Expert Level Spectral Integration Engineer
About the role
Lead the engineering, integration, and deployment of enterprise-scale spectral exploitation environments supporting GEOINT mission operations.
Serve as a trusted technical advisor to government leadership, providing expertise on strategic vision, technical roadmaps, system capabilities, and enterprise integration.
Translate mission needs and customer requirements into scalable technical solutions and systems capability requirements.
Plan and execute complex systems integration activities across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments.
Collaborate with systems engineers, developers, and Image Scientists to ensure end-to-end interoperability across the NSG TCPED Enterprise.
Analyze user requirements, system architectures, workflows, and technical dependencies to improve performance, automation, and operational efficiency.
Establish and maintain an integrated Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (PED) environment that enables advanced spectral exploitation tradecraft for image scientists.
Ensure the integrity, scalability, and performance of complex system-of-systems architectures supporting national intelligence missions.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Imagery Analysis, or another STEM-related discipline
- Additional experience may be substituted for education (4 years with no degree or 2 years with a non-STEM degree)
- 18+ years of relevant experience
- 5+ years of experience integrating sensor programs into large, complex System-of-Systems or Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) environments across cloud, on-premises, or hybrid infrastructures
- 5+ years supporting NGA programs or projects
- Experience integrating spectral data into spectral exploitation tools
- Experience integrating cloud-based technologies and enterprise solutions
- Strong understanding of the Systems Engineering Lifecycle
- Demonstrated knowledge of the National System for Geospatial-Intelligence (NSG), Allied System for Geospatial-Intelligence (ASG), and National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) enterprise environments
- Active TS/SCI clearance or the ability to obtain SCI eligibility and successfully pass a polygraph