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GEOINT Ground Systems Thread Engineer

LV8D Solutions LLC · Chantilly, VA · 3 wk ago
On-siteEngineeringFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? Actually we need to use headings for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections with real content. We must preserve all substantive info, remove boilerplate (EEO, etc). No job title heading. No Job ID. We need to extract content: Mission Context, Position Overview, Key Responsibilities, Required Qualifications, Security Requirements, Work Environment, About LV8D Solutions, Benefits. We need to map to headings: About the role (maybe mission context + position overview). Responsibilities (Key Responsibilities). Requirements (maybe Required Qualifications? Actually Requirements heading could contain both required qualifications and security? But we have separate Qualifications heading. The instruction: Use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Skills). So we need to decide which sections we have content for. We have: - About the role: could include Mission Context and Position Overview. - Responsibilities: Key Responsibilities list. - Requirements: maybe the "Required Qualifications" bullet list? But we also have Qualifications heading separate. The instruction says we can have both Requirements and Qualifications sections. Usually Requirements could be experience/education, Qualifications could be skills etc. But we have Required Qualifications (education+experience) and also Security Requirements, Work Environment, etc. Might treat "Requirements" as education/experience, "Qualifications" as skills/knowledge, "Skills" maybe not needed. We have content: Required Qualifications: Bachelors and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience ; PhD or JD and four (4) years or more experience; 2+ years of experience with GEOINT ground processing capabilities; Experience with GEOINT systems, including space/ground architectures, mission control, and mission processing; Knowledge of IC/DoD acquisition processes, roles, and program management; Domain knowledge in ground software, space development programs, or mission operations; Experience supporting Intelligence Community (IC) programs; Ability to operate independently, manage multiple priorities, and deliver high‑quality engineering products with minimal guidance; Strong organizational, communication, and analytical skills, able to convey complex information across technical and leadership audiences. That's a mix of qualifications and skills. Could split: Requirements (education/experience) and Qualifications (skills/knowledge). But we also have Security Requirements separate (clearance). Could be part of Requirements? Probably better to put Security Requirements under Requirements heading? But we have a separate heading for Security? Not in list. Could fold into Requirements or Qualifications. The instruction: include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it. So we can have a section for Security Requirements if we want, but not in the predefined list. The list is just examples; we can use other headings? It says use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It implies we should use those headings where applicable, but we could also use other headings if needed? Safer to stick to those. Thus we need to map content to those headings. We have: - About the role: Mission Context + Position Overview. - Responsibilities: Key Responsibilities. - Requirements: Education/experience (Bachelors+9 years etc) plus maybe Security Requirements? But Security Requirements is separate; maybe we can include under Requirements as well (clearance). Or we could create a separate section "Security" but not in list; better to include under Requirements. - Qualifications: Knowledge/skills/experience with GEOINT etc (the list after education). Could also include "Ability to operate independently..." etc. - Skills: maybe not needed; we could omit if no distinct skills beyond qualifications. - Benefits: Benefits section detailed. - Pay: Not mentioned; omit. - Schedule: Not mentioned; omit. Thus we will output sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Benefits. We need to use
  • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. For prose use

    . We must preserve all substantive info, not invent or summarize away detail. Must not include boilerplate like EEO, etc. We need to remove duplicated lines, cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. We need to ensure we keep all content from the posting that is substantive. Let's extract each piece. Mission Context: "LV8D Solutions supports national security space and intelligence customers delivering next-generation sensing and exploitation capabilities. The GEOINT Ground Systems Thread Engineer will work on a SETA program supporting a government contract in Chantilly, VA." Position Overview: "The GEOINT Ground Systems Thread Engineer, you will serve as a mission‑thread integrator, ensuring that GEOINT ground capabilities—from tasking to collection to processing to dissemination—operate coherently across programs, contractors, and enterprise stakeholders. You will work daily with senior Government leads, SETA teammates, and development contractors to baseline new capabilities, assess emerging technologies, shape architectural decisions, and ensure readiness of mission-critical ground services. Note: An active Top Secret/SCI clearance with Poly is required to be considered for this role Interested candidates need to thrive in an innovative, fast-paced environment; are highly motivated and not afraid to take on uncharted territory; possess strong communication, leadership, and organizational skills; and be able to prioritize their time to be effective in a dynamic environment." We need to keep the note about clearance and the candidate traits. Key Responsibilities: a long paragraph with multiple sentences each starting with a verb. We need to turn into list items. The text: "Support end‑to‑end engineering and analysis across GEOINT ground mission threads, ensuring technical and operational coherence from collection tasking through mission processing and product delivery Support definition, decomposition, and baseline of GEOINT ground capabilities, including requirements, CONOPS, interfaces, sequencing, and dependency mapping Provide technical oversight of contractor development, integration, and verification activities to ensure alignment with Government requirements and architectural direction Analyze operational workflows, identify performance gaps, and recommend enhancements to improve mission throughput, resiliency, and automation Support technical reviews, test events, readiness milestones, and enterprise integration activities to validate capability delivery and operational suitability Maintain cognizance of GEOINT mission projects, including baselines, schedules, interdependencies, risks, and cost drivers across the Ground Enterprise Conduct trade studies, evaluate emerging technologies, and shape future GEOINT ground architectures, including cloud‑native modernization and service‑based designs Evaluate impacts to cost, schedule, performance, and risk across mission threads and recommend mitigation strategies Review contractor proposals, technical reports, design artifacts, and program plans for feasibility, compliance, and alignment with enterprise priorities Coordinate across Government, SETA, FFRDC, and contractor teams to ensure alignment with strategic priorities, operational needs, and enterprise performance standards" We need each as

