Geospatial Analyst (TS/SCI)

Vantor is seeking a Geospatial Analyst to join the Special Operations Component Command - Africa. This position requires a TS/SCI clearance and is on-site in Stuttgart, Germany. You will be joining a team of multi-discipline, multi-INT analysts developing innovative, front-line products that provide actionable intelligence for decision makers in the field. You will provide technical support to customer projects involving dynamic geospatial information to include social media and foundational intelligence data.  Key types of analytics expected will be fusing multiple sources of information into key findings, and geo-temporal pattern-of-life analysis to provide insight to customer requirements. You will will assist in the implementation of emerging capabilities, using leading edge technologies to perform analysis and derive information from large geospatial data sets.

Vantor enables the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and its allies to better monitor, understand and respond to global events, deter threats and ensure global security. Together, the many elements of Vantor can help the DOD meet its far-reaching modernization goals, maintain decision advantage, and rapidly identify and predict change.

Responsibilities

• Gather requirements, determine scope, and estimate hours needed to develop and deliver custom geospatial analytic solutions to our government customer

• Produce custom information layers derived from social media and other open-source data sources using COTS and proprietary software

• Collaborate daily with cross-functional internal and external team members and occasionally third party vendors, sometimes as project lead, and other times under other team member leadership

• Identify and implement improvements to system designs and processing methodologies to improve efficiency, scale, reliability, and mitigate operational risk

• Maintain production line operations and other tasks as needed to satisfy customers and fulfill contractual commitments

• Advise, train, mentor, and learn from other team members on technical topics

• Write procedures, methods, workflow documents and standard operating processes

Required Qualifications:

• Active Top Secret security clearance, must be SCI eligible

• Bachelor's degree

• 5+ years of experience GIS, remote sensing, and/or photogrammetry, or advanced degree

• Experience with the various geo-processing functions

• Experience with data management, and data visualization techniques

Preferred Qualifications

• Scripting experience with Python, GDAL, ENVI IDL, and/or ArcGIS Model Builder

• Master's degree  Information Technology, Geographic Information Science (GIS) or related field

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