GEOINT Standards Developer - Imagery Standards

Peraton is seeking a Senior Level GEOINT Standards Developer - Imagery Standards - for the NFE program.

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.

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and eligible to participate in an attractive bonus plan.

Required Skills and Tasks:

• Active TS/SCI clearance with ability to pass a poly
• Able to develop & use more complex concepts & processes
• Performs multiple tasks at specialist level
• Leads multiple Junior/Mid-level personnel
• May be recognized as a SME
• Evaluates & recommends new technology & processes based upon cost, risk, mission

Work Level:

• Leadership
• Management
• Key member of team
• Oversees or monitors task(s)
• Provides issue resolution 

Education/Certification Required:

• Master’s degree plus 4, Bachelor’s degree plus 6 year experience, Associates degree plus 8 years’ experience, or a minimum of 10 years’ experience, in relevant field.

Desired Skills:

• Understanding of Imaging Process
  • Concepts of sensors & how they work
  • Concepts of sensor collection parameters
• Understanding of Imaging Workflow
  • Concepts 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 workflow
• Understanding of GEOINT Standards core components
  • File 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 encoding
    • Understand 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/cons
  • Image formats vs Image compression
    • Understand 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 & why
  • Dissemination Protocols
    • Block FTP vs Streaming protocols
    • Encapsulation in IP or other server/client protocols
• Clear & concise technical writing to unambiguously convey technical concepts & guidance
  • Clearly 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 SMEs
• Be proactive in finding information or understanding new topics
  • Ask questions, develop understanding to level that you can convey concepts to others
  • Consistently demonstrate willingness to learn & follow through
• Facilitate technical discussions with community experts
  • Scope topic appropriately, keep discussions on track to achieve desired outcome
  • Generate & present slides to all levels of audiences regarding GEOINT standards 

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