What are the responsibilities and job description for the Terrain Database Developer position at Strategic Alliance Consulting, Inc?
Job Description
Strategic ACI is seeking a Terrain Database Developer to join our team. Strategic ACI provides specialized systems engineering, integration, testing, and data production support to the Army Geospatial Center (AGC). The work involves developing, curating, and testing foundational 3D geospatial datasets in support of operational and prototype US Army geospatial programs.
Responsibilities:
- Utilize knowledge and skills in GIS and remote sensing applications for digital image and GIS processing, analysis, visualization and/or digital cartographic techniques.
- Develop, edit, and disseminate data for use with Army Geospatial Intelligence exploitation systems and architectures.
- Work with imagery collection, exploitation and dissemination systems and methods.
- Apply geographic knowledge to solve complex challenges related to feature creation, editing, and updating in standardized vector data schemas.
Qualifications:
Required:
- Active Secret Clearance.
- A bachelor's degree in Geography, Remote Sensing, Computer Science or related discipline.
- 5 years of experience in a related field (GIS Production, GEOINT, Geospatial Systems Engineering, Modeling and Simulation, etc.).
- Experience working with LIDAR and Aerial Imagery to collect and compile data into structured databases.
- Ability to develop and present effective technical presentations.
- Experience in Microsoft Office applications, graphic/visual diagram editing.
- Ability to develop and maintain individual milestones and schedules to meet program objectives.
- Experience with Esri ArcGIS Software.
- Familiarity working with LiDAR Point Clouds, Digital Elevation Models (DEM) and other 3D data sources.
- Experience deriving 3D terrain surfaces from varying levels of detail and accuracy.
- Familiarity with 3D terrain formats.
Desired:
- Familiarity with QGIS.
- Experience using RUGUD and/or TerraTools to create virtual terrain simulation datasets.
- Familiarity with industry and open-source geospatial data schemas and formats (Ex. Shapefiles, Geodatabase, GeoPackage, OSM, XML, JSON, GeoJSON, etc.).
- Production process automation and enhancement.
- Scripting for data translation and process automation (Ex. Python, R, JavaScript, SQL, etc.).
- Familiarity leveraging Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Common Database (CDB) in support of simulations.
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About Strategic Alliance Consulting, Inc
Strategic Alliance Consulting Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
It has been and will continue to be a fundamental policy of Strategic ACI not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, marital status, partnership status, domestic violence victim status, sexual orientation, age, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, veteran or military status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, caregiver status, unemployment status or any other characteristic prohibited by federal, state and/or local laws.
This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including hiring, promotion, demotion, compensation, training, working conditions, transfer, job assignments, benefits, layoff, and termination. Applicants can learn more about the company’s status as an equal opportunity employer by viewing the federal EEO is the Law poster.
Why choose a career with Strategic ACI?
Strategic Alliance Consulting, Inc. believes that our greatest asset is our employees. Our goal is not to meet our staff’s expectations, but to exceed them. Competitive salaries, work-life balance, industry leading benefits packages, and family first values are at the core of Strategic ACI’s culture.
Where benefits meet your needs:
- Competitive salary
- 100% benefits paid (Includes: Health, Dental, and Vision premiums) for all full-time employees, and their families
- 401(k) with 5% match vested at day one
- PTO – 3 weeks and 3 days per year, increasing at 5 years service
- 11 Company Paid Holidays (aligned with Federal Government)
- Long term/Short term disability
- 1.5x salary Life Insurance
- $100 per month Cellular Device and IT Resource Benefit
- $6,000 Cash in Lieu of Benefits per year, if employee is insured elsewhere
- Tuition reimbursement of up to $5,250 per year for college or professional certifications
- Retirement Savings 401(k) Contribution - Annually calculated as percentage of salary
Salary : $5,250
