GEOINT Analyst , Mid

Job Type: Full-Time. Clearance: TS/SCI with ability to obtain/maintain CI Polygraph as required. Must be a U.S. Citizen.

About the role

Castalia Systems is seeking an GEOINT Analyst, Mid, to support the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) in St. Louis. The mission of NGA is to provide Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) for our nation's security, enabling customer success through assured access to and confidence in GEOINT data, capabilities, and insights. The mission of the Analysis Directorate is to develop exceptional analytical expertise to deliver integrated GEOINT that informs and enables the national security mission.

Responsibilities

• Provide geospatial technical expertise to SF Standards documents/processes, and other National Meetings as specified by the Government.
• Provide subject matter expertise in ISO 19115 Geographic Information Metadata and ISO 19139 XML Schema Implementation.
• Collaborate with NSG community to develop, define, and refine an implementation for the NSGMetadata Foundation (NMF).
• Generate scripts to automate the generation of metadata files.
• Provide subject matter expertise in data standards, data modeling, and schema development.
• Work with government contractors and GIS application vendors to develop standardized data exchange and increase interoperability.
• Collaborate with national partners in the interpretation of extraction guidance, feature requirements, and metadata concepts.
• Leverage knowledge gleaned from the GIS community to support SF Foundation Data production efforts.
• Utilize ArcGIS Defense Solutions to examine physical implementations and cross reference databases for translation between standards.
• Support NGA Quality Assurance Capability (QAC) developments and associated meetings that arise in support of this Quality Assurance tool; QAC meetings occur twice a year and swap between the Washington, DC and St Louis, MO areas.
• Support NGA in developing standards related training materials, geospatial production workflows using ArcGIS Defense Solutions, and data quality assurance procedures, including QAC, to evaluate contractor, commercial, and co-produced data.
• Assist with development and maintenance of lntellipedia and lntelDocs pages in support of SF standards developments.
• Assist NGA leadership with coordinating and running Configuration Control Board (CCB) meetings between the NGA authoritative data domains and the contract, user, and vendor communities.
• Maintain specific extraction/finishing "Question & Answer" Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) documents, which are held within IntelDocs and accessible by the NSG community.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of experience conducting analysis relevant to specific labor category.
• Bachelor's degree in area related to labor category is highly preferred.
• Knowledge of standard geospatial analysis software suites including but not limited to, ERDAS IMAGINE, ArcMap, ArcView, FalconView, and Socet Set.
• Proficiency in Extensible Markup Language (XML), XML Schema Documents (XSD), and Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL).
• Knowledge of NGA specified digital data formats will be used including but not limited to, vector data, shape file and spatial database, GML, XML.
• Knowledge of lntelink database.
• Understanding of several NGA products such as Controlled Image Base (ClBl), Topographic Line Maps (TLMs), Digital Terrain Elevation Data (DTED), Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM), National Technical Means (NTM), Digital Nautical Chart (DNC), Digital Vertical Obstruction File (DVOF), Boundary Information, in relation to data capture and finishing processes.
• Ability to prepare comprehensive technical reports, which will include preparing textual and graphic reports on standardization efforts and process developments.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401k matching
• Generous PTO
• Paid holidays
• Professional training opportunities
• Pet insurance