Staff Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Analyst
ARA is seeking motivated and detail-oriented staff GIS analysts to join our team.
Positions are available in Camp Hill, PA and Austin, TX.
Our GIS analysts are part of a dynamic team providing pavement engineering and asset management services to customers including airports, departments of transportation, cities, intermodal facilities, ports, railroads, and other transportation-related organizations across the United States.
Applicants should possess good communication and decision-making skills, attention to detail, organization, flexibility, and a willingness to learn and be challenged.
Limited travel may be required.
What you will do as a staff GIS analyst:
* Build spatial and relational databases and perform data analysis
* Write software routines to facilitate data analysis
* Produce maps depicting contents of databases
* Create user applications and interfaces using various programming languages
* Prepare reports and present technical research for a variety of both technical and non-technical audiences
Staff GIS analyst requirements:
* Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related field (e.g., Environmental Science, Engineering Technology, Surveying, Geography, Urban Planning, Computer Science, Remote Sensing)
* 2+ years of relevant work experience (graduate degree may substitute for work experience), including:
+ Proficiency with the latest versions of the ESRI software suite, including a demonstrated ability to publish and manage map, feature, and geoprocessing services using ESRI products and ArcGIS Online
+ Understanding of geodatabases, geoprocessing tools and scripts, and topology rules
+ Experience with Python scripting and/or artificial intelligence for data processing
+ Experience with open-source GIS software such as QGIS
* Interest in solving spatial problems using scripts, models, etc.
* Understanding of LiDAR point clouds and data
* Basic knowledge of database systems and queries using SQL
About ARA:
ARA is an employee-owned international research and engineering company recognized for providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences.
The company, founded in Albuquerque, NM, in 1979, currently employs more than 2,100 professionals and continues to grow.
ARA offices throughout the United States and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in civil technologies, computer software and simulation, defense technologies, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement.
The corporation also provides sophisticated technical products for pavement analysis, environmental site characterization, and robotics.
At ARA, employees are our greatest assets.
The corporation realizes that employee ownership spawn’s greater creativity and initiative along with higher performance and customer satisfaction levels.
ARA gives its employees the tools, training, and...
- Rate: Not Specified
- Location: Camp Hill, US-PA
- Type: Permanent
- Industry: IT
- Recruiter: Applied Research Associates, Inc
- Contact: Robin L. Jones
- Email: to view click here
- Reference: STAFF008482-00001
- Posted: 2024-09-28 08:29:38 -
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