Staff Geospatial Analyst
About The Position
Vantor is seeking an experienced Senior GIS Analyst to support the development of high-fidelity synthetic environments for defense training, mission rehearsal, and operational analysis systems. The role focuses on acquiring, extracting, attributing, editing, transforming, quality-controlling, and maintaining curated geospatial vector data used in terrain generation and modeling, simulation, and training environments. The analyst will work with product owners, software engineers, data specialists, and subject-matter experts to deliver accurate, interoperable, production-ready geospatial content. The position requires technical expertise in GIS data processing, terrain database generation, geospatial automation, and 3D simulation content development. The successful candidate will lead technical efforts, establish repeatable workflows, mentor less-experienced analysts, and support delivery in an Agile development environment. Eligibility requires U.S. Person status. The role may be subject to U.S. export control laws and requires the ability to obtain and maintain any required security clearance.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Geographic Information Systems, Geography, Geomatics, Cartography, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
- At least 7 years of professional experience in GIS, geospatial data processing, terrain-data production, or a related field.
- Advanced working knowledge of Esri ArcGIS, including ArcGIS Pro.
- Professional experience with Safe Software FME for data transformation, translation, validation, and workflow automation.
- Working knowledge of QGIS and open-source geospatial tools.
- Strong understanding of coordinate reference systems, projections, datums, georeferencing, geospatial data models, and metadata.
- Experience processing common GIS formats, including shapefiles, file geodatabases, GeoPackages, GeoJSON, KML/KMZ, imagery, raster elevation data, and point clouds.
- Experience with geospatial data quality assurance and quality control.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and technical documentation skills.
- Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
- Ability to obtain and maintain any required security clearance.
- U.S. Person status is required for eligibility.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with 3D terrain database generation or geospatial content development for modeling, simulation, and training systems.
- Experience with 3D GIS, multipatch data, 3D mesh, LiDAR, point clouds, photogrammetry, or digital elevation models.
- Experience using GeoMedia, Global Mapper, OSGViewer, Creator, GIMP, or comparable geospatial visualization tools.
- Familiarity with spatial databases and enterprise GIS, including PostgreSQL/PostGIS and ArcGIS Enterprise.
- Familiarity with Agile software development and issue-tracking with Jira.
- Familiarity with testing, configuration management, version control, and DevSecOps practices.
- Experience working with 3D Tiles.
- Familiarity with web GIS, OGC services, and geospatial APIs, including WMS, WMTS, WFS, REST, and GeoPackage.
Responsibilities
- Lead preparation and processing of geospatial datasets for synthetic-environment and simulation applications.
- Acquire and compile geospatial data from satellite imagery, orthorectified and georeferenced imagery, hardcopy charts, field observations, existing maps, OpenStreetMap, and local government sources.
- Extract, digitize, clean, attribute, edit, generalize, validate, and maintain curated vector features, including transportation, hydrography, structures, vegetation, terrain, and related content.
- Review and refine AI-extracted features and other machine-assisted source data for geometry, attribution, completeness, usability, and production readiness.
- Perform spatial analysis, coordinate-system transformations, conflation, generalization, and data conversion.
- Process imagery, vector features, hydrography, transportation networks, structures, vegetation, and other terrain-related data.
- Develop and enforce GIS data standards, schemas, metadata requirements, and quality-control procedures.
- Conduct geospatial QA/QC, including topology validation, geometry checks, attribution reviews, completeness assessments, and positional accuracy evaluations.
- Develop repeatable workflows and automation scripts to improve data-processing efficiency and consistency.
- Produce technical documentation, processing guides, data dictionaries, test procedures, and project reports.
- Support software and component testing, technical demonstrations, user evaluations, source incorporation, and stakeholder engagements.
- Participate in Agile planning, sprint reviews, demonstrations, retrospectives, and backlog refinement.
- Collaborate with product owners, engineers, developers, testers, and other GIS professionals.
- Mentor junior and mid-level analysts.
- Work effectively in security-conscious development environments.
Benefits
- Paid time off
- Health and welfare insurance
- 401(k)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
