What are the responsibilities and job description for the NGA Arabic Toponymist position at Quick Services LLC?
CLEARANCE REQUIRED: TS/SCI
This job is located at: Washington D.C
Job description:
shall provide Open Source (OS) Research support to the Hard Target Programs as part of the Middle East - Central South West Asia Integrated Strategy Division. This contractor shall embed with analysts in the Office of the Middle East and Southwest Asia (AOS). The contractor shall discover, retrieve, and analyze open & classified source data; and apply expertise in evaluating & acquiring sources of data. The contractor shall utilize regional and subject matter expertise to provide information tailored to mission requirements. The contractor shall collaborate with other agencies and outside institutions to enhance information access and resource sharing, and they shall recommend & acquire source materials to enhance geospatial open source reporting.
(U//FOUO) The contractor shall provide Arabic OS researchers to create & execute effective research plans, and collaborate closely with customers to ensure OS collection requirements are met in an accurate and timely fashion. Advise customers and management on collection issues, recommend options to improve collection, participate in current & future systems architecture development and new software tools evaluation. The contractor shall participate & present at internal and external working groups and attend meetings/conferences involving the OS community.
(U) Additionally, the contractor shall
- Utilize Arabic linguistic skills and existing experience or education in analyzing Middle East issues
- Provide onsite and co-located research support to both the Analysis and Source Directorate analysts from multiple locations
- Develop and execute open source research plans in accordance with NGA methodologies utilizing multiple databases and resources
- Evaluate sources gathered against requirements, deliver information in prescribed formats, and disseminate to/though appropriate mechanisms
- Participate and collaborate in/through cross-agency forums
- Enter/input open source research activities in appropriate mechanisms for production tracking and metrics gathering
- Conduct product research
- Provide proactive research updates to websites, (e.g. lntellipedia) and other sites used by Research Center customers
Required Qualifications:
- TS/SCI clearance
- Minimum of four years of open source research
- Experience with ArcGIS
Desired Qualifications:
Requirements
Why work for QSL?
Our founders, Mel Wick and Bill Cronin, retired from storied careers in the Special Operations Forces (SOF) Community. Like many Americans and military veterans, they felt a strong desire to support the nations response to the 9/11/2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in any way they could. They established QSL to do just that, Stay in the Fight! QSL is built on a SOF culture, emphasizing selfless-service and teamwork. Our employees work to ensure that warfighters have every possible resource and all necessary support to safely accomplish their missions in defense of our nation.
QSL's Benefit Package
Because we believe our employees are our most valuable asset, offering a competitive comprehensive compensation package is very important to us. It is the goal of QSL to attract and retain the highest level of experience and technical talent necessary for successful performance. In order to accomplish this, we feel that it is necessary to provide satisfying work, an excellent work environment, and we continually monitor the marketplace to ensure that our total compensation/benefit package remains competitive.
Listed below are some of our standard benefits. We combine all traditional paid time off (Federal holidays, sick time, leave time personal days, jury duty, bereavement, etc.) into one category which allows employees flexibility in how they use their leave time and enables them to better balance their career with their personal needs.
- Combined Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Medical, Dental, Life Insurance
- Disability (Short-Term and Long-Term)
- Vision Insurance (CONUS-based employees)
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Employee Referral Bonus Program
- Employee Discount Programs
- Critical Illness and Accident Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not and will not discriminate in employment and personnel practices based on race, sex, age, disability, veteran status, religion, national origin or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. Hiring, transferring, and promotion practices are performed without regard to the above listed items. EEO/AAP, M, F, V, D.
