Multi-Domain Awareness SME

Vantor is forging the new frontier of spatial intelligence, helping decision makers and operators navigate what’s happening now and shape what’s coming next.  Vantor is a place for problem solvers, changemakers, and go-getters—where people are working together to help our customers see the world differently, and in doing so, be seen differently. Come be part of a mission, not just a job, where you can: Shape your own future, build the next big thing, and change the world.

To be eligible for this position, you must be a U.S. Citizen. This position requires an active U.S. Government security clearance, applicants who do not currently hold the required clearance will not be eligible for consideration. Employment for cleared roles is contingent upon verification of clearance status.

Export Control/ITAR: Certain roles may be subject to U.S. export control laws, requiring U.S. person status as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).

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This position requires an active U.S. Government Security Clearance at the CBP Suitability level.

Vantor is currently seeking a CBP Multi-Domain Awareness SME to provide operational expertise to support the development of statistical and machine learning models to support our FALCON effort. The ideal candidate will work on-site with AMOC DEOs to translate operational needs into technical requirements. 

As a Vantor team member, you will have the opportunity to closely support our mission partners, and your work will have a direct impact on building mission-focused software capabilities that support operational awareness, data-driven analysis, and timely decision-making. In this role, you will work closely with software engineers, data scientists, analysts, and customer stakeholders to build, enhance, and sustain applications and data pipelines that help transform complex data into actionable insight.

About Us:

• We are a multi-disciplinary software development and data-focused team supporting mission partners through rapid prototyping, iterative development, and operationally relevant technical solutions.
• Our diverse background of experience in mission support, software engineering, and applied data science serves as a catalyst to solve unique and challenging intelligence problems in support of operational users and their on-going activities.
• Prototyping and frequent, iterative feedback are core to our delivery approach, anchored by a need to ensure accuracy, reliability, and timeliness in support of our customer’s mission.
• Culture matters! The FALCON team values clear communication, ownership, technical curiosity, and the ability to contribute ideas without ego while fostering each other’s growth through feedback and flexibility.

What You’ll Be Doing:

Contributing to the continued research, development, and sustainment of mission-focused data processing workflows and analytical capabilities. You will support engineers, data scientists, and mission partners by providing feedback, assisting in design, and/or maintaining and enhancing communication and feedback cycles, technical documentation, and helping deliver reliable capabilities in an agile, remote-first environment.

Responsibilities:

• Define technical requirements to align with operational needs for models and AI solutions
• Test, validate, and provide feedback for analytic models in development, test, and production environments
• Defines threshold for model performance, based on operational need and experience
• Conducts data analysis to extract valuable insights from operational, spatiotemporal data sets
• Assists in the creation of a validation and testing platform to elicit feedback from end-users and stakeholders
• Schedules and leads stakeholder and end-user meetings to enable efficient feedback cycles and requirements gathering
• Draft technical documents for internal and external teams

Minimum Qualifications:

• Active CBP suitability
• Ability to work onsite at the CBP Air and Marine Operations Center three days a week
• Professional experience in CBP AMO with expertise in validating novel analytics and missions for complex problems
• Professional experience in translating user requirements for technical development teams
• Ability to guides strategic AI implementation and represents capabilities to stakeholders
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Experience with CBP AMOC floor and intelligence operations

Pay Transparency: In support of pay transparency at Vantor, we disclose salary ranges on all U.S. job postings.  The successful candidate’s starting pay will fall within the salary range provided below and is determined based on job-related factors, including, but not limited to, the experience, qualifications, knowledge, skills, geographic work location, and market conditions. Candidates with the minimum necessary experience, qualifications, knowledge, and skillsets for the position should not expect to receive the upper end of the pay range.

The base pay for this position within California, Colorado, Hawaii, New Jersey, the Washington, DC metropolitan area, and for all other states is:

$140,000.00 - $170,000.00

Benefits: Vantor offers a competitive total rewards package that goes beyond the standard, including a robust 401(k) with company match, mental health resources, and unique perks like student loan repayment assistance, adoption reimbursement and pet insurance to support all aspects of your life. You can find more information on our benefits at: https://www.Vantor.com/careers

The application window is three days from the date the job is posted and will remain posted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire.  If the job is reposted regardless of reason, it will remain posted three days from the date the job is reposted and will remain reposted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire. 

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EEO Policy: Vantor is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace. We believe in fostering an environment where all team members feel respected, valued, and encouraged to share their ideas. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.