Full Motion Imagery Analyst SME

Join SMX as a Subject Matter Expert FMV Imagery Analyst and become an integral part of our high-performing team supporting Special Operations Forces (SOF) Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (PED) operations! In this exciting role, you’ll collaborate with organizational leaders, team members, and cross-functional partners to plan and deliver a dynamic range of PED support. You’ll work directly with supported commands to identify mission-specific requirements, prioritize resources, and ensure that intelligence readiness is perfectly aligned with emerging threats and operational challenges across diverse Areas of Responsibility (AORs). If you’re passionate about making an impact and driving mission success, we want to hear from you!

This position requires a DoD TS/SCI security clearance which requires US citizenship for work on DoD contracts.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Demonstrate willingness to work a flexible schedule, including nights and weekends as needed
• Provide analysis remotely from CONUS PED locations
• Perform near real-time observation, analysis, exploitation, and reporting of GEOINT data in accordance with DNI ICD 203 and SOCOM Joint PED standards
• Deliver quality outputs for all Screener, Reviewer, and production functions
• Manage a shift of analysts performing all FMV Analyst duties, ensuring final production is error-free and compliant with team Standard Operating Procedures
• Perform quality assurance and quality control reviews of all production efforts prior to government submission, and train others in these concepts
• Create team Standard Operating Procedures and establish chains of command within the assigned team and broader customer organization, training others in these concepts
• Liaison with AFRICOM and SOCAF foreign counterparts to support combined ISR intelligence missions at various deployed locations in Africa
• Coordinate with Foreign Disclosure Officers to ensure proper intelligence sharing under established intelligence agreements
• Interface with other intelligence organizations to prepare teams for exploitation of enemy personnel, and produce post-screening analytical products and assessments supporting targeting efforts and threat analysis
• Communicate effectively with intelligence and operations partner elements, leveraging subject matter expertise and operational experience to bridge operators and analysts and deliver advanced intelligence products
• Fuse new intelligence disciplines into assessments by incorporating historical FMV data, optical and non-optical imagery, satellite images, radar, and other intelligence sources to enhance products and overcome operational limitations
• Contribute to the production of intelligence assessments and products in support of deployed SOF to enable the F3EAD targeting cycle
• Apply intelligence techniques within specified Areas of Responsibility using logic, analysis, synthesis, creativity, judgment, and systematic approaches to gather, evaluate, and utilize multiple sources of information for informed decision-making, and contribute to shaping intelligence community exploitation tactics, techniques, and procedures
• Draft presentations and supporting documentation as needed

• Minimum 15 years of experience at the operational and tactical intelligence levels, including general experience with targeting, intelligence systems, and geospatial systems
• Minimum 10 years of hands-on IMINT and/or FMV analysis and production experience, with demonstrated advanced proficiency performing all FMV Analyst duties independently on the PED operations floor
• Demonstrated deployed experience in forward locations supporting SOF, including prior deployment to Africa assigned to a SOF unit providing intelligence support to tactical and operational SOF
• Experience providing direct analytical and targeting support to deployed SOF elements in support of Counter Violent Extremist Organization (VEO) and Counter Terrorism operations
• SOF targeting operations experience in the AFRICOM AOR is required; prior and/or advanced SOF targeting operations experience in the AFRICOM AOR is highly desired
• Firm understanding of the input, output, and flow of information in C5ISR environments, including ISR collection techniques, sensor and platform capabilities, and best practices for multi-INT product creation
• Expert understanding of intelligence tools and Motion Imagery PED software such as SOCETGXP, In Motion, Microsoft Office, Google Earth, AIDE, DCGS-A, MIRC, PIDGIN, GETS, AIMES, NGDS, GSR, CEDALION, and UVDS
• Ability to gather, interpret, compare, and analyze data to produce actionable reports and well-supported conclusions
• Experience researching, developing, and presenting all-source intelligence products at the operational level to senior leaders, including CT and regional analysis, GEOINT, HUMINT, SIGINT, OSINT/PAI, political/military analysis, and support to targeting
• Demonstrated advanced proficiency in explaining and anticipating requirements for the ARIES Contract customer’s mission sets, designations, and requirements, with the ability to train others on these concepts

The SMX salary determination process takes into account a number of factors, including but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories, relevant prior work experience, specific skills, education and certifications. At SMX, one of our Core Values is to Invest in Our People so we offer a competitive mix of compensation, learning & development opportunities, and benefits. Some key components of our robust benefits include health insurance, paid leave, and retirement.

The proposed salary for this position is:

$90,000 - $105,000 USD

At SMX®, we are a team of technical and domain experts dedicated to enabling your mission. From priority national security initiatives for the DoD to highly assured and compliant solutions for healthcare, we understand that digital transformation is key to your future success.

We share your vision for the future and strive to accelerate your impact on the world. We bring both cutting edge technology and an expansive view of what’s possible to every engagement. Our delivery model and unique approaches harness our deep technical and domain knowledge, providing forward-looking insights and practical solutions to power secure mission acceleration.

SMX is an Equal Opportunity employer including disabilities and veterans.

Selected applicant may be subject to a background investigation and/or education verification.

SMX does not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization or immigration related support for this position (i.e. H1B, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1, TN, E-2, E-3, L-1 and O-1, or any EADs or other forms of work authorization that require immigration support from an employer).