Discovery & Collection Specialist-Collector

Leidos; Springfield (VA); On-site; USD 59,000 - 107,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Wellness programs

Income Protection

Paid Leave

Retirement

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a cleared Geospatial Discovery & Collection Specialist to work at a customer location in St. Louis, MO. The role involves gathering geospatial open-source data, evaluating veracity, and providing context on cultural topics and entities.

You will collect PAI, produce OSS reports, and support RFIs while maintaining strict OPSEC and security protocols. Candidates should have 1–3 years of OSS experience, TS/SCI clearance, and be ready for a CI Poly.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of experience conducting Open-Source collection or Open-Source Analysis.
• Experience with web browsing tools and advanced searching techniques.
• Course work or 1 year of experience building/using PowerPoint slides, Excel spreadsheets, Email, and OneNote Notebooks.
• Basic knowledge of how to conduct safe searches (OPSEC).
• 1-3 year of demonstrated work experience directly engaging with IC partners/customers.
• Active TS/SCI with willingness to be approved for CI Poly.

Responsibilities

• Collect, research, evaluate, and compile publicly available information (PAI) in accordance with customer policies and procedures.
• Produce and disseminate Open Source reports and alerts per SOPs.
• Populate activities in the assignment PM system (Currently JIRA).
• Support timely responses to intelligence priorities, RFIs and other customer needs.

Skills

Open-Source collection

Web searching techniques

OPSEC basics

IC partner engagement

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

Email

OneNote

JIRA

Job description

Description

The National Security Sector at Leidos currently has an opening for a cleared Geospatial Discovery & Collection Specialist to work at a customer location in St. Louis, MO. This is an exciting opportunity to apply tradecraft to employ safe searching principles in order to identify and collect geospatial open source data. Staff must also quantify the veracity of open sources data and provide context and insight about cultural topics and entities on which they collect.

Primary Responsibilities.

• Collect, research, evaluate, and compile publicly available information (PAI) in accordance with established customer policies and procedures, including current storage policies, OPSEC protocols, and Intelligence Oversight (IO) Governance.
• Produce and disseminate Open Source reports and alerts in accordance with established SOPs.
• Populate activities in assigned performance management system (Currently JIRA).
• Support timely responses to intelligence priorities, requests for information (RFIs) and other customer and mission needs. Tasks include:

Regional/Target monitoring

Language support

Geolocating

Data discovery and transfer

Address coding

• Contribute to the preparation of data release, analytical, observational, and technical reports, and publications.
• Assess open-source media veracity utilizing splice detectors, hex editors, GAN detectors, etc.
• Maintain proper file management in accordance with division standards.
• Request and maintain access to security domain systems (SBU/NIPR, SecNet, COE).
• Request, maintain access to, and utilize IC Open-Source databases/portals (Tier 0).
• Suggest and implement process improvements.
• Contribute to Open-Source Tradecraft knowledge management.
• Support presentations of activities, discoveries, conclusions, and/or tradecraft to leadership, partners, and customers.
• Maintain active presence in Open Source chatrooms and collaboration spaces to engage with team members, customers, and partners.
• Conduct persona maintenance activities (surfing, seasoning, posting) in accordance with the service constraints paragraph on sensitive operations.
• Support Senior management with outreach and marketing efforts.

Basic Qualifications.

• 1-3 years of experience conducting Open-Source collection or Open-Source Analysis.
• Experience with web browsing tools and advance searching techniques.
• Course work or 1 year of experience building/using Power Point slides, Excel spreadsheets, Email, and One Note Notebooks.
• Basic knowledge of how to conduct safe searches (OPSEC).
• 1-3 year of demonstrated work experience directly engaging with IC partners/customers.
• Active TS/SCI with willingness to be approved for CI Poly

Preferred Qualifications.

• Foreign language capabilities (Reading, Writing, Listening).
• Knowledge of geospatial technologies (ArcGIS, GoogleEarth, ISpy).
• Knowledge of DoD/IC databases and services.
• Knowledge of Common Open-Source databases and Services.
• Familiarity with Social Media.
• Familiarity with JIRA.
• Knowledge of DoD, and IC missions.
• Experience Geolocating images (Handheld photography, videos, etc.).
• Ability to remain flexible to changing priorities and requirements from supervisors and customers.
• Bachelor’s degree in related field

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting:

October 2, 2026

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $59,150.00 - $106,925.00

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers.

• competitive compensation
• Health and Wellness programs
• Income Protection
• Paid Leave
• Retirement

More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.