Geospatial Analyst

The Tatitlek Corporation•Oak Ridge, TN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

As a Geospatial Analyst, the successful candidate will participate on a team engaged in collecting, processing, and delivering geospatial data. This role involves performing quality assurance and quality control on data products, managing and organizing large volumes of geospatial data, and providing technical support and assistance to partners/end-users. The analyst will also work alongside a team of Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) professionals to plan the execution of new GEOINT 2D/3D production workflows. The position is performed in an office setting with exposure to computer screens and requires extensive use of a computer, keyboard, mouse, and multi-line telephone system. The workspace is in a secured, access-controlled facility on the campus of Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Requirements

A Bachelors or Masters from an accredited college in a geospatial, or related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education.
Working knowledge of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) GEOINT 2D/3D data formats, standards and user-community use cases for those data sets.
Minimum of five (5) years of experience using geospatial technologies in a professional and/or educational setting.
Minimum of five (5) years of experience using COTS geospatial software tools to process, review and analyze geospatial data products.
Active SECRET clearance (TOP SECRET preferred).
Knowledge of geospatial principles including datum/projection, data types and formats, accuracy assessment methodologies, data integrity, photogrammetry, SAR processing, and GIS analysis.
Knowledge of and willingness to assist with various compute management tasks, including operational, maintenance, system administration, network connectivity, and help desk support for compute resources.
Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Ability to communicate with others to convey information effectively.
Ability to use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems to maximize customer satisfaction.
Skilled at understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Effective, professional, and engaging communication skills.
The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Effective time management skills.
Position requires initiative, independence, persistence, attention to detail, achievement, dependability, diplomacy, discretion, integrity, stress tolerance, and professional appearance.
Motivated, self-starter.
Ability to effectively interact with other team members possessing a range of knowledge and skillsets, from highly technical to non-technical support staff.
Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.
U.S. Citizenship is required.

Nice To Haves

Experience producing standard 2D/3D GEOINT Products.
Experience processing/creating/reviewing Digital Elevation Models (DEM).
Experience deploying advanced geospatial processing techniques.
Experience with Programming and Scripting.
Experience performing Quality Control & Quality Assurance reviews.
Familiarity with distributed processing in Cloud, HPC and/or Supercomputing environments.
Knowledge of industry and government metadata standards and formats.

Responsibilities

Collecting, processing, and delivering of geospatial data.
Performing quality assurance and quality control on data products.
Managing and organizing large volumes of geospatial data.
Providing technical support and assistance to partners/end-users.
Working side-by-side with a team of Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) professionals to plan the execution of new GEOINT 2D/3D production workflows.
Performing a diverse set of geospatial processing and production tasks.
Providing Geospatial production expertise to support the development of innovative automated production workflows and capabilities.
Performing time-sensitive ad-hoc production of 3D GEOINT content in response to tactical, mission-critical end-user requests.
Collaborating with end-users to ensure 3D GEOINT content can be easily accessed and integrated into existing software and workflows.
Producing GEOINT user tutorials and user-friendly documentation showcasing how to exploit 3D geospatial intelligence to create analyses and visualizations in common software applications.
Sourcing geospatial data from open-source, onsite, commercial and Government Furnished Information (GFI) repositories to support new and existing production requirements.
Supporting prototype and production workflows within HPC, Supercomputer and Cloud processing environments.
Maintaining regular communication with customer, subcontractors and vendor staff members.
Taking on, leading and completing project tasks, as assigned, independently with minimal oversight from Project Manager.
Working with the team to ensure physical and data security procedures.
Working within a small close knit team, reporting to the Program Manager.
Demonstrating a willingness to work within a small, diverse, flexible team which may require performing ad-hoc jobs as required to complete project tasks.
Supporting daily activity, as required.
Communicating on a regular basis with all members of the team, the team management, other members of GNIS, and being actively involved in the ongoing commercial Both in person and remotely through email, phone, and video teleconference.
Interacting regularly with Project Partners.
Traveling, as required, to attend training, conferences, presentations, and exercises that align with the mission objectives.
Other duties as assigned.