GEOINT Standards Developer - Data & Web Services - Junior to Mid Level
Location: Springfield, VA/St. Louis, MO or Huntsville, AL
TS/SCI Clearance Required
General Responsibilities:
- Write GEOINT requirements as Standards and Profiles of Standards adopted by U.S. and International organizations.
- Ensure capability Standards for GEOINT data, geospatial data, GEOINT, and for APIs satisfy requirements across NGA and partners.
- Represent a standards working group and NGA in U.S. and international standards organizations
- Collaborate, test and assist others in development and use of geospatial standards.
- Support the validation of standards for implementation and compliance.
Skills and Experience:
Required Skills:
- Active TS/SCI clearance
- GEOINT domain experience with one or more applications of real-world GEOINT
- Working experience with geospatial information and metadata
- Able to work in a cloud-based, collaborative computing environment
- Experience working with spatiotemporal or multi-dimensional data
- Able to comprehend technical documentation and express reasoned views on compatibility and improvements in the documentation
Desired Skills:
- Familiar with geospatial and information technology standards, formats or application interfaces
- Experience in the use of existing OGC standards and industry best practices related to visualization, features, spatiotemporal data, and coordinate reference systems.
- Familiar with a software language.
- Use of HTTP REST, API's, XML, XML Schema, and OpenAPI.
- Familiarity with the major varieties of JSON (JSON-LD, GeoJSON, JSON-B, etc.).
- Working knowledge of relational databases and SQL query.
- International technical or business relations and travel
Work Level:
- Self-guided individual work
- Proactive team member
- Task Lead
Education/Certification Required:
- Jr: Bachelor's degree, or Associates degree plus 2-year experience, or minimum of 4 years' experience, in relevant field.
- Mid: Master's degree, Bachelor's degree plus 2 year experience, Associates degree plus 4 years' experience, or a minimum of 6 years' experience, in relevant field.