Expert-level Imagery Scientist

Nabout Leidos
Aurora, CO, 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

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

Job description

Leidos is seeking an Expert-level Imagery Scientist (OPIR) to represent our team at Buckley AFB, CO. This employee will serve as a customer-facing technical authority\n \n Primary Responsibilities\n \n Deliver deep physics- and math-driven analysis across optics, thermal radiation, and signal processing\n \n Leverage advanced geospatial data management (ArcGIS, SDE, SQL/Oracle), scripting and analytics tools (Python/R, Tableau)\n

Requirements

  • BS in BS management, electrical engineering, or 15+ years’ experience.\n
  • Typically requires a BA degree and 12 - 15 years of prior relevant experience or master’s with 10 - 13 years 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, * 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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