Senior Geospatial Analyst

About the role

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. To be eligible for this position, you must be a U.S. Citizen. This position requires an active U.S. Government security clearance, applicants who do not currently hold the required clearance will not be eligible for consideration. Employment for cleared roles is contingent upon verification of clearance status. Export Control/ITAR: Certain roles may be subject to U.S. export control laws, requiring U.S. person status as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3). This position requires an active U.S. Government Security Clearance at the TS/SCI level with required polygraph.

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.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Geography, GIS, Geospatial Science, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
• Appropriate Security Clearance
• Five 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 working with Oracle and/or PostgreSQL databases.
• Experience with PostgreSQL/PostGIS or comparable spatial database technology.
• 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.
• Strong SQL skills and the ability to