Mid Geographic Information System and Hardware Engineer

Job Description

Strategic ACI is seeking aMid-level Geographic Information System (GIS) and Hardware Engineer to support fielding, testing, and operation of the Digital Buoy Test Bed under development by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), US Army Geospatial Center (AGC) and the US Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), Geospatial Research Laboratory (GRL).

Responsibilities:

• Support integration of the prototype Digital Buoy system into Inland Electronic Navigational Charts (IENC) architecture.
• Support the development and testing of Digital Buoy hardware modules at the GRL facility as well as at local and regional maritime environments.
• Support installation of the Digital Buoy prototypes on USACE selected buoys and surrogates.
• Support comprehensive testing of the Digital Buoy system at the Army Geospatial Enterprise (AGE) Node and the IENC testbed.
• Develop visualization and analytical tools to study the Digital Buoy capabilities and demonstrate concepts to USACE and IENC stakeholders.

Qualifications:

Required:

• Secret security clearance.
• Bachelor's degree or higher in a Geographic Science, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Engineering Management, Management Information Systems, or related degree program, or related equivalent additional experience of 4 years with no degree.
• 6+ years working in government or industry supporting GIS, geospatial data production, and geospatial data analysis.
• Experience with commercial and open-source GIS software packages.
• Experience with generating geospatial foundation data (2D and 3D), visualizations, animations, and analytics.

Desired:

• Top Secret security clearance.
• Master's Degree in a Geographic Science, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Engineering Management, Management Information Systems, or related degree program.
• Experience with Docker, GitHub/GitLab (or equivalent software packages), Java, XML, JSON, SQL, Python, JavaScript, and AWS and C2S.
• Experience with scripting with ESRI and open-source GIS packages.
• Basic knowledge of radio frequency transmission and attenuation theory.
• Previous AGC or ERDC work experience.
• Previous maritime hardware experience.

About Strategic Alliance Consulting, Inc



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Why choose a career with Strategic ACI?



Strategic Alliance Consulting, Inc. believes that our greatest asset is our employees. Our goal is not to meet our staff's expectations, but to exceed them. Competitive salaries, work-life balance, industry leading benefits packages, and family first values are at the core of Strategic ACI's culture.



We're proud the be selected as a 2020 Best Places to Work in the Greater Washington Area by the Washington Business Journal (WBJ), as well as being 1 of 19 Virginia based companies to be awarded the prestigious HIRE Vets Gold Medallion by the Department of Labor for our commitment to veteran hiring, retention, and professional development.



Your Strategic ACI Total Rewards Compensation Package includes:

• Competitive salary


• 100% benefits paid (Includes; health, dental, and vision plan premiums) for all full time employees and their families


• 401k with 5% match vested at day one!


• Profit sharing commensurate with company growth


• PTO - 3 weeks and 3 days per year


• 11 Company Paid Holidays (aligned with Federal Government)


• Long term/Short term disability


• 1.5x salary life insurance


• $100 per month cell phone allowance


• $6000 cash in lieu of benefits per year if employee is insured elsewhere


• Tuition reimbursement of up to $5,250 per year for college or professional certifications


• Casual dress code, company lunches, flexible schedules, employee phone plan discounts