Allen Integrated Solutions

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 clearance
• 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 8 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