GEOINT Standards Developer - Imagery Standards - Senior Level

GEOINT Standards Developer - Imagery Standards - Senior Level

Clearance Required : TS / SCI

Minimum Years' Experience : 12

Overall Assignment Description :

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 :

NITF

NITF Extensions (MIE4NITF, SIDD, SICD, etc.)

NATO Imagery STANAGs (NSIF, for instance)

Motion Imagery standards & 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.

Required Skills and Tasks :

Active TS / SCI clearance

Able to develop & use more 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, Bachelor's degree plus 6 year experience, Associates degree plus 8 years' experience, or a minimum of 8 years' experience, in relevant field

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., NITE 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