Maritime Analyst (Hiring Event)

Intelligence Careers; Springfield (VA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Intelligence Careers in Springfield, VA is seeking Maritime Analysts to collect, analyze, and consolidate maritime safety data and populate navigation databases. You will help disseminate standardized data, issue navigational warnings, and provide quality assurance for maritime products.

Applicants must meet mandatory criteria including reporting findings to diverse audiences, familiarity with charts, GMDSS/WWNWS, multiple navigation modalities, and experience identifying process improvements.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to communicate ongoing work and findings to audiences via reports and briefings.
• Familiarity with hardcopy and digital charts.
• Familiarity with GMDSS and WWNWS.
• Familiarity with multiple navigation modalities (celestial, visual, radar, electronic, piloting, voyage planning).
• Experience identifying or analyzing process improvements.

Responsibilities

• Collect, analyze, and consolidate maritime safety data for navigation databases.
• Disseminate standardized data, products, and services to stakeholders.
• Promulgate worldwide navigational warnings and provide QA for maritime products.
• Respond to queries from national and international custodians and customers.

Skills

Communication

Charts familiarity

GMDSS

WWNWS

Navigation modalities

Process improvements

Education

Bachelor's degree in maritime or related field

U.S. Merchant Marine Third Mate License or equivalent

Tools

GIS

Job description

Maritime Analysts collect, analyze, and consolidate maritime safety of navigation information to populate maritime navigation databases in order to disseminate standardized data, products and services. They also promulgate worldwide navigational warnings, provide quality assurance for maritime products, generate mission‑specific datasets, and respond to queries from national and international cust

MANDATORY QUALIFICATION CRITERIA:

For this particular job, applicants must meet all competencies reflected under the Mandatory Qualification Criteria to include education (if required). Online resumes must demonstrate qualification by providing specific examples and associated results, in response to the announcement's mandatory criteria specified in this vacancy announcement:

• Proven ability to communicate ongoing work and findings to various audiences through reports and briefings.
• Demonstrated familiarity of hardcopy and digital charts.
• Demonstrated familiarity of the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) and the Worldwide Navigational Warning Service (WWNWS).
• Demonstrated familiarity of multiple navigation modalities (celestial, visual, radar, electronic, piloting or voyaging planning).
• Demonstrated experience identifying or analyzing process improvements

EDUCATION REQUIREMENT:

A. Education: Graduation with a Bachelor's degree from an accredited state or federal maritime academy, the U.S. Naval Academy, or the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.

–OR– Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a degree in Astronomy, Cartography, Engineering, Geography, Mathematics, Meteorology, Navigation, Physics, or other subjects related to marine navigation and operations. Education must include successful completion of U.S Merchant Marine Third Mate's License requirements from the U.S. Coast Guard National Maritime Center.

–OR–

B. Experience: A minimum of 4 years of experience as a crew member aboard U.S. commercial or military vessels while serving in a navigational capacity. Experience must include Officer of the Deck Underway Qualifications from the U.S. Military or proficiency in multiple navigation modalities (celestial, electronic, visual, radar, piloting, voyage planning, etc.) using NGA or NOAA navigation products.

–Licenses/Certifications- * U.S Merchant Marine Deck License credentials issued by the U.S. Coast Guard National Maritime Center; or specific navigation designations/qualifications, which include but are not limited to, Officer of the Deck (OOD) Underway, Navigator (NAV), Assistant Navigator (ANAV), Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) Marine Deck Officer (880A1), and Quartermaster of the Watch (QMOW).

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENT:

Distinguish principal colors and shades/hues of principal colors; Near visual acuity of 20/60 or better with or without corrective lenses

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATION CRITERIA:

1. Demonstrated familiarity of safety of navigation, products and services (charts and publications).
2. Demonstrated experience developing responses to internal and external customer inquiries.
3. Rudimentary experience with database management to include manipulating data in a Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
4. Experience supporting the integration of super intelligence (SI) tools into operational workflows or systems.