Company Overview:
ANSER enhances national and homeland security by strengthening public institutions. We provide thought leadership for complex issues through independent analysis, and we deliver practical, useful solutions. ANSER values collaboration, integrity, and initiative and we are client focused in all that we do. Because we were established for the purpose of public service and not for profit, we measure our success in the impact of our service.
Position Summary:
Analytic Services, Inc. (ANSER) is seeking a GEOINT Source Strategies Analyst to work in support of an Intelligence Community client. In this key role, you’ll leverage your understanding of collection platforms and integrate sources such as SIGINT, ELINT, MASINT, and open‑source data to enable automated tipping and queueing.
This position does not permit hybrid or remote work with all job duties performed full-time onsite at the client facility in Springfield, VA.
Day to Day Responsibilities:
- Provide GEOINT collection tasking expertise, including automated GEOINT collection strategies.
- Provide subject matter expertise on existing and future GEOINT imaging systems and their associated architecture.
- Assist with GEOCOM sub-committees as a GEOINT tasking SME.
- Optimize collection and dissemination of imagery in support of the IC.
- Validate information, refine collection strategies, and support warfighters, policymakers, internal clients, and Intelligence Community stakeholders.
- Task, coordinate, and collaborate to answer all intelligence problems.
- Build automated multi-intelligence collection strategies to support ABI/OBP CONOPS using associated applications (JEMA, GIMS, ECO, etc.).
- Mentor junior level Source Strategies Analysts on advanced integrated collection and tactics.
- Produce briefings and information papers for Source leadership on the status of collection operations.
- Brief and write at DNI/DoD level audiences.
Required Qualifications:
- Possess an active TS/SCI with CI polygraph security clearance.
- HS diploma or GED.
- 5+ yrs or more experience with Tasking, Collection, Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (TCPED) of GEOINT data including support to real-time and activity-based collection.
- 5+ yrs of experience managing large multi-source data sensemaking, assessing metrics associated with model output confidence/reliability, developing automated collection strategies, and working with data scientists.
- Knowledge of traditional and developing overhead sensors and capabilities with exposure to automated collection strategies and inferencing methodologies which derive insights from temporal and spatial data sets.
- Experience with multi-tasking for day-to-day operations within a program management and professional environment in several geographically separated locations.
- Experience with NSG focus areas and collection management structures, including NSG/IC collaborative tools for GEOINT collection, production, and visualization.
- Ability to collaborate with customers and source providers to develop comprehensive multi-intelligence, multi-source strategies to address complex or unusual intelligence problems.
- Ability to support research phase of Information Need development and understand impacts of phenomenology on tasking of traditional and non-traditional GEOINT.
- Experience with GEOINT Information Management Services (GIMS), reflecting knowledge of the GEOINT Community, its focus areas, and its collection management structures.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree.
- GEOINT Professional Certification – Fundamentals (F).
- GEOINT Professional Certification – Collections (C).
- Experience providing feedback to assist with development of training materials
- Experience with research, evaluation, and documentation of unique and non-traditional NTM sensor capabilities.
- Experience with turning intelligence capabilities and workflows into learning objectives for training audiences.
- Operational experience with vector data.
Individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including but not limited to: business considerations, local market, internal equity, candidate qualifications such as skills, education and experience. ANSER provides employees benefits to support all aspects of their life including health, financial and well-being. For more information, please visit: http://www.anser.org
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position with ANSER, please call 703-416-2000 or e-mail [email protected]
ANSER is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We seek individuals from a broad variety of backgrounds with varying levels of experience who have a desire to do meaningful work. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, age, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Skills Required
- Active TS/SCI security clearance with CI polygraph
- High school diploma or GED
- At least 5 years of experience with Tasking, Collection, Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination of GEOINT data, including real-time and activity-based collection
- At least 5 years of experience managing large multi-source data sensemaking, assessing model-output confidence and reliability metrics, developing automated collection strategies, and working with data scientists
- Knowledge of traditional and developing overhead sensors and capabilities, automated collection strategies, and inferencing methodologies using temporal and spatial datasets
- Experience multitasking in day-to-day operations within program management and professional environments across geographically separated locations
- Experience with NSG focus areas and collection management structures, including NSG and Intelligence Community collaborative tools for GEOINT collection, production, and visualization
- Ability to collaborate with customers and source providers to develop comprehensive multi-intelligence, multi-source strategies for complex or unusual intelligence problems
- Ability to support the research phase of Information Need development and understand phenomenology impacts on traditional and non-traditional GEOINT tasking
- Experience with GEOINT Information Management Services and knowledge of the GEOINT Community, its focus areas, and collection management structures
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree
- GEOINT Professional Certification - Fundamentals
- GEOINT Professional Certification - Collections
- Experience providing feedback for training-material development
- Experience researching, evaluating, and documenting unique and non-traditional NTM sensor capabilities
- Experience converting intelligence capabilities and workflows into training learning objectives
- Operational experience with vector data
What We Do
Analytic Services Inc. (ANSER) is a nonprofit organization that strengthens national and homeland security by providing independent analysis, thought leadership, and practical solutions to government and public-sector clients. Its work includes analytical tradecraft, data exploitation, operational planning, policy support, and interoperability initiatives. Founded for public service rather than profit, ANSER measures success by the impact of its mission-focused research and advisory services.
