Hi readers!
The last 3 months have been some of the most productive months for
GEOREPS and its members. During this time, we've landed jobs for brand
new members and for some of our very first members from over 3 years
ago.
I just received a new batch of opportunities, some of which I hand
picked because these jobs are ready to be filled. Please visit the GEOREPS website to see all of the new jobs posted.
Here are the hottest openings, ALL supporting a variety of Geospatial customers:
- System administrators with Full Scope Polygraphs and/or CI Poly
- Deployed System Admins (Afghanistan) - TS/SCI Clearances
- Software Engineers w/ Full Scope Polygraphs
- SharePoint Engineers w/ Full Scope Polygraphs
- GIS Project Manager (15 years experience, secret clearance)
If you think you qualify, please send your resume to sterling@georeps.com and Please title the subject line with the job opening.
NOTE** If
you don't have the proper clearance, no experience in the job for which
you are applying, then you probably won't hear from GEOREPS. We get
hundreds of inquiries a week and we make our best effort to focus on
truly qualified and available candidates.
I look forward to the response and good luck to all.
Also, stay tuned for a 4 part series discussing the opportunities and work roles within the geospatial community. Great info provided by true professionals within the industry.
See ya soon!
Dave
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
GEOINT Training - Can I do this?
I often get job openings from clients looking for GEOINT trainers/instructors. These are always interesting jobs to fill due to the fact that a lot of people really know GIS and Intel. The twist to filling these positions is how many of these folks can actually teach.
Typically, the candidate knows how comfortable he/she is in front of an audience of 6 - 12 people. This is especially true if you've been an instructor before. For all you folks new to teaching, that's usually something you have to discover on your own. If new, have no fear, there are ways to get training experience within your own organization in front of people you trust.
First, talk with your management about taking the lead on a training workshop within your current company. You could teach new software, GIS skills, intel production, imagery techniques, etc. Regardless of the topics, it's great experience and something to put in the resume.
Second, go to other organizations within your shop that do not support your current mission. Let their management know you can provide an info brief and you can also explain the benefits of your mission to theirs. It's a great way to get speaking experience and working in front of groups.
Lastly, if you've tried both of these options. Talk with management/peers and determine your strengths / weaknesses. If they say you're a little fidgety on stage, take a proactive effort to control this while speaking. If they think your subject content is weak, determine what needs improvement. It could be that you actually know the material but conveyed it poorly in your presentation. Find out what will work to remedy the situation.
Training other GEOINT / Intel professionals is a very rewarding task. It is especially rewarding when you help your students be a better analyst in the field, supporting the Warfighter. If you think this job is for you, please check out www.GEOREPS.com and look at our openings for trainer positions in St. Louis, MO. If you don't think you'll like training, but enjoy being an analyst, we'd love to hear from you as well.
Until next time.....
www.GEOREPS.com
Typically, the candidate knows how comfortable he/she is in front of an audience of 6 - 12 people. This is especially true if you've been an instructor before. For all you folks new to teaching, that's usually something you have to discover on your own. If new, have no fear, there are ways to get training experience within your own organization in front of people you trust.
First, talk with your management about taking the lead on a training workshop within your current company. You could teach new software, GIS skills, intel production, imagery techniques, etc. Regardless of the topics, it's great experience and something to put in the resume.
Second, go to other organizations within your shop that do not support your current mission. Let their management know you can provide an info brief and you can also explain the benefits of your mission to theirs. It's a great way to get speaking experience and working in front of groups.
Lastly, if you've tried both of these options. Talk with management/peers and determine your strengths / weaknesses. If they say you're a little fidgety on stage, take a proactive effort to control this while speaking. If they think your subject content is weak, determine what needs improvement. It could be that you actually know the material but conveyed it poorly in your presentation. Find out what will work to remedy the situation.
Training other GEOINT / Intel professionals is a very rewarding task. It is especially rewarding when you help your students be a better analyst in the field, supporting the Warfighter. If you think this job is for you, please check out www.GEOREPS.com and look at our openings for trainer positions in St. Louis, MO. If you don't think you'll like training, but enjoy being an analyst, we'd love to hear from you as well.
Until next time.....
www.GEOREPS.com
Monday, March 21, 2011
GEOINT contract convergence - what a mess (you decide)
One thing that is always consistent in government contracting; nothing seems as it appears in regards to new and continuing government contracts. They get awarded, cancelled, delayed, protested, extended and sometimes never happen. We are staring at continuing resolution right in the eye, facing significant budget cuts due to BRAC cost overruns, but still have several large offices within our main GEOINT customer releasing new contracts. New contracts that have made incumbency a tricky situation. Long story short, several large, old contract vehicles will be merged into new multi-award ID/IQ contracts or old single-award contracts are being broken into multiple smaller contracts with completely new teaming structures. Companies that were teammates before, may now face head to head to battle for positions they've held for years. Such is the life for a defense contractor supporting federal government work. This is not the first time this has happened and it surely won't be the last.
This year, we are on the brink of one the most aggressive staffing calls for GEOINT professionals in some time. This spring, the EPASS contract, focused primarily on analytical skill sets, will begin and is scheduled to be quite aggressive in nature. Also, the old contract supporting the GEOINT training for DoD and the IC is currently being broken into 3 smaller contracts with awards running from this late spring until labor day. A large technical services contract (SMARTS) is being re-competed this year with a whole new set of companies jocking for position and actively forming teams as we speak. An then there is ITEMS (managed services implementation of its Infrastructure Service Provider (ISP)) and GEOINT Data Services (GDS). GDS will consist of primarily supporting standard geospatial data and mapping efforts. Don't forget TASER, a $1 Billion multiple award contract for engineering, development, ops & sustainment and whatever else you can think of. It's mostly IT and software/hardware centric in nature.
