Geospatial Analyst

Position Summary:

IEM is looking for a Full Time Geospatial Analyst to service various mitigation and emergency management-focused projects across the United States.

Primary Location:

• Candidates can originate from anywhere in the United States and will work remotely with occasional travel to client sites.
• All remote work environments require the ability to maintain minimum Internet speeds of 25 Mbps upload and 3 Mbps download, as well as a ping rate of 100 ms or less during working hours, regardless of the type and number of devices using your Internet connection. You must also have account privileges and access to your Internet service provider account during working hours for the purposes of maintaining the Internet connection, if needed.

Travel Requirements:

• This position will require occasional travel based on the client needs and the projects assigned.  

Essential Functions:

• Meet with customers to analyze business and operational processes; develop clearly articulated business and functional requirements and create design for geographic information system (GIS) technology solutions.
• Develop specifications; define data requirements, data sources, and design logic; lead and participate in research and evaluation of alternative methods and approaches for GIS solutions.
• Strong cartography skills and ability to plan, develop, and implement complex, high quality static maps and web mapping applications.
• Experience with FEMA’s Hazus modeling software and hazard mitigation planning and mitigation grant projects.
• Advanced knowledge of Esri GIS applications such as ArcMap, ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Server, ArcGIS GeoEvent Processing, and ArcGIS for Developers tools.
• Able to develop, implement, and maintain highly complex GIS projects by using technical and project management skills.
• Collect, organize, and categorize GIS information.
• Establish standards and quality control for data entry procedures.
• Design, create and maintain geographic data files, including geographic data models, polygons, lines, and points.
• Convert data between various spatial formats and projections and loads data into spatial databases and geographic data models.
• Design, create, and maintain logical data structures and spatial data models including topology, dynamic segmentation, geometric networks, and address models.
• Analyze and make recommendations concerning GIS technical matters.
• Develop training materials, provide training, and make presentations to GIS users.
• Make recommendations regarding upgrades, considering implications of new or revised GIS software, equipment, or applications.
• Provide documentation of training materials, process, source code, descriptions, and support requirements.
• Experience developing complex GIS applications that leverage custom coding (e.g., HTML, JavaScript, Python, etc.) and frameworks (e.g., ArcGIS APIs and SDKs).
• Develop and maintain GIS web services from external feeds such as CSV, JSON, XML, API, etc.
• Coordinate data acquisition and exchanges, project scheduling, and software training with internal and outside agencies.
• Program system documentation including updating of documentation such as replica reports, ETL documentation, geodatabase quality control reports, geodatabase data standards, and best practices.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in GIS, Computer Science, Geography, Urban Planning, Engineering, Information Systems, or related fields.
• Three (3) years’ experience performing geospatial analytical work with GIS and related tools and solutions.  
• Two (2) years’ of progressively responsible professional technical experience related to GIS and related solutions.  
• Strong working knowledge of Esri products including ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, Experience Builder, Spatial Analyst, Network Analyst, and Model Builder.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills, comfortable working in a client-facing role.  
• Formal cartographic training and a strong underst