Senior Geospatial Data Steward & Exploitation Lead

Bna Inc; Springfield (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan with company matching

Paid time off

Training and certifications

Commuter transit benefits

Job summary

B&A in Springfield, VA seeks a Senior Exploitation Specialist / Data Steward for a federal NGA contract. You will structure, organize, and maintain geospatial data so mission teams can reliably discover, access, and exploit trusted spatial information.

This senior role leads tasks, provides technical direction, and collaborates across NGA and IC teams, applying GIS, data schemas, and metadata specifications to ensure data quality.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant experience in GIS, data management, or exploitation disciplines.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field required.
• Strong knowledge of GIS concepts, data schemas, and geo-referencing.

Responsibilities

• Manage spatial data across enterprise geodatabases and SDEs.
• Apply GIS and data standards to structure and steward geospatial information.
• Develop extraction and metadata specifications for discoverable data.
• Design and optimize RDBMS architectures with normalization and performance tuning.
• Utilize ArcGIS Suite, ArcGIS Online, Portal, Excel, Access, and SQL for data management.
• Apply ontology concepts to data modeling and relationships.
• Collaborate across technical and mission-focused teams with senior-level direction.

Skills

GIS concepts

Data schemas

Geo-referencing

Metadata specs

RDBMS design

SDEs

ArcGIS Suite

ArcGIS Online

Portal

Excel

SQL

Ontology concepts

Team collaboration

Python or R

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

ArcGIS Suite

ArcGIS Online

Portal

Excel

Access

SQL

Job description

B&A in Springfield, VA seeks a Senior Exploitation Specialist / Data Steward for a federal NGA contract. You will structure, organize, and maintain geospatial data so mission teams can reliably discover, access, and exploit trusted spatial information.

This senior role leads tasks, provides technical direction, and collaborates across NGA and IC teams, applying GIS, data schemas, and metadata specifications to ensure data quality.