GEOINT Standards Developer - Imagery Standards - Senior Level with Security Clearance

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