Data Collection Manager

Founded in 1989, SOSi is among the largest private, founder-owned technology and services integrators in the defense and government services industry. We deliver tailored solutions, tested leadership, and trusted results to enable national security missions worldwide.

SOS International LLC (SOSi) is seeking a Data Collection Manager to work with a business unit providing open source and commercially available data and analysis to U.S. government and other customers.

Essential Job Duties:

• Responsible for the lifecycle of our data from requirements, through collection, processing, hosting, to delivery and final disposition.
• Build and maintain the full internal catalog of Exovera’s data, to include digital and hard copy holdings from traditional mass media, the internet, specialized journals, studies, conference proceedings, geospatial information, and more.
• Provide input on data holdings for Business Development or external data catalog listings.
• Responsible for internal and external project management for data delivery contracts not related to exoINSIGHT or tied with an analytic services contract.
• Manage conversion of hard copy journal processing from to a digital library.
• Manage Exovera Collection Strategy - Research and acquire publicly available information in response to intelligence gaps, to include identification of unique data that can be acquired from adversary countries; Work closely with analytical cadres to drive integrated information gathering on a strategic topic, regional, or cross-regional need; Identify relevant sources for data Collection; maintain a data catalog.
• Work closely with Product Manager, engineers and developers to assist with data ingestion, cleaning and diagnostics, and tracking.
• Manage financial or personnel resources associated with Collection, including contracts.
• Help develop, acquire, evaluate and/or implement Collection tools and methodologies.
• Help develop source description and evaluation, metadata schema or other information discoverability processes.

Minimum Requirements:

Degree/Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in one of the following with emphasis:
  • Area Studies
  • Data Management
  • Foreign Language/Linguistics (or a related field)
  • Geography/GIS
  • International Studies
  • Library/Information Science
  • Media Studies
  • Political Studies
• At least a 3.0 GPA on a 4-point scale is preferred, but exceptions are made for extenuating circumstances
• Critical thinking and research skills
• Strong verbal and written communications skills
• Ability to work within an ambiguous, evolving digital environment as a member of a collaborative team
• At least five (5) years' experience (including academic studies) in at least one of the following:
  • Data Management
  • Information management/information science/librarianship
  • Management of financial or personnel resources
  • Management of language program
  • Participation in the development and/or implementation of Human Language Technologies or other Collection technologies
  • Archiving
  • Research Librarian
  • Intel production
• Experience managing intelligence or information requirements from multiple internal and external customers.
• Familiarity with the issues posed by processing documents and data in foreign languages.
• Experience operating and improving databases for cataloging diverse data types
• Eligible for a US security clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency and demonstrated professional use of a foreign language, especially Chinese or Russian
• Project management, HUMINT or SIGINT collection management, open source or all source analysis, database building, or sales experience
• Experience managing complex projects
• Top Secret security clearance

Work Environment

• In-person work in Vienna, VA and Reston, VA locations
• Normal office conditions/environment 

Working at SOSi

All interested individuals will receive consideration and will not be discriminated against for any reason.