Senior Geospatial Analyst: GIS, LiDAR & Remote Sensing

WGI; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

LTD & STD

Life Insurance

401k with match

PTO

Holidays

HSA with company contribution

Pet insurance

Employee assistance program

Job summary

WGI is seeking a Geospatial Analyst III with 7+ years of increasing technical knowledge in GIS, LiDAR, photogrammetry, remote sensing, or surveying for our Huntsville, AL, or Lakewood, CO office.

This position focuses on building high-accuracy geospatial data products, including aerial imagery and LiDAR, while contributing to data, services and applications development and distribution in a collaborative team environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Geography, GIS, Geospatial Science, Environmental Science, Computer Science, or a related field is preferred.
• 7+ years of increasing technical knowledge in GIS, LiDAR, photogrammetry, remote sensing, or surveying.
• Experience with ESRI software, including ArcGIS Pro and ArcSDE/enterprise geodatabase environments, is required.
• Experience with hydrographic data conflation, including integrating and reconciling hydrographic features from multiple sources, is required.
• Experience with LiDAR classification for surface model development, DEM production, and hydrographic breakline extraction is preferred.
• Experience with geospatial production tools (e.g., GeoCue, TerraScan, LP360, LAStools) is preferred.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work both independently and in a team environment to execute geospatial workflows.
• Strong analytical skills and experience solving geospatial problems are highly desired.
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the U.S. on a full-time basis. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visa.

Responsibilities

• Perform geospatial workflow processes using GIS and remote sensing technology, including pre-processing imagery, digitizing vector features, LiDAR classification for surface model development, DEM creation, hydrographic breakline extraction, and assisting with metadata and project reporting.
• Perform hydrographic data conflation by integrating, reconciling, and quality-checking hydrographic features from multiple geospatial data sources.
• Support geospatial standards, product generation, and geodatabase management by serving as a technical specialist.

Skills

GIS expertise

LiDAR experience

Remote sensing

Photogrammetry

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Geospatial field

Tools

ArcGIS Pro

ArcSDE/Geodatabase

GeoCue

TerraScan

LP360

LAStools

Job description

WGI is seeking a Geospatial Analyst III with 7+ years of increasing technical knowledge in GIS, LiDAR, photogrammetry, remote sensing, or surveying for our Huntsville, AL, or Lakewood, CO office.

This position focuses on building high-accuracy geospatial data products, including aerial imagery and LiDAR, while contributing to data, services and applications development and distribution in a collaborative team environment.