Senior GEOINT Exploitation & Data Manager

Riverside Research; Fair Lakes (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Riverside Research seeks an experienced Exploitation Specialist / Data Manager to provide advanced exploitation support, lead data workflows, and drive GEOINT production. The role blends deep tradecraft with technical leadership to ensure fast, reliable access to datasets and exploitation-ready imagery for DoD/IC stakeholders.

Ideal candidates will structure large data ecosystems, mentor junior staff, and partner directly with government customers on collection strategy and standards compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Data Management, Remote Sensing, Geography, Image Science, or related field.
• 7+ years of GEOINT data management, imagery exploitation, or related analytical experience
• Demonstrated expertise in cataloging, metadata standards, and structured GEOINT data ecosystems
• Hands-on experience with exploitation tools (ENVI/IDL, ArcGIS, QGIS, ERDAS, or similar) and Python
• Proven ability to lead technical tasks, mentor junior personnel, and engage with senior stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Lead the management, organization, and curation of large, multi-sensor GEOINT datasets, including SAR, EO, IR, multispectral, and specialized collections
• Oversee structured data workflows, enforce metadata standards, and ensure consistent lineage and traceability across analytic products
• Perform advanced exploitation tasks, generating high-quality products such as change detection, feature extraction, environmental assessments, and multi-sensor fusion outputs
• Supervise and optimize mission data workflows, identifying inefficiencies and implementing improved processing, cataloging, and automation techniques
• Conduct data-quality validation, anomaly resolution, and compliance checks against DoD and IC standards
• Guide developers and engineering partners on data requirements, exploitation impacts, and collection strategy optimization
• Lead the development, documentation, and refinement of SOPs for exploitation, cataloging, ingestion, and multi-mission data management
• Mentor junior analysts and data managers, providing technical direction and tradecraft instruction
• Prepare mission briefings, status reports, and technical documentation for senior leadership and external stakeholders
• Ensure timely delivery of high-value datasets and exploitation support to ongoing operations and long-term analytic missions
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

GEOINT data management

Imagery exploitation

Workflow automation

Leadership/mentoring

Stakeholder engagement

IC/DoD standards

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Data Management / Remote Sensing / Geography / Image Science

Tools

ENVI/IDL

ArcGIS

QGIS

ERDAS

Python

Job description

Riverside Research seeks an experienced Exploitation Specialist / Data Manager to provide advanced exploitation support, lead data workflows, and drive GEOINT production. The role blends deep tradecraft with technical leadership to ensure fast, reliable access to datasets and exploitation-ready imagery for DoD/IC stakeholders.

Ideal candidates will structure large data ecosystems, mentor junior staff, and partner directly with government customers on collection strategy and standards compliance.