Geospatial Technical Targeter at Maxar Technologies
McLean, VA 22107
About the Job
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Do you have a drive to contribute to our nation’s security and have direct impact on mission? Maxar has an urgent and immediate need for technical targeter to join our team at a customer-site in McLean, VA.
Life with Us
Project: We are a team working to advance today’s most pressing counterterrorism goals in support of our customer. Our daily efforts provide direct impact on national security priorities.
Your Career: We are quickly growing our team in the customer space and this opportunity will provide ample opportunity for career growth, whether in leadership or an expanded skillset. You will have the opportunity to work closely with leadership to help set your own goals and ensure you are on a path to achieving them.
We offer:
- Dedicated professional development time.
- Peer groups.
- Education reimbursement.
- Student loan forgiveness.
- and much more...
Day-to-Day With Your Colleagues
- Support our nation’s counterterrorism mission through analysis and product generation.
- Collaborate with and provide support to targeters and analysts in support of counterterrorism efforts.
- Communicate with and respond to forward deployed targeters and analysts.
- Provide time-critical support to operations and analysis.
Minimum Requirements:
- US Citizen with Current/active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph.
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as Geography, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or related STEM degree program or 4 years’ relevant professional experience.
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in geography, intelligence, security or related field.
Preferred Requirements:
- Targeting experience
- Experience with communications metadata
- Experience with geospatial software packages such as ArcGIS, ArcPro, RemoteView, ERDAS, QGIS and Google Earth
- Experience with Network Analysis
- Experience formatting data sets
- Experience reading and writing intelligence reports and providing briefings
In support of pay transparency at Maxar, we disclose salary ranges on all of our U.S. job postings. We use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop market-driven ranges for our roles, and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range. To accommodate all locations, we have listed the bottom to the top of the possible range, and will share the target range for a specific location during the recruiting discussion. Individual pay will be competitive based on a candidates unique set of knowledge, skills, and geographic diversity, with earnings potential commensurate with experience. The range for this position is:
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health and welfare insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees. You can find more information on our benefits at: https://www.maxar.com/careers/benefits
This position will be posted for a minimum of three business days, and will be posted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire.
Maxar employees must follow all applicable Maxar policies and COVID-19 requirements as well as those of Maxar customers and third parties. Individual job requirements may vary, and Maxar reserves the right to modify its policies and requirements as it deems appropriate in accordance with applicable law.
Maxar Technologies values diversity in the workplace and is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.
