Geospatial Analyst
Geospatial Analyst
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$ 80600 - 145700
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Job Description
Leidos National Security Sector is seeking a Geospatial Analyst to be part of a team located in Northern Virginia. The Geospatial Analyst will be part of an integrated team made up of both Leidos and government staff. The successful candidate will have strong collaboration skills and desire to work within a team. The Geospatial Analyst position will support cartographic production efforts and ArcGIS Online portal map creation for our government customer. Candidates MUST have an active Top Secret/SCI with polygraph to be considered.
Primary Responsibilities
The successful candidate will work as a member of a government contractor team supporting custom mapping requests in both hard copy and online portal map formats managing multiple geospatial projects under minimal supervision working with customers to define project requirements and provide advice on processes and procedures for optimal visualization. The geospatial production effort contributes to complex intelligence analysis for senior policymakers and our countrys leadership. The custom mapping requests will require the candidate to have a strong cartographic background with extensive use of ArcGIS software to include Portal for ArcGIS. As a cartographer the candidate will be responsible for researching designing and producing thematic and reference maps in support of the customers finished intelligence including presentations publications and interactive products. Other geospatial analyst responsibilities will include supporting the development team doing opensource data collection working with ESRIbased web applications such as Portal for ArcGIS and ArcGIS Online.
Basic Qualifications:
Requires a BS in Geography Geographic Information Systems Cartography Computer Science or related field with demonstrated GIS training or coursework. Additional years of experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree.
5 years of experience
Requires BS degree and 8 12 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 6 10 years of prior relevant experience. May possess a Doctorate in technical domain.
This position requires an active TS/SCI with polygraph.
Expertise with ESRI ArcGIS Desktop and ArcGIS Pro software
Experience with ESRIbased web interfaces such as Portal for ArcGIS ArcGIS Online and Web Application development
Strong understanding of geodatabases and geodatabase applications and the ability to work with vector and raster datasets
Ability to use and edit shapefiles and file geodatabases
Experience working with different coordinate systems map projections and datums
Familiarity with standard cartographic methods theories and principles
Preferred Qualifications
Adobe software such as Illustrator InDesign Photoshop and Acrobat
Knowledge of websing using current web technologies and concepts utilizing python or JavaScript scripting. Understanding of HTML/CSS and JavaScript/REST APIs to use modules such as requests/URLLIB to create custom scripts for data extraction.
Proficient in parsing HTML and JSON data
Familiarity with QGIS
Understand how to code scripts or software routines to perform and control reliable web collection to include use of Python to design implement and maintain efficient and reusable code
Ability to research opensource data using public APIs
Original Posting Date:
While subject to change based on business needs Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range:
Pay Range $80600.00 $145700.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job education experience knowledge skills and abilities as well as internal equity alignment with market data applicable bargaining agreement (if any) or other law.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