What in the heck does this mean for the job market? Several things. First of all, the days of getting the cushy 6 figure salary with little or no effort is becoming a bigger challenge than before. Significant pressure is made by the government to proactively lower rates for its contracts. This is in direct correlation with continuing resolution. Lower rates = lower salaries. The up side to this, the amount of companies actively competing for these contracts is quite large and with enough effort and the right qualifications, you should have no problem getting offers from legitimate companies in the GEOINT sector. Check out www.georeps.com for job listings that describe some of the new work that is hitting the streets. Read the skills, take some training, sharpen up your business acumen and polish up your resume for what could be one of the most aggressive years for the GEOINT job market in some time.
Until next time.....
Dave
This year, we are on the brink of one the most aggressive staffing calls for GEOINT professionals in some time. This spring, the EPASS contract, focused primarily on analytical skill sets, will begin and is scheduled to be quite aggressive in nature. Also, the old contract supporting the GEOINT training for DoD and the IC is currently being broken into 3 smaller contracts with awards running from this late spring until labor day. A large technical services contract (SMARTS) is being re-competed this year with a whole new set of companies jocking for position and actively forming teams as we speak. An then there is ITEMS (managed services implementation of its Infrastructure Service Provider (ISP)) and GEOINT Data Services (GDS). GDS will consist of primarily supporting standard geospatial data and mapping efforts. Don't forget TASER, a $1 Billion multiple award contract for engineering, development, ops & sustainment and whatever else you can think of. It's mostly IT and software/hardware centric in nature.
What in the heck does this mean for the job market? Several things. First of all, the days of getting the cushy 6 figure salary with little or no effort is becoming a bigger challenge than before. Significant pressure is made by the government to proactively lower rates for its contracts. This is in direct correlation with continuing resolution. Lower rates = lower salaries. The up side to this, the amount of companies actively competing for these contracts is quite large and with enough effort and the right qualifications, you should have no problem getting offers from legitimate companies in the GEOINT sector. Check out www.georeps.com for job listings that describe some of the new work that is hitting the streets. Read the skills, take some training, sharpen up your business acumen and polish up your resume for what could be one of the most aggressive years for the GEOINT job market in some time.
Until next time.....
Dave
Monday, October 18, 2010
GEOINT Conference 2010 - Hand shakes, wheelin' and dealin'
All,
I just want to remind everyone that the GEOINT 2010 conference is fast approaching. This year's conference will take place in New Orleans, LA. This being my 4th GEOINT conference, I've realized that this event is single-handily one of the best business development outings for the GIS, Geospatial and overall GEOINT community. If you have never been, do your self a favor and GO.
If I go, what should I expect?
An A list of speakers, great networking events, excellent breakout sessions and charity/educational events. For a full listing, go to the USGIF's site: http://geoint2010.com/
If you are interested in developing more business contacts, creating a team for future GEOINT projects, checking out new software/hardware and seeing some of the biggest leaders in the Intel Community and DoD, go to GEOINT 2010.
Next post will come during this year's conference. If you are at this year's conference, I'll be moderating the Monday breakout session on USGIF Accreditation Process for University Programs. Come by and say Hi.
Take Care,
Dave
Dave Sterling
President/CEO
www.GEOREPS.com
sterling@georeps.com
GIS Job Hunter LLC
I just want to remind everyone that the GEOINT 2010 conference is fast approaching. This year's conference will take place in New Orleans, LA. This being my 4th GEOINT conference, I've realized that this event is single-handily one of the best business development outings for the GIS, Geospatial and overall GEOINT community. If you have never been, do your self a favor and GO.
If I go, what should I expect?
An A list of speakers, great networking events, excellent breakout sessions and charity/educational events. For a full listing, go to the USGIF's site: http://geoint2010.com/
If you are interested in developing more business contacts, creating a team for future GEOINT projects, checking out new software/hardware and seeing some of the biggest leaders in the Intel Community and DoD, go to GEOINT 2010.
Next post will come during this year's conference. If you are at this year's conference, I'll be moderating the Monday breakout session on USGIF Accreditation Process for University Programs. Come by and say Hi.
Take Care,
Dave
Dave Sterling
President/CEO
www.GEOREPS.com
sterling@georeps.com
GIS Job Hunter LLC
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Top Secret America
Check out this article that was highlighted in this morning's GOTGEOINT blog, written by the Washington Post.
Outside a hotel ballroom near Baltimore-Washington International Marshall Airport, about three dozen men and a handful of women lined up one recent morning to have a colored dot -- green, blue or red -- affixed to their suits and dresses.
The colors were key to what's known as the "meal ticket" for landing a job in the intelligence community: a top-secret clearance.
We hung out (yes, we were cleared to attend) at two TechExpo Top Secret job fairs - one near Fort Meade and the other in Reston.
The job fairs are run by a New York-based firm that specializes in helping those with clearances connect with companies doing intelligence work under U.S. government contracts. At a check-in booth, organizers asked, "What's your clearance level?" and passed each candidate an appropriately colored sticker. FULL ARTICLE
Wanted: Those with top secret clearances
The colors were key to what's known as the "meal ticket" for landing a job in the intelligence community: a top-secret clearance.
We hung out (yes, we were cleared to attend) at two TechExpo Top Secret job fairs - one near Fort Meade and the other in Reston.
The job fairs are run by a New York-based firm that specializes in helping those with clearances connect with companies doing intelligence work under U.S. government contracts. At a check-in booth, organizers asked, "What's your clearance level?" and passed each candidate an appropriately colored sticker. FULL ARTICLE
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