Cartography Analyst

Location

Springfield, VA | United States

Job description

Role Summary: The Cartographer will apply geospatial knowledge to acquire, analyze, compile, and disseminate location-based information and intelligence to populate, update geospatial databases and create GEOINT products. Responsibilities includes referencing source materials, update and/or create geospatial database entries, maps, and charts; submit work through the QA/QC process and meet deadlines. W ill provide services to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's (NGA) Source Directorate.

Role: Cartography Analyst - Multiple Positions

Work Environment:

• Location is flexible: NGA offices in Springfield, VA
  
• Travel up to 15% of the time

• Utilize geographic names information from the Geographic Names Database (GNDB)
• Follow standard operating procedures and applies basic tradecraft skills
• Complete cartographic finishing, feature extraction from maps, charts or various imagery sources, attribution population, and related experience
• Work with minimal oversight and often lead smaller teams in their service execution
• Assist subordinates in developing tradecraft skill in order to meet work objectives
• Collaborate with Government and other stakeholders to provide accurate technical information that contributes to synergized analysis that is better than the sum of the individual parts

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in geography, cartography, imagery analysis or military equivalent ; Additional experience can be substituted for education
• 3 - 12 years of experience in geography, cartography, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS), which includes skill in ArcGIS applications
• Experience creating shapefiles, geodatabases, and features
• Experience working with ESRI Production Line Tool Set (PLTS), Production Mapping, and Defense Mapping extensions or similar toolsets
• Ability to geo-rectify maps, charts and various sources

Security Clearance Requirements:  

• Active TS/SCI with ability to obtain and maintain a Counter-Intelligence (CI) Polygraph

Competencies & Skills:

• Clear and effective written and oral communication with team members and customer(s)
• Comfortable working with a team to achieve project completion
• Understands and applies more advanced concepts and processes to tasks
• Keen attention to detail 
• Proficiency using MS Office Suite
  

Axim Geospatial’s (Axim) mission is to use our expertise to provide clarity and solutions to help our customers solve the world’s national security, infrastructure, and environmental problems. We are the largest singular provider of end-to-end geospatial services and solutions in the U.S serving the communities in which we live. Our core competencies include: big data services, geomatics, business solutions, cloud services, infrastructure security, analytics and professional services. Our customers include national, state and local government, defense and intelligence, infrastructure, energy, commercial and environmental customers. Axim Geospatial is an NV5 company.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.

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