Expert-level Imagery Scientist

Nabout Leidos
Springfield, VA, United States
about 1 month ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
10 years minimum
Compensation
$116,350.0 - $210,325.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Microsoft Access Microsoft Excel Geographic Information Systems Artificial Intelligence ArcGIS (Software) Relational Databases Spatial Databases Python (Programming Language) Oracle (Applications) Performance Tuning Signal Processing SQL Databases
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Tableau (Software) Scripting Session Description Protocol Security Descriptions (SDES) Data Management Tools for Reporting

Requirements

This exciting opportunity will have you servings as a customer-facing technical authority, delivering deep physics- and math-driven analysis across optics, thermal radiation, and signal processing, while leveraging advanced geospatial data management (ArcGIS, SDE, SQL/Oracle), scripting and analytics tools (Python/R, Tableau), and a forward-leaning understanding of AI integration in intelligence workflows, with the communication skills and professional presence required to represent Leidos and provide informal technical leadership.\n, * Typically requires a BS degree and 12- 15 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 10 - 13years of prior relevant experience. (Must be able to obtain minimum of 18 combined experience points as defined by customer requirements)\n

  • Strong physics & math with optics, thermal radiation, and signal processing experience.\n
  • Knowledge of extraction and metadata specifications, relational database management system (RDBMS) best practices & performance tuning/optimization, enterprise geodatabases like spatial database engines (SDEs). Arc Suite, ArcGIS for Server, Excel, Access, SQL, Oracle.\n
  • Serve as a customer-facing technical lead, requiring strong written and verbal communication skills, the ability to represent Leidos professionally with government stakeholders, and the capability to provide informal team leadership and mentorship as mission needs dictate.\n
  • Active TS/SCI with willingness to get a CI Polygraph\n, * Demonstrated understanding of cartographic principles.\n
  • Understanding of ArcGIS Online & Portal for data management.\n
  • Knowledge of Tableau.\n
  • Familiarity with emerging Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, tools, and methodologies, with an understanding of their applications, implications, and integration into daily geospatial and intelligence workflows.\n
  • Professional certifications, particularly GPC Fundamentals.\n

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