Senior Geospatial Data & Imagery Operations Lead

Avalore.ai; Springfield (VA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Care Plan

401k/IRA with generous matching

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off

Disability

Training & Development

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Avalore, LLC is seeking an Exploitation Specialist / Data Manager, Senior to support Department of War (DoW) customers in Springfield, VA. You will provide technical and managerial leadership to maintain overhead satellite imagery preprocessing operations and guide the data operations pipeline across acquisition, preprocessing, and management platforms, while ensuring task execution and compliance.

Responsibilities include data quality control, schema adherence, and mentoring contractor teams,

Qualifications

• TS/SCI with CI Poly Eligibility.
• 3+ years of people management experience with strong communication and problem-solving skills.
• 4+ years of quantitative analysis, visualizations, ETL, and working with SQL/NoSQL databases.
• 2+ years of experience with large, complex geospatial data files and formats.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage data, databases, and pipelines for overhead satellite data acquisition, curation, and preprocessing.
• Conduct regular QC and monitor data to align with data standards and specifications.
• Identify non-compliant datasets relative to data schemas and metadata completeness.
• Assess and report data holdings compliance status through documentation and briefings.
• Apply engineering best practices to optimize data pipeline efficiency across sensor modalities.
• Lead and manage contractor data operations with technical guidance and PM leadership.
• Maintain data dictionaries, ERDs, and software comments/documentation.
• Manage the data operations pipeline including imagery acquisition, preprocessing, and data movement.

Skills

People management

Quantitative analysis

ETL

SQL

NoSQL

Cloud architectures

Geospatial data handling

Tools

SQL

NoSQL

GEOINT tools

Job description

Avalore, LLC is seeking an Exploitation Specialist / Data Manager, Senior to support Department of War (DoW) customers in Springfield, VA. You will provide technical and managerial leadership to maintain overhead satellite imagery preprocessing operations and guide the data operations pipeline across acquisition, preprocessing, and management platforms, while ensuring task execution and compliance.

Responsibilities include data quality control, schema adherence, and mentoring contractor teams,