GIS Analyst

KBC Advisors LLC•Seattle, WA

3d•$76,000 - $98,000

About The Position

KBC Advisors is seeking a GIS Analyst to join our team! We offer a dynamic, innovative environment with a company that is imagining industrial real estate. We are looking for an analytically focused GIS Analyst to join our Location Intelligence team. You will use spatial modeling, statistics and Esri application development to support our commercial real estate teams nationwide. Our ideal candidate is analytical, creative and strategic, and is eager to roll up their sleeves and get things done. KBC Advisors is a modern, nimble purpose-built firm. We pride ourselves on doing things differently. We want team members with diverse views and experiences who can bring new ideas to the table. We value what makes each of us unique and use it to drive our innovative approach to commercial real estate.

Requirements

Minimum of 3 years of prior experience in GIS, location intelligence or geospatial analytics
A bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university, or equivalent experience.
Strong, hands-on experience with the Esri suite: ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Pro, Experience Builder and Dashboards
Experience building client-ready maps, dashboards and apps
Experience aggregating data from multiple sources and cleaning it before it reaches a deliverable
Proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Ability to work with limited supervision

Nice To Haves

Suitability modeling and site selection modeling
Spatial analysis such as center of gravity and gap analysis
Excel models for comparisons and indexing, such as labor comparisons
Transportation cost modeling
Esri Business Analyst for business location pulls
Python, Arcade, ModelBuilder, ArcGIS Notebooks or other GIS automation for repeatable workflows
Experience building or supporting automated data pipelines, such as with ArcGIS Data Pipelines, Power Automate or Microsoft Fabric
Experience with ArcGIS Enterprise Portal, ArcGIS Server or ArcGIS Online administration
Familiarity with SQL and PostgreSQL, including querying and managing spatial data
A portfolio or examples of geospatial analysis and data visualization
A degree in GIS, geography, urban planning, economics or data analytics is preferred

Responsibilities

Design and build collaborative ArcGIS Online and portal apps, maps and dashboards for new and ongoing projects
Deliver complex location analyses independently, from data pull to client-ready product
Contribute to heavy analyses with senior analysts, including suitability and site selection modeling
Clean and aggregate data from multiple sources, including Salesforce, CoStar, and labor data, so it is ready for visualization
Check data sources, assumptions and results before work goes to review
Write, publish and maintain custom scripts, widgets and geoprocessing tools as needed
Support our ArcGIS Online and Portal user base as an administrator
Present your findings and train KBC Advisors team members on what you did, how you did it and how to use the apps you built
Turn analysis into plain recommendations for brokers and clients, write clear client updates and join client calls
Manage several projects at once and flag any at-risk due date early