Human Geography

Leidos is actively hiring for a TS/SCI cleared Human Geography (HG) Analyst to join our team in Springfield, VA.

The successful candidate perform human geography production to support the government in its efforts to develop and maintain the International Program for Human Geography (IPHG) including Quality Assurance and facilitation of training activities. They will provide a broad array of Human Geography products to customers who rely on the accurate and timely delivery of products to support policy decisions and mission planning and execution. They will leverage their knowledge and experience with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and related geospatial production techniques, socio-cultural and regional analysis, remote sensing, and digital data formats to extract relevant information and develop geospatial intelligence reports and products to support the customer.

Primary Duties to include:

• Support operations to the GEOINT enterprise, National System for Geospatial Intelligence Operations Executive (NOX) levied requirements and formal requests (RFI's) for geospatial data.
• Utilize an understanding of geography, research, GIS, and data conflation and management skills to produce a broad array of human geography products including attributed data, maps, including written reports.
• HG projects and products may include research, discovery, evaluation, extraction, creation, geo-enabling, quality control/review, metadata attribution, source citation, service enabling and dissemination.
• Support the customer by further developing and maintaining the International Program for Human Geography (IPHG) including facilitation of Quality Assurance, training activities, technical and geospatial support at technical meetings/exchanges.
• Provide geospatial analysis support services to the customer as an HG SME during international meetings and to the IPHG and International Activities (bilateral and multi-national partnerships).
• Post co-produced HG data to NSG data storage and dissemination solutions such as APAN and PiX.
• Support efforts to identify potential sources of information and tools that may enhance HG community awareness and sharing across the community.
• Enabling activities in support of Human Geography production (i.e. writing SOPs and how to guides, training coworkers, etc.)
• Ensure a current and accurate International Trade in Arms Regulations (ITAR) exemption is in effect for all requested support involving partner interaction.

Basic (required) Qualifications.

• Active TS/SCI or eligibility and willingness to obtain a POLY is REQUIRED to be considered.
• 5 or more years’ experience as an HG Analyst or relevant field, to include 1-3 years of demonstrated experience supporting DOD or the IC's GEOINT Mission.
• Knowledge of Human Geography concepts.
• Experience in the research, discovery and extraction of geospatial and non-geospatial information.
• Experience in imagery research, extraction and attribution.
• Proficiency in use of fundamental ArcGIS Pro software tools in the creation, attribution, schema development and utilization, management, and geo-referencing of data.
• Experience in geo-enabling non-spatial data.
• Demonstrated experience to communicate GEOINT products, data, and services to peers and leadership.
• A minimum of one international TDY per year is required and may require two per year.

Desired Qualifications.

• BA/BS Degree preferred in Human Geography or GIS, or a related field. Degree may count toward required experience requirements.
• Knowledge of the regional, cultural and political geography of the region assigned.
• Experience in using established cartographic principles, geo-referencing, and naming conventions/Romanization in the creation of geo-spatial products.
• Experience in creating and publishing GEOINT products.
• Working knowledge of at least one of the foreign languages of the assigned region.
• Experience producing data and products to customer standards.
• Experience with open source data harvest, process automation and scripting.
• Experience with data management, schema development, and data conflation.
• Experience with Google Earth Engine (GEE).  
• Proficiency in Basic Python Scripting.

Original Posting:

April 23, 2025

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $72,150.00 - $130,425.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.