Remote Senior Geospatial Analyst - Public Trust

cFocus Software Incorporated

Oregon

Hybrid

USD 70,000 - 95,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Job summary

cFocus Software Incorporated is seeking a Jr. Geospatial Analyst to support DHS programs. This remote position requires a Public Trust Clearance.

You will manage geospatial datasets, create web maps and dashboards, and perform GIS tasks within ESRI tools, following DHS procedures. Ideal candidates have a degree in IT/CS/Geography and extensive GIS experience, with Python/SQL/ArcGIS Notebooks skills. You will work in an Agile environment, ensuring data quality and compliance with security

Qualifications

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in IT, Computer Science, Geography or a related field.
10+ years of GIS/geospatial experience including analysis, cartography, data management, or location intelligence.
SME experience with ESRI technology such as ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Enterprise/Portal, ArcGIS Online, web maps, hosted feature layers, Dashboards, or comparable GIS tools.
Understanding of spatial data concepts, coordinate systems, projections, geocoding, vector/raster data, attributes, metadata, data quality, and basic spatial analysis.
Ability to work with tabular, JSON, web-services, and geospatial formats and to organize and validate data.
Basic experience with Python, ArcGIS Notebooks, SQL, Arcade, or other scripting/query language used for GIS processing or automation.
Strong attention to detail, analytical reasoning, documentation, organization, communication, and willingness to learn in an Agile environment.
Ability to satisfy DHS suitability, background-investigation, Entry on Duty, security, and system-access requirements.

Responsibilities

Acquire, organize, process, update, and maintain geospatial and operational datasets for DHS GMO mission programs.
Prepare data for upload, publication, visualization, analysis, sharing, and retrieval within ESRI Portal, ArcGIS Online, and GII repositories.
Perform routine geoprocessing, spatial analysis, data conversion, coordinate validation, field mapping, joins, and overlays.
Query and maintain archived geospatial information; support data backup and records-retention activities.
Follow naming conventions, folder structures, versioning, access restrictions, and data-handling procedures.
Perform data-quality assurance and quality-control checks for completeness, accuracy, currency, schema compliance, and usability.
Document data-quality findings, corrections, source lineage, and unresolved issues; escalate as needed.
Create and maintain metadata for datasets, services, and databases according to DHS standards.
Assist with metadata design, repository maintenance, data dictionaries, field definitions, and terms of use.
Support reconciliation of published layers, web services, and related documentation for accuracy and traceability.
Design, configure, publish, and maintain web maps, hosted layers, and geospatial services.