National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)

1. Conduct market research, develop and implement acquisition plans/strategies for moderately complex acquisitions, coordinating with the program office, and when necessary, senior contracting officers to clarify issues; Independently prepare noncomplex requests for proposals and, with assistance, complex requests for proposals. 2. Review proposals and draft moderately complex contractual documents, and with assistance, complex documents; Independently conduct research regarding contract type and clauses; Coordinate with the program office, senior contracting officers, and OGC for inclusion of special contract requirements. 3. Administer moderately complex contracts, including monitoring contractor performance in collaboration with contracting officer representatives; Independently prepare non-complex modifications, negotiate contract changes, and resolve routine and, with assistance, non-routine problems; Terminate and close out contracts

Maritime Analysts perform moderately complex assignments to collect, analyze, and consolidate maritime safety of navigation information to populate maritime navigation databases in order to disseminate standardized data, products and services. These analysts also disseminate worldwide navigations warnings, provide quality assurance for maritime products, and generate moderately complex mission-specific datasets. They develop responses for review to queries from national and international customers.

Bathymetrists receive, analyze, and deconflict U.S. and foreign bathymetric data for use by the Intelligence Community (IC) and external customers. They populate and maintain data and metadata in the bathymetry database, ensuring the accuracy of metadata pertaining to collection source platforms and depth recording devices. They also provide customers with conflated and corrected mission-specific data.

This SkillBridge program is specifically targeted for the R&D Scientist work role, which is one of two work roles contained within the Research and Development Occupation that supports the NGA Research and Development (R&D) Key Component (KC).