Junior Geospatial Analyst

Vantor•McLean, VA

About The Position

Vantor is seeking a Geospatial Analyst to support the management, maintenance, analysis, and quality assurance of geospatial data. The role works with varied geospatial data types and sources using ArcGIS Pro, QGIS, enterprise geodatabases, SQL, and related tools. It supports maintenance of a global geodatabase currently hosted in Oracle as the environment transitions to PostgreSQL/PostGIS. The analyst will create and update geometries, maintain topology and attribution, conduct data migrations and transformations, and test data compatibility, quality control, and quality assurance. The role involves troubleshooting complex data issues, documenting results, and collaborating with developers, database administrators, system administrators, project managers, and mission stakeholders. Applicants must be a U.S. Person, defined as a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, Asylee, or Refugee. Certain roles may also be subject to U.S. export control laws requiring U.S. person status.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Geography, GIS, Geospatial Science, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
Two or more years of professional GIS or geospatial data-management experience.
Experience using ArcGIS Pro or another comparable desktop GIS application.
Experience working with multiple geospatial data types, formats, and sources.
Experience maintaining or updating geodatabases.
Experience creating, editing, transforming, and validating spatial geometries.
Experience with topology creation, maintenance, and validation.
Experience managing geospatial attribution, schemas, domains, subtypes, and metadata.
Experience performing data compatibility testing, quality control, and quality assurance.
Experience developing or executing repeatable data-validation or quality-assessment procedures.
Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
Must be a U.S. Person: a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, Asylee, or Refugee.

Nice To Haves

Strong SQL skills and ability to investigate and resolve data issues.
Experience with ArcGIS Enterprise, Portal for ArcGIS, hosted feature services, map services, and web maps.
Experience integrating data from APIs, web services, imagery sources, or other external systems.
Experience working with large or complex geospatial datasets.
Experience with enterprise data modeling and geospatial database design.
Experience supporting Department of Defense or Intelligence Community customers.
ESRI technical certification or comparable professional training.
Active security clearance or ability to obtain and maintain one.

Responsibilities

Create, edit, update, and maintain geospatial data using ArcGIS Pro or QGIS.
Work with vector, raster, imagery, web services, and externally provided datasets.
Maintain and update global geospatial datasets within enterprise geodatabases.
Support the transition of geospatial data from Oracle to PostgreSQL/PostGIS.
Create, modify, and validate spatial geometries, including points, lines, polygons, and other geometry types.
Maintain spatial topology and identify, resolve, and document topology errors.
Create, update, and validate feature attributes, domains, subtypes, schemas, and related metadata.
Perform data transformations, migrations, conflation, and integration activities as required.
Develop and execute data tests to assess compatibility with target systems, applications, schemas, and databases.
Conduct data quality control and quality assurance reviews to identify errors, inconsistencies, missing information, invalid geometries, and attribution issues.
Develop repeatable procedures for data validation, quality assessment, and error tracking.
Perform spatial analysis and produce accurate, well-designed geospatial products.
Troubleshoot data and database issues.
Support publication and maintenance of GIS services, web maps, and geodatabases.
Document data sources, processing steps, validation procedures, identified issues, and corrective actions.
Collaborate with developers, database administrators, project managers, system administrators, and mission stakeholders to resolve data and application issues.
Stay current with ArcGIS, QGIS, PostgreSQL/PostGIS, and geospatial data-management capabilities.