through Compass.


 

General Responsibilities:

• Responsible for providing specialized advice and assistance on complex technical projects. Is widely 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.
• Serve as a Subject Matter 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 the following functional areas:
  • Still Imagery standards including, but not exclusive to:
    • National Imagery Transmission Format (NITF)
    • NITF Extensions (MIE4NITF, SIDD, SICD, etc.)
    • NATO Imagery STANAGs (NSIF, for instance)
  • Motion Imagery standards and phenomenologies including, but not exclusive to:
    • 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)
• 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 and retrieval, integrated intelligence, and advanced analytics are enabled.

Desired Skills:

• Understanding of Imaging Process
  • Concepts of sensors & how they work
  • Concepts of sensor collection parameters
• Understanding of Imaging Workflow
  • Concepts of how imagery data flows from collection platform to exploitation system to archive
  • Concepts of what processing or metadata additions can occur at the various steps in workflow
• Understanding of GEOINT Standards core components
  • File formats
    • NITF is a byte-offset format so what are the pros/cons
    • Be aware of other formats ISOBMFF, HDF5, TIFF/GEOTIFF, etc.
  • Metadata models vs Metadata encoding
    • Understand abstract content models & organization from purpose perspective
      • Sensor info, platform info, coordinate reference systems, security info, discovery & retrieval info, etc.
    • Understand various metadata encodings (e.g., NITF TRE/SDE, KLV, XML, JSON, binary, etc.) and their pros/cons
  • Image formats vs Image compression
    • Understand various ways to represent 2-D pixel array data, band/pixel interleaving, etc.
    • Understand various image compression techniques, pros/cons of each, typically where each is used & why
  • Dissemination Protocols
    • Block FTP vs Streaming protocols
    • Encapsulation in IP or other server/client protocols
• Clear & concise technical writing to unambiguously convey technical concepts & guidance
  • Clearly define scope, define all terms in use, leverage EARS to convey requirements, use active voice, etc.
  • Have ability to write technical GEOINT standards with inputs from other SMEs
• Be proactive in finding information or understanding new topics
  • Ask questions, develop understanding to level that you can convey concepts to others
  • Consistently demonstrate willingness to learn & follow through
• Facilitate technical discussions with community experts
  • Scope topic appropriately, keep discussions on track to achieve desired outcome
  • Generate & present slides to all levels of audiences regarding GEOINT standards

Required Skills and Tasks:

• Active TS/SCI clearance
• Able to develop & use complex concepts & processes
• Performs multiple tasks at specialist level
• Leads multiple Junior/Mid-level personnel
• May be recognized as a SME
• Evaluates & recommends new technology & processes based upon cost, risk, mission

Work Level:

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

Education/Certification Required:

Master’s degree plus 4 years’ experience, Bachelor’s degree plus 6 years’ experience, Associate’s degree plus 8 years’ experience, or a minimum of 8 years’ experience in a relevant field

Compass, Inc. (Compass) is a Small Business (SB) headquartered in Winchester, VA as a Defense and Intelligence solutions provider to the United States Government. We provide Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA), Advisory and Assistance Services (A&AS), and Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) to our government and business partner customers. As a premier Defense and Intelligence solution provider, we employee a diverse, agile, highly trained and extremely talented staff.


Equal Opportunity Employer Veterans/Disabled