Lead Geospatial Data Ops Manager – TS/SCI, On-Site

Archer; Springfield (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Archer, in collaboration with MANTECH, seeks a Senior Data Manager to lead overhead satellite imagery preprocessing and manage a contractor team in support of a government client. The role emphasizes data operations from acquisition to ETL, ensuring data quality and compliance.

On-site in Springfield, VA, you will collaborate with DoD stakeholders, enforce standards, maintain data dictionaries/ERDs, and advocate best practices across EO, SAR, and related sensor modalities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Data Engineering, or Geospatial Analysis.
• 3+ years of people management experience; strong problem-solving & communication.
• 4+ years of experience with quantitative analysis, visualizations, processing data, and ETL.
• Experience with SQL/NoSQL databases and cloud architectures.
• 2+ years working with large, complex geospatial data files/formats.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and managerial leadership over overhead satellite imagery preprocessing operations.
• Act as Government's primary interface to the team and manage contractors to ensure tasks/requirements are executed.
• Oversee, monitor, and maintain the data operations pipeline—from data acquisition to transformations and data movement.
• Direct and lead contractor data operations team members, providing project management guidance and technical expertise.
• Conduct regular QC to ensure data holdings meet requirements, schemas, and standards.
• Apply engineering best practices to maximize data pipeline efficiency and performance across EO, FMV, HMI, and SAR.
• Ensure data dictionaries, ERDs, and code comments/documentation are maintained.

Skills

People management

Data pipeline management

ETL processing

Geospatial data

SQL/NoSQL databases

Cloud architectures

Project management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Data Science/Geospatial Data Engineering

Job description

Archer, in collaboration with MANTECH, seeks a Senior Data Manager to lead overhead satellite imagery preprocessing and manage a contractor team in support of a government client. The role emphasizes data operations from acquisition to ETL, ensuring data quality and compliance.

On-site in Springfield, VA, you will collaborate with DoD stakeholders, enforce standards, maintain data dictionaries/ERDs, and advocate best practices across EO, SAR, and related sensor modalities.