  • . Required Qualifications (education/experience): "Bachelors and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience ; PhD or JD and four (4) years or more experience". Also maybe we include "2+ years of experience with GEOINT ground processing capabilities" but that seems more like a qualification. We'll decide. We also have Security Requirements: "U.S. CitizenshipActive Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearanceActive Counterintelligence (CI) or Full Scope (FS) Polygraph". Actually the text: "Security Requirements: U.S. CitizenshipActive Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearanceActive Counterintelligence (CI) or Full Scope (FS) Polygraph". Need to separate with spaces? It's missing spaces but we can interpret. Work Environment: "On-site work in a government or contractor facility Occasional travel (up to 25%)". About LV8D Solutions: paragraph. Benefits: detailed list. We need to ensure we keep all substantive info. Let's capture all. Now we need to format. We'll produce:

    About the role

    LV8D Solutions supports national security space and intelligence customers delivering next-generation sensing and exploitation capabilities. The GEOINT Ground Systems Thread Engineer will work on a SETA program supporting a government contract in Chantilly, VA. The GEOINT Ground Systems Thread Engineer, you will serve as a mission‑thread integrator, ensuring that GEOINT ground capabilities—from tasking to collection to processing to dissemination—operate coherently across programs, contractors, and enterprise stakeholders. You will work daily with senior Government leads, SETA teammates, and development contractors to baseline new capabilities, assess emerging technologies, shape architectural decisions, and ensure readiness of mission-critical ground services. Note: An active Top Secret/SCI clearance with Poly is required to be considered for this role. Interested candidates need to thrive in an innovative, fast-paced environment; are highly motivated and not afraid to take on uncharted territory; possess strong communication, leadership, and organizational skills; and be able to prioritize their time to be effective in a dynamic environment.

    But note we duplicated "The GEOINT Ground Systems Thread Engineer" twice? Actually the Position Overview started with "The GEOINT Ground Systems Thread Engineer, you will serve..." We already have that sentence. We'll keep as is. Now Responsibilities:

    Responsibilities

    • Support end‑to‑end engineering and analysis across GEOINT ground mission threads, ensuring technical and operational coherence from collection tasking through mission processing and product delivery
    • Support definition, decomposition, and baseline of GEOINT ground capabilities, including requirements, CONOPS, interfaces, sequencing, and dependency mapping
    • Provide technical oversight of contractor development, integration, and verification activities to ensure alignment with Government requirements and architectural direction
    • Analyze operational workflows, identify performance gaps, and recommend enhancements to improve mission throughput, resiliency, and automation
    • Support technical reviews, test events, readiness milestones, and enterprise integration activities to validate capability delivery and operational suitability
    • Maintain cognizance of GEOINT mission projects, including baselines, schedules, interdependencies, risks, and cost drivers across the Ground Enterprise
    • Conduct trade studies, evaluate emerging technologies, and shape future GEOINT ground architectures, including cloud‑native modernization and service‑based designs
    • Evaluate impacts to cost, schedule, performance, and risk across mission threads and recommend mitigation strategies
    • Review contractor proposals, technical reports, design artifacts, and program plans for feasibility, compliance, and alignment with enterprise priorities
    • Coordinate across Government, SETA, FFRDC, and contractor teams to ensure alignment with strategic priorities, operational needs, and enterprise performance standards
    Now Requirements: include education/experience, security, work environment? Might be better to separate Security and Work Environment under Requirements? But we could also make separate sections but not in list. However we could include them as sub-items under Requirements. Let's decide: We'll put education/experience and security and work environment under Requirements heading as list items. Thus:

    Requirements

    • Bachelors and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience; PhD or JD and four (4) years or more experience
    • 2+ years of experience with GEOINT ground processing capabilities
    • Experience with GEOINT systems, including space/ground architectures, mission control, and mission processing
    • Knowledge of IC/DoD acquisition processes, roles, and program management
    • Domain knowledge in ground software, space development programs, or mission operations
    • Experience supporting Intelligence Community (IC) programs
    • Ability to operate independently, manage multiple priorities, and deliver high‑quality engineering products with minimal guidance
    • Strong organizational, communication, and analytical skills, able to convey complex

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