What are the responsibilities and job description for the Expert Imagery Analyst - Springfield, Virginia (APOGEE) position at Celestar Corporation?
Celestar Corporation is seeking an Expert Imagery Analyst to support INSCOM under the Army Persistent Overhead Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) Exploitation Enterprise Support Services (APOGEE). The primary place of performance will be Springfield, Virginia. If interested and meet ALL the required qualifications and active clearance level, we encourage you to apply for this rewarding and impactful opportunity.
Anticipated Award Month: March 2026- Anticipated Start Month: May 2026
- Period of Performance: 1 Base 4 Option Years
- Location: Springfield, Virginia
- CLEARANCE REQUIREMENT: Active TS/SCI (within the last 5 years)
About Us:
Celestar, a proud Veteran-Owned company, offers highly competitive salaries and benefits. Our comprehensive benefits package includes company-paid employee and family dental insurance, employee health insurance, life insurance, and disability coverage. Additionally, we provide a 401(k)-retirement plan with company matching, paid holidays, and personal time off.
Responsibilities:
- The Imagery Analyst Conducts all-source analytic production by interpreting imagery including, but not limited to, visible, infrared, and radar data as well as full motion video for the identification of foreign conventional and unconventional military installations; civilian infrastructure relevant to military capabilities; weapon systems; orders of battle; military equipment and defenses; battle damage assessments; communications; humanitarian efforts.
Required qualifications/skills:
Education/Experience:
- Doctoral Degree in Remote Sensing, Cartography, Geography, or related field AND 5 years CURRENT GEOINT Analysis experience; OR
- MA or MS in Remote Sensing, Cartography, Geography, or related field AND 10 years CURRENT GEOINT Analysis experience; OR
- BA/BS degree in Remote Sensing, Cartography, Geography, or related field AND at least 15 years of Intelligence Analysis experience to include 8 years of CURRENT GEOINT Analysis experience.
Qualifications:
- College degree must be in a relevant field such as remote sensing, Geospatial sciences, Relevant STEM field, or political science.
- Relevant specialized experience must be in the application of space-based GEOINT.
- Expert knowledge of the full spectrum of US GOV and commercial satellite capabilities, including tasking and collection processes and protocols
- Expert knowledge of GEOINT software including RemoteView, SOCET GXP, or ArcGIS.
- Experience with photogrammetric principles and techniques.
- Experience with conducting Foundational Military Intelligence analysis and baseline reporting.
- Ability to collaborate with GEOINT analysts to deconstruct problems and develop effective analysis and collection approaches.
- Ability to collaborate with partners across the IC and DoD on technical or substantive topics.
- Knowledge of relevant GEOINT-related Army, National System for GEOINT (NSG), or Intelligence Community (IC) policies.
- Expert ability to present intelligence information via multimedia presentations and written reports.
- Experience with object-based production (OBP), structured observation management (SOM), and activity-based intelligence (ABI).
- Experience with analytic modeling.
- Current/active TS/SCI clearance
Desired Qualifications/Skills:
GPC-II Imagery Certification- Experience with commercial visualization software
- Experience with non-traditional GEOINT data sources
- Experience with MS Office suite of tools.
- Experience with data analytics and COTS statistical software (SPSS, SAS, MatLab etc.) Experience presenting at community forums and symposiums
Come on board with a company that Values its Employees!
Celestar Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Celestar Corporation prohibits discrimination, harassment, and retaliation in employment based on race; color; religion; genetic information; national origin; sex (including same-sex); sexual orientation; gender identity; pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; age; disability or handicap; citizenship status; marital status; service member/protected veteran status; or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.