GEOINT Source Strategies Analyst

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:
ANSER is actively seeking a GEOINT Source Strategies Analyst to work in support National Geospatial Agency (NGA). In this key role, you apply technical, regional, and functional expertise to define geospatial information needs and provide actionable intelligence. If you’re a strong analyst with a problem‑solving mindset, this role offers the chance to support warfighters, safeguard national security, and inform senior leadership. Additionally, you will guide clients in developing efficient strategies for data acquisition efforts, leveraging your understanding of collection platforms and integrate sources such as SIGINT, ELINT, MASINT, and open‑source data to enable automated tipping and queueing. You’ll validate information, refine collection strategies, and support warfighters, policymakers, internal clients, and Intelligence Community stakeholders. Your expertise will be relied on for time‑sensitive recommendations. This role also offers opportunities to expand your skills in automated modeling tools, share best practices, and grow within a collaborative team dedicated to delivering timely, mission‑critical intelligence.

This role requires full-time onsite work in Springfield, VA. This position is not open to hybrid or remote work.

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.

• 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:

• Active TS/SCI with polygraph security clearance.

• 5+ years’ experience reflecting knowledge of the GEOINT Community, their focus areas, and their collection management structures to include NSG tools, and DoD/IC collaborative tools designed to assist in GEOINT collection, production and visualization.

• High School diploma or GED.

• Knowledge of the GEOINT Community, their focus areas and their collection management structures to include NSG tools and DOD/IC collaborative tools designed to assist in GEOINT collection , production, simulation, visualization and analytics.

• Understanding the impacts of phenomonology on the tasking of NTM, airborne, non-imaging sensors and commercial source imagery as well as familiarity of capabilities and limitations of phenomonology inherent in SIGINT, HUMINT, MASIN and Open Source.

• Generate Data Graphics via ArcGIS including Density Graphics, Collection Requirements & Accomplishments, Lost image Operations.

• GEOINT database knowledge (GIMS, YODA, MTDA, WEB BVI, CRATE, JEMA, FGDB).

• Basic knowledge of cloud services (C2S/AWS, GEOSERVER, GOV Cloud).

• Demonstrate ability to discover and implement process improvements (automated solutions).

• Knowledge of service enabled capabilities (REST Services, Globe and other NGA Source utilized tools and capabilities).

• Understanding of the principles of end-to-end systems operations.

• Understand GEOINT systems requirements and capabilities.

• Understand collection platform operations and capabilities associated with the source analysis occupation.

Preferred Qualifications:

• GEOINT Professional Certification – Fundamentals (F).

• GEOINT Professional Certification – Collections (C).

• Knowledge of service enabled capabilities (REST Services, Globe).

• Experience and/or understanding of Throughput integration/dissemination-related activities with COCOM and/or Service-level exercises.

• Grounded understanding and/or core mission background in Source Collection and Foundation, Analysis, IT architecture, acquisition, procurement, contracting, project management, operations research, and cyber security.

• Bachelor’s degree preferred; Master’s degree a plus.

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.