Geospatial Data Analyst I - Python, SQL, AWS

Visa Hunt; United States; On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare for employee

PTO

401(k) with match

ESOP

Flexible Spending Accounts

EAP

Disability insurance

Job summary

Lynker Corporation is seeking a Data Analyst I to join its weather and climate science team in the United States. You will acquire and clean national-scale geospatial datasets, write Python and SQL scripts, and produce detailed reports and maps for client reviews.

You will collaborate with partner analysts, maintain metadata, and work with cloud storage formats (S3, GeoParquet, Zarr) to keep large datasets usable by the team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in data-related field or equivalent experience.
• 0–2 years of data analysis or data engineering experience.
• Proficiency in Python for data work (pandas).
• Proficiency with SQL and relational databases.
• Familiarity with Git and code review.
• Demonstrated ability turning raw data into documented results.

Responsibilities

• Acquire, clean, and integrate national-scale geospatial datasets (surface water, wetlands, soils, terrain).
• Write and maintain Python and SQL data pipelines under version control.
• Run QA/QC checks on geospatial products and model outputs.
• Assemble validation datasets and report accuracy metrics.
• Produce tables, figures, maps, and statistics for reports and client reviews.
• Maintain metadata and versioned data releases for reproducibility.
• Work with cloud storage and analysis-ready formats (S3, GeoParquet, GeoTIFF, Zarr).
• Coordinate with partner analysts on data standards and hand-offs.

Skills

Python

pandas

SQL

Git

Geospatial analysis

Quality control

Technical writing

Education

Bachelor's degree in data science, statistics, computer science, geography, GIS, environmental science, hydrology, engineering, or related field

Master's degree may substitute for experience

Tools

ArcGIS Pro

QGIS

PostGIS

AWS

S3

GeoParquet

Cloud-optimized GeoTIFF

Job description

Lynker Corporation is seeking a Data Analyst I to join its weather and climate science team in the United States. You will acquire and clean national-scale geospatial datasets, write Python and SQL scripts, and produce detailed reports and maps for client reviews.

You will collaborate with partner analysts, maintain metadata, and work with cloud storage formats (S3, GeoParquet, Zarr) to keep large datasets usable by the team.