Imagery Analyst
Peraton · Springfield, VA, US ·
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 4+ years
- Salary
- USD 104,000 – 166,000 / year
Analyzes imagery from sensors like SAR, IR, and PAN to assess quality, identify artifacts, and improve system performance for national security programs.
Responsibilities
We are seeking a motivated IMAGERY ANALYST. We are looking for support in evaluating the visual quality of imagery for new systems and to quantify the changes in product quality of existing products due to system changes. Candidates will need to work on various sensors (PAN, IR, MSI, SAR, FMV, etc.) and products. Knowledge or experience in imagery exploitation, artifact/anomaly identification, and quality scales (NIIRS) is a benefit to the position. This position is critical to supporting exploitation operations by improving the quality and functionality of imagery systems used by our customer.
Qualifications
Required Experience:
Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and eligible to participate in an attractive bonus plan.
- Must have a minimum of a Top Secret clearance and willing to upgrade clearance to TS/SCI and sit for and pass a polygraph within 30 days of employment or at customers request- Contract requires TS/SCI with poly.
- 5+ years Imagery analysis experience in the Intelligence Community at the national level.
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in related technical or scientific fields such as engineering, physics, mathematics, operations research, engineering management, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or related STEM degree program; an additional 4 years of experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.
- Strong background in SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) imagery tasking, collection, processing, exploitation and dissemination chain
- Attended either an Imagery Geospatial Intelligence Training Program or DoD equivalent
- Knowledge of soft copy exploitation functionalities
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Knowledge of RemoteView, IEC, SOCET GXP, and other imagery display software, and common office software to include PowerPoint presentations, spreadsheets, word processing
- Knowledge of the intelligence collection process
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
- Willingness to learn, solve problems and perform in a dynamic work environment
Preferred Skillset:
- Bachelors degree
- Understanding and application of image quality standards (e.g. NIIRS), scales, metrics and image quality equations.
- Knowledge of NSG tasking, collection, processing, exploitation and dissemination (TCPED) image chain
- Knowledge of sensor imaging systems, products, and exploitation processes
Peraton Overview
Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.