Sr. GIS Analyst

Company Description

We help the world see new possibilities and inspire change for better tomorrows. Our analytic solutions bridge content, data, and analytics to help business, people, and society become stronger, more resilient, and sustainable.

Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Develop and validate code used to join geospatial data to relational database attributes
• Run test and client data sets
• Perform statistical analysis of data and results
• Use visualization tools such as maps and charts to validate results
• Write technical documentation for internal use and distribution to clients
• Create and deliver presentations of analysis methods and results to coworkers
• Identify areas for improvement and develop practical implementations of improvements
• Work as member of multi-faceted development team

Qualifications

Experience, Knowledge and Abilities:

• Ability to gather, understand, and critically analyze spatial and tabular data
• Knowledge of statistics
• Demonstrated ability to learn new concepts and skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Programming experience in a high-level language such as Python, JavaScript, C#
• Experience with database language such a PostgreSQL, MySQL, or SQL Server

Desired Experience:

• Insurance industry knowledge
• Familiarity with handling raw data and manipulating large data sets
• Experience with GIS tools such as QGIS or ArcGIS
• Experience with Spatial SQL language such as PostGIS
• Foreign language skills

Qualifications:

• BS with 3-5 yrs experience in a quantitative field such as computer science, mathematics, economics, demographics or statistics
• MS Degree preferred

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Additional Information

In 2022, Verisk received Great Place to Work® Certification for our outstanding workplace culture for the sixth year in a row and second-time certification in the UK, Spain, and India. We’re also one of the 38 companies on the UK’s Best Workplaces™ list and one of 18 companies on Spain’s Best Workplaces™ list.

For over fifty years and through innovation, interpretation, and professional insight, Verisk has replaced uncertainty with precision to unlock opportunities that deliver significant and demonstrable impact. From our historic roots in risk assessment, we’ve grown to provide analytic insights that help transform industries focused on some of the world’s most critical areas. Today, the insurance industry relies on Verisk to be, and to make the world, more productive, resilient, and sustainable.

Verisk works in collaboration with our customers and at the intersection of people, data, and advanced technologies. Through proprietary platformed analytics, advanced modeling, and interpretation, we deliver immediate and sustained value to our customers and through them, to the individuals and societies they serve, with greater speed, precision, and scale.

We’re 9,000 people strong, committed to translating big data into big ideas. We help others see new possibilities and empower certainty into big decisions that impact individuals and societies. And we relentlessly and ethically pursue innovation to help move our customers, and the world, toward better tomorrows.

Everyone at Verisk—from our chief executive officer to our newest employee—is guided by The Verisk Way, to Be Remarkable, Add Value, and Innovate.
• Be Remarkable by doing something better each day in service to our customers and each other
• Add Value by delivering immediate and sustained results that drive positive outcomes
• Innovate by redefining what’s possible, embracing challenges, and pushing boundaries

Verisk Businesses

Underwriting Solutions — provides underwriting and rating solutions for auto and property, general liability, and excess and surplus to assess and price risk with speed and precision

Claims Solutions — supports end-to-end claims handling with analytic and automation tools that streamline workflow, improve claims management, and support better customer experiences

Property Estimating Solutions — offers property estimation software and tools for professionals in estimating all phases of building and repair to make day-to-day workflows the most efficient

Extreme Event Solutions — provides risk modeling solutions to help individuals, businesses, and society become more resilient to extreme events.