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Job specifications are intended to present a descriptive list of the range of duties performed by employees. Specifications are not intended to reflect all duties performed within the job. The employer retains the right to change or assign other duties to this position.

SUMMARY:

As a Geospatial Analyst, the successful candidate will participate on a team engaged in:

(1) collecting, processing, and delivering of geospatial data; (2) perform quality assurance and quality control on data products; (3) managing and organizing large volumes of geospatial data; (4) providing technical support and assistance to

partners/end-users and (5) working side-by-side with a team of Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) professionals to plan the execution of new GEOINT 2D/3D production workflows.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Essential functions are intended to present a descriptive list of the range of duties performed by employees. This list of essential functions is not intended to reflect every duty that may be performed within the job.

• Be a part of a team responsible for performing a diverse set of geospatial processing and production tasks.
• Provide Geospatial production expertise to support the development of innovative automated production workflows and capabilities.
• Perform time-sensitive ad-hoc production of 3D GEOINT content in response to tactical, mission-critical end-user requests.
• Collaborate with end-users to ensure 3D GEOINT content can be easily accessed and integrated into existing software and workflows.
• Produce GEOINT user tutorials and user-friendly documentation showcasing how to exploit 3D geospatial intelligence to create analyses and visualizations in common software applications.
• Support sourcing geospatial data from open-source, onsite, commercial and Government Furnished Information (GFI) repositories to support new and existing production requirements.
• Support prototype and production workflows within HPC, Supercomputer and Cloud processing environments.
• Maintain regular communication with customer, subcontractors and vendor staff members.
• Take on, lead and complete project tasks, as assigned, independently with minimal oversight from Project Manager.
• Work with the team to ensure physical and data security procedures.
• Work within a small close knit team, reporting to the Program Manager.
• Demonstrate a willingness to work within a small, diverse, flexible team which may require performing ad-hoc jobs as required to complete project tasks.
• Support daily activity, as required.
• Communicate on a regular basis with all members of the team, the team management, other members of GNIS, and be actively involved in the ongoing commercial Both in person and remotely through email, phone, and video teleconference.
• Interact regularly with Project Partners.
• Travel, as required, to attend training, conferences, presentations, and exercises that align with the mission objectives.
• Other duties as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS/QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

• 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).

PREFERRED:

• 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

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• 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.

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the following essential functions.

None.

This 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 for this position is in a secured, access-controlled facility on the campus of Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop; kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Occasionally, as assigned.

Department of Defense (DoD) SECRET, with the ability to obtain and maintain a TOP SECRET clearance. U.S. Citizenship is required.

Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance. In addition, a satisfactory background screening, negative drug test, positive references and proof of identity and legal authorization to work in the United States are required.

As an equal opportunity employer, The Tatitlek Corporation recognizes that our strength lies in our people. Discrimination and all unlawful harassment, including sexual harassment, in employment is not tolerated. We encourage success based on our individual merits and abilities without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected Veteran’s status or employment.