DarkStar Intelligence
Cartographer - JM
The Role
Cartographer - JM
Position Summary
The Cartographer will design and produce professional intelligence cartographic products that effectively communicate complex subject matter to diverse audiences. This role requires a strong balance between cartographic design principles and technical expertise, ensuring high-quality, visually compelling, and analytically sound map products.
Location: McLean, VAFLSA Status: Regular, Full-Time
Security Clearance Level: TS/SCI with Counterintelligence Polygraph
Citizenship: Applicants must be U.S. Citizens.
Position Type: On-Site
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
- Lead the conceptualization, design, and production of cartographic products, integrating both artistic and technical elements to meet customer needs.
- Manage complex and demanding cartographic projects, including direct engagement with customers to understand requirements, facilitate brainstorming sessions, and define design expectations.
- Ensure adherence to cartographic best practices, including color theory, projections, thematic and statistical mapping, hierarchy, and data visualization techniques.
- Oversee quality control, usability, and final product delivery, ensuring compliance with internal workflow procedures, copyright laws, and established production standards.
- Work seamlessly within the Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Illustrator, and integrate cartographic tools such as Esri's ArcGIS, Avenza’s MAPublisher, and QGIS to create dynamic, data-driven maps.
- Utilize JavaScript mapping libraries and cartographic data visualization techniques to enhance map interactivity and functionality.
Minimum Qualifications
- BA/BS and 3+ years of experience OR no degree with 9+ years of experience.
- TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance required.
- Strong experience in cartographic design, including thematic mapping, topographic representation, and reference mapping.
- Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator for cartographic design is required.
- Familiarity with Esri’s ArcMap, Avenza’s MAPublisher, QGIS, and other relevant GIS tools is highly desired.
- Experience with JavaScript mapping libraries (e.g., Leaflet, D3.js, Mapbox) is a plus.
- Cartography work samples will be requested.
$130,000 - $155,000 per year
This pay range is a general guideline and not a guarantee of specific compensation or salary. When extending an offer, DarkStar Intelligence considers various factors, including (but not limited to) the job's responsibilities, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, market data alignment, applicable bargaining agreements (if any), and other relevant laws.
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The Company
What We Do
DarkStar Intelligence is a Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business that offers advanced intelligence-based solutions to clients in the private and public sector. Our capabilities and personnel provide unique advantages to our customers.
