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 clearanceAble to develop & use more complex concepts & processesPerforms multiple tasks at specialist levelLeads multiple Junior / Mid-level personnelMay be recognized as a SMEEvaluates & recommends new technology & processes based upon cost, risk, missionWork Level :
LeadershipManagementKey member of teamOversees or monitors task(s)Provides issue resolutionEducation / 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 fieldDesired Skills :
Understanding of Imaging ProcessConcepts of sensors & how they work
Concepts of sensor collection parametersUnderstanding of Imaging WorkflowConcepts 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 workflowUnderstanding of GEOINT Standards core componentsFile 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 encodingUnderstand 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 / consImage formats vs Image compressionUnderstand 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 & whyDissemination ProtocolsBlock FTP vs Streaming protocols
Encapsulation in IP or other server / client protocolsClear & concise technical writing to unambiguously convey technical concepts & guidanceClearly 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 SMEsBe proactive in finding information or understanding new topicsAsk questions, develop understanding to level that you can convey concepts to others
Consistently demonstrate willingness to learn & follow throughFacilitate technical discussions with community expertsScope topic appropriately, keep discussions on track to achieve desired outcome
Generate & present slides to all levels of audiences regarding GEOINT standards
