Xcellent Technology Solutions (XTS) · 11 hours ago
Senior Geospatial Data Scientist (TS/SCI)
Xcellent Technology Solutions is seeking a Senior Geospatial Data Scientist to support the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) on high-priority missions. The role involves leading analytic efforts, designing workflows, and collaborating with various partners to ensure actionable intelligence is produced from complex datasets.
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Responsibilities
Every day, decision are made that shape operations across the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility. Those decisions depend on intelligence that is clear, defensible, and timely intelligence that turns geospatial data into understanding
This role exists to make that happen
This is an exciting opportunity to join us as a Senior Data Scientist to support the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) on high-priority mission
The work is operational, mission-driven, and grounded in real-world impact to inform planning, targeting, and execution
You will be sought to bring order to that complexity
Taking large, diverse datasets and building analytic processes that expose patterns, relationships, and behaviors others can’t see
You’ll design workflows that can be repeated, trusted, and scaled
This is a senior, independent role
You will lead analytic efforts with minimal direction, applying experience, judgment, and rigor to every product
Ensuring analytic standards are met, assumptions are clear, and conclusions are defensible aligned with ICD 203 and ICD 206
Collaborating across NGA and Intelligence Community partners, you’ll help integrate perspectives and strengthen collective understanding
Advising government leadership on analytic methodologies, processes, and technologies, while mentoring others and setting the standards for quality and relevance
The mission will keep moving, network will adapt, patterns will shift, and new questions will emerge
What won’t change is the need for intelligence that is trusted, actionable, and timely
Qualification
Required
Current active Top Secret / SCI clearance
You have achieved the accomplishment of a Master's degree + 5 years / Bachelor's degree + 7 years / Associate's degree + 8 years / 10 + years of relevant experience
You have robust proficiency in Python in order to automate and create solutions that scale, adapt, and withstand mission demands
You have gained strong expertise in building processes around large datasets to support in designing repeatable methods that extract real discoveries from complexity
You have a strong skillset in operational visualization in order to make discoveries and present them through clear, intuitive visualizations that team can use immediately in daily operations
Experienced with GEOINT standards and structured data management to ensure accuracy, consistency, and trust in the intelligence delivered
Experience with tools such as ArcGIS, Tableau, SPSS, SAS, Excel, or similar to query, aggregate and optimize large datasets
Preferred
Experience with Activity-Based Intelligence (ABI), to understand behavior, patterns, and relationships over time, not just static snapshots
Benefits
Tailored health care plans that fit your lifestyle
Dental and vision coverage
Paid time off (PTO)
401K with employer matching
GeoAI scholarship