Lead GEOINT Standards Developer– Expert 2062
Company: COMPASS
Location: Springfield
Posted on: April 1, 2026
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Job Description:
Position Title: Lead GEOINT Standards Developer– Expert 2062
Clearance: Active Top Secret/SCI Location: Springfield, VA Position
Description The Lead GEOINT Standards Developer will work in
collaboration with the National System for GEOINT (NSG) and the
Allied System for GEOINT (ASG) community membership, international
partners, and other members of the GEOINT & IT Standards Division
to ensure current and updated standards content of information and
web service standards meet capability delivery dates for NGA and
NSG initiatives and solution providers. The Lead GEOINT Standards
Developer will serve as a Subject Mater Expert (SME) on development
of GEOINT Standards with the objective of facilitating compliance
and interoperability through integration of NSG and ASG
requirements while reducing technical and schedule risk associated
with Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Web Services. Key Duties:
Serve as a Subject Mater Expert (SME) on development of GEOINT
Standards with the objective of facilitating compliance and
interoperability through integration of NSG & ASG requirements
while reducing technical and schedule risk associated with Open
Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Web Services. Ensure current and future
GEOINT standards will satisfy capability requirements at the
program and strategic level across NGA, the NSG, and ASG. Develop
capability-based standards profiles and reference architectures to
enable search, discovery, access, retrieval, integrated
intelligence, and advanced analytics. Required – Mandatory
Qualifications: Have expert-level working experience (10 years or
more) developing GEOINT Standards. Have a Bachelor’s degree in
technical or scientific fields such as Engineering, Physics,
Mathematics, Operations Research, Engineering Management, Computer
Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems,
Image Science or related STEM degree program. Have at least five
(5) years of experience with the development and implementation of
standards related to geographic information, metadata, geography,
GML, application schemas, schema implementation & registries. Have
experience with OGC data & web service standards and
implementation. Have expertise in UML, XML, XML Schema, JSON, and
JSON Schema. Have familiarity with NGA mission, products, and role
in the NSG community. Desired Qualifications Leadership and
contacts in the U.S. and international Defense and Intelligence
community. Expert level technical writing from start to finish,
document publication and presentation skills. Application schemas,
schema implementation, conceptual data modeling and model encoding.
Knowledge of `GML XML schema, and JSON Schema is not essential, but
ability to learn and apply these encodings is essential. Use of
Geospatial information systems and clients, experience in the
exchange and dissemination of geospatial data. Knowledge and
experience with multiple geospatial data formats, APIs, web-based
HTTP interfaces, data model definition, open-source software use.
Use of digital collaboration and documentation tools (SharePoint,
Jira, Confluence). Able to work in a cross-domain environment,
collaborate with and monitor multiple chat and email forms of
communication, utilize PKI signatures, understand attribute-based
access control. Open API definition and access, use of GitLab
and/or GitHub for development and collaboration, and the concepts
of continuous integration and development (CI/CD). Work Level:
Leadership Management Key member of team Oversees or monitors
task(s) Approves issue resolution Guidance Required: Provides
Subject Matter Expertise (as the SME) Directs multiple Senior
personnel/contractors through entire project life cycle Skills and
Tasks: Able to develop & use exceptionally complex concepts &
processes that span multiple organizations and disciplines Performs
multiple tasks at the expert level Leads Senior/Mid-level personnel
Recommends new technology to senior leadership Education: Master’s
degree plus 10 years of experience, Bachelor’s degree plus 12 years
of experience, Associates degree plus 14 years of experience, or
Minimum of 15 years of experience in a related field Compass, Inc.
(Compass) is a Small Business (SB) headquartered in Winchester, VA
as a Defense and Intelligence solutions provider to the United
States Government. We provide Systems Engineering and Technical
Assistance (SETA), Advisory and Assistance Services (A&AS), and
Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) to our government
and business partner customers. As a premier Defense and
Intelligence solution provider, we employee a diverse, agile,
highly trained and extremely talented staff. Equal Opportunity
Employer Veterans/Disabled
Keywords: COMPASS, Charlottesville , Lead GEOINT Standards Developer– Expert 2062, IT / Software / Systems , Springfield, Virginia
