BAE Systems, Inc.
Imagery Analyst/Documentation Specialist- Falls Church or Sterling, VA
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The Imagery Analyst provides geospatial analysis services utilizing GIS software, conducts photointerpretation, and collaborates with teams to support AI training data creation.
Job Description
BAE Systems is seeking a motivated, experienced Imagery Analyst to join our team supporting the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). Candidates must demonstrate the ability to understand intelligence issues, military affairs, and use GIS skills and software to create, edit, and review geospatial intelligence and imagery products.
Responsibilities for this position include providing imagery and geospatial analysis services in the Machine Learning disciplines to facilitate the creation, review, and verification of training data for use in Artificial Intelligence platforms. Candidates must apply photointerpretation skills to available imagery, multi-INT, and other source data sources to properly identify, categorize, and annotate target objects. Candidates are expected to possess strong order of battle subject matter expertise. Additionally, candidates must possess strong communication and collaboration skills.
Required Education, Experience, & Skills
Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $77809 - $132275
Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.
Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.
About BAE Systems Intelligence & Security
BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it's what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts - defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a team-making a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you'll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference.
Intelligence & Security (I&S), based in McLean, Virginia, designs and delivers advanced defense, intelligence, and security solutions that support the important missions of our customers. Our pride and dedication shows in everything we do-from intelligence analysis, cyber operations and IT expertise to systems development, systems integration, and operations and maintenance services. Knowing that our work enables the U.S. military and government to recognize, manage and defeat threats inspires us to push ourselves and our technologies to new levels.
BAE Systems is seeking a motivated, experienced Imagery Analyst to join our team supporting the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). Candidates must demonstrate the ability to understand intelligence issues, military affairs, and use GIS skills and software to create, edit, and review geospatial intelligence and imagery products.
Responsibilities for this position include providing imagery and geospatial analysis services in the Machine Learning disciplines to facilitate the creation, review, and verification of training data for use in Artificial Intelligence platforms. Candidates must apply photointerpretation skills to available imagery, multi-INT, and other source data sources to properly identify, categorize, and annotate target objects. Candidates are expected to possess strong order of battle subject matter expertise. Additionally, candidates must possess strong communication and collaboration skills.
Required Education, Experience, & Skills
- 4+ years of demonstrated imagery or geospatial analysis experience in the Intelligence Community at the national level, and/or military operational level, including GEOINT exploitation and reporting.
- ORDER OF BATTLE experience
- Experience and proficiency using GIS or imagery viewing and exploitation software such as SOCET GXP, ArcGIS, QGIS, RemoteView, ERDAS IMAGINE, ENVI, Google Earth.
- Attended a certified imagery schoolhouse or the Geospatial Intelligence Training Program.
- Experience with Machine Learning training data creation, annotation, and review as well as Structured Observation Management
- Order of battle knowledge including air, sea, and ground equipment and infrastructure.
- Knowledge of the intelligence collection process.
- Experience in targeting and precision point mensuration.
- Demonstrated good oral and written communication skills.
- Knowledge of common office software to include Adobe, MS Office 365 to support the building of slide presentations, spreadsheets, word processing.
- Ability to work in a very dynamic and demanding work environment.
- Ability to attain and maintain GPC-F and IA-II certifications.
Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
- Working with multi-int information and data.
- Experience with multi-modal imagery exploitation.
- Experience using ESRI ArcPro and extensions for analytical support.
- Experience using, creating, updating, and maintaining geodatabases.
- Bachelors in GIS, Geography, or related major.
- Experience with Python scripting and geospatial modeling.
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $77809 - $132275
Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.
Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.
About BAE Systems Intelligence & Security
BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it's what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts - defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a team-making a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you'll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference.
Intelligence & Security (I&S), based in McLean, Virginia, designs and delivers advanced defense, intelligence, and security solutions that support the important missions of our customers. Our pride and dedication shows in everything we do-from intelligence analysis, cyber operations and IT expertise to systems development, systems integration, and operations and maintenance services. Knowing that our work enables the U.S. military and government to recognize, manage and defeat threats inspires us to push ourselves and our technologies to new levels.
Top Skills
Arcgis
Envi
Erdas Imagine
Google Earth
Python
Qgis
Remoteview
Socet Gxp
BAE Systems, Inc. Los Angeles, California, USA Office
5140 W Goldleaf Circle, Los Angeles, CA, United States, 90056-1299
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