Geospatial Task Lead

The MITRE Corporation • McLean, VA

6d • Onsite

About The Position

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The Mission Operations Department supports ODNI’s mission centers by strengthening warning, collection, analysis, and enterprise coordination. The department helps ODNI identify seams across mission areas, reduce fragmentation, and build integrated responses to complex national security challenges. It provides the technical depth, analytic support, and operational understanding required to help centers work as a unified enterprise advancing ODNI’s intelligence integration mandate.
Roles & Responsibilities:
N923, Mission Operations Department seeks a Task Leader to lead the design and implementation of geospatial Information Technology (IT) solutions. The role will have varied components, ranging from direct engagement with sponsor government leadership, coordinating with other contractor support both inside and outside of the sponsor environment, as well as leading MITRE experts in geospatial engineering and data science working in this mission space. Qualified candidates will have significant demonstrated experience on building geospatial capabilities; coordinating and collaborating with multi-discipline teams; providing strategic oversight, system planning/road mapping, and technical leadership; and working directly with senior government leadership.
The position involves extensive collaboration across the U.S. government and requires experience working with multiple Agencies, Departments, and external partners to develop and implement geospatial capabilities. A current active U.S. Government TS/SCI clearance with CI polygraph is required.

Requirements

• Demonstrated strong interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, with senior executives, congressional committees, and national-level leadership.
• At least 5 years’ demonstrated experience supporting the Intelligence and National Defense Communities developing advanced geospatial capabilities that integrates dozens of data sets from multiple sources for whole of government solutions.
• Minimum of 10 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 8 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 5 years’ experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• Bachelor’s Degree in a technical (e.g., Geographic Information Systems, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science) or national security-related (e.g., Intelligence, Political Science, Criminal Justice) field.
• An existing, active TS/SCI clearance with CI polygraph
• U.S. Citizenship required
• This position requires a minimum of 4 days a week on-site.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Government Senior Executives, Government Lead, and across stakeholders to develop strategic oversight, system planning/road mapping.
• Collaborating and coordinating with both government leaders and contractors inside and across multiple organizations.
• Providing technical advice, leadership, and guidance on geospatial IT solutions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees