FADA is seeking a visionary and highly skilled Senior GEOINT Specialist to lead the development, integration, and delivery of a next-generation geospatial imagery and intelligence platform. This pivotal role spans from translating mission priorities into concrete system behaviors to shaping how the platform is engineered, deployed, and evolved over time. It combines deep domain expertise in satellite imagery and GEOINT workflows with strong technical skills to develop scalable geospatial systems that support operational tasking, data integration, and mission-oriented workflows.
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Key Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain core components of FADA’s geospatial imagery and intelligence platform, including imagery ingestion, cataloging, tasking workflows, and mission-specific visualization tools.
- Contribute hands-on to the platform's architecture, ensuring modularity, scalability, and maintainability in alignment with cloud-native and microservice design principles.
- Translate operational and mission needs into technical requirements, defining and prioritizing platform capabilities in line with product milestones.
- Lead and implement system integration and interoperability, connecting with satellite providers, ground segments, ISR systems, GIS platforms, and external data feeds.
- Define and implement ingestion and data fusion strategies for EO/SAR and other geospatial sources, ensuring high-quality metadata and analytics readiness.
- Help define the UX architecture strategy to ensure an intuitive, responsive, and mission-aligned interface.
- Validate platform behavior across demo, MVP, and operational environments, helping refine features, resolve integration issues, and improve performance.
- Provide hands-on guidance and architectural leadership to the technical team, ensuring best practices in secure coding, version control, and CI/CD processes.
- Establish technical standards, documentation protocols, and architecture review practices to ensure technical consistency and system ownership.
- Collaborate with data scientists to integrate advanced analytics and AI/ML modules (e.g., computer vision) into user workflows and develop scalable solutions for multi-source analysis.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Geospatial Science, Remote Sensing, Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, or a closely related technical field.
- 8+ years of progressive experience in geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) platforms, GIS, or space-based intelligence applications, with a strong focus on imagery systems and data integration.
- Deep hands-on experience in developing and maintaining geospatial software, including data ingestion, cataloging, tasking, and visualization tools.
- Strong understanding of GEOINT workflows, satellite imagery interpretation, and geospatial platforms within defense, intelligence, or space organizations.
- Strong understanding of modern software architectural patterns (e.g., microservices, event-driven architectures) and cloud-native principles.
- Familiarity with geospatial data standards (e.g., STAC, OGC), imagery formats, and geospatial databases.
- Proficiency in Python, JavaScript, or similar languages for geospatial development.
