Junior Geospatial Analyst

Location: McLean, VA

Vantor is forging the new frontier of spatial intelligence, helping decision makers and operators navigate what’s happening now and shape what’s coming next.  Vantor is a place for problem solvers, changemakers, and go-getters—where people are working together to help our customers see the world differently, and in doing so, be seen differently. Come be part of a mission, not just a job, where you can: Shape your own future, build the next big thing, and change the world.

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We are seeking an experienced Geospatial Analyst to support the management, maintenance, analysis, and quality assurance of geospatial data. This position will work with a variety of geospatial data types and sources using ArcGIS Pro, QGIS, enterprise geodatabases, SQL, and related geospatial tools.

The successful candidate will support the maintenance of a global geodatabase currently hosted in Oracle, as the environment transitions to PostgreSQL/PostGIS. Responsibilities will include creating and updating geometries, maintaining topology and attribution, performing data migrations and transformations, and conducting data compatibility, quality control, and quality assurance testing.

The ideal candidate is comfortable working with complex geospatial datasets, troubleshooting data issues, documenting results, and collaborating with developers, database administrators, system administrators, and mission stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Create, edit, update, and maintain geospatial data using ArcGIS Pro/QGIS.

Work with a variety of geospatial data types and sources, including 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 evaluate 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, database issues.

Support the 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 relevant ArcGIS, QGIS, PostgreSQL/PostGIS, and geospatial data-management capabilities.

Minimum Qualifications

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 ArcPro 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.

Preferred Qualifications

Strong SQL skills and the 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 the ability to obtain and maintain one.

Pay Transparency: To support pay transparency, Vantor includes salary ranges in all U.S. job postings. Starting pay for this role will fall within the listed range and will be based on factors such as experience, qualifications, skills, location, and market conditions. Candidates who meet the minimum requirements for the role should not expect to receive compensation at the top of the range. The listed range reflects the expected pay for this position, and final offers will be determined based on each candidate’s experience, expertise, and alignment with the role.

● The base pay for this position within the Washington, DC metropolitan area is: $81,000.00 - $108,000.00 - $118,800.00 annually.

For all other states, we use geographic cost of labor as an input to de