Sr. Geospatial Analyst - DHS

cFocus Software Incorporated; United States; Remote; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

cFocus Software Incorporated seeks a Jr. Geospatial Analyst to support DHS programs in a fully remote role requiring Public Trust clearance. You will work on geospatial datasets, maps, dashboards, and data workflows in an Agile setting.

Applicants should have advanced GIS knowledge, ESRI ArcGIS Pro/Online experience, and familiarity with Python/SQL. You will help maintain data quality and contribute to documentation and governance practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in IT, CS, Geography, or related field.
• 10+ years of GIS/geospatial experience in GIS, geospatial analysis, or data management.
• SME experience using ESRI technology (ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, Portal, Dashboards).
• Understanding of spatial data concepts, projections, geocoding, and basic spatial analysis.
• Ability to work with tabular/JSON/web-service/geospatial data and validate data systematically.
• Basic experience with Python, ArcGIS Notebooks, SQL, or Arcade.
• Strong attention to detail, analytical reasoning, documentation, and collaboration in Agile environments.
• Ability to satisfy DHS suitability and security requirements.

Responsibilities

• Acquire, organize, process, and maintain geospatial datasets for DHS mission programs.
• Prepare data for upload and visualization within ESRI Portal/ArcGIS Online.
• Perform routine geoprocessing, spatial analysis, data conversion, and quality checks.
• Document data-quality findings and coordinate with senior staff.
• Create and maintain metadata for dataset, services, and databases per DHS standards.
• Design, publish, and maintain web maps, hosted layers, and geospatial services.
• Develop ArcGIS Dashboards to present real-time KPIs and operational context.
• Collaborate in Agile ceremonies and translate stakeholder requirements into Jira stories.

Skills

GIS

Geospatial analysis

Cartography

Data management

Location intelligence

ArcGIS Pro

ArcGIS Online

Python

SQL

ArcGIS Notebooks

ArcGIS Dashboards

Agile

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in IT/CS/Geography or related

Tools

ArcGIS Enterprise/Portal

Web maps

Hosted feature layers

Job description

cFocus Software seeks a Jr. Geospatial Analyst to join our program supporting the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). This position is remote. This position requires a Public Trust Clearance.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or master's degree in IT, Computer Science, Geography or a related field.
• 10+ years of relevant professional, internship, academic, military, or project experience in GIS, geospatial analysis, cartography, data management, or location intelligence.
• SME experience using 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 and raster data, attributes, metadata, data quality, and basic spatial analysis.
• Ability to work with common tabular, JSON, web-service, and geospatial formats and to organize and validate data systematically.
• Basic experience with Python, ArcGIS Notebooks, SQL, Arcade, or another scripting/query language used for data processing or GIS automation.
• Strong attention to detail, analytical reasoning, documentation, organization, communication, and willingness to learn in a collaborative Agile environment.
• Ability to satisfy DHS suitability, background-investigation, Entry on Duty, security, and system-access requirements for the assigned position.

Duties:

• Acquire, receive, organize, process, update, and maintain geospatial and operational datasets supporting DHS GMO mission programs.
• Prepare data for upload, publication, visualization, analysis, sharing, archival, and retrieval within ESRI Portal, ArcGIS Online, GII repositories, and other approved environments.
• Perform routine geoprocessing, spatial analysis, data conversion, coordinate validation, field mapping, joins, selections, overlays, and other assigned GIS production activities.
• Query and maintain archived geospatial information in open, accessible, and available standards and support applicable data backup, recovery, and records-retention activities.
• Follow established naming conventions, folder and repository structures, versioning practices, access restrictions, and data-handling procedures
• Perform data-quality assurance and quality-control checks for completeness, accuracy, consistency, currency, schema compliance, geometry, attribution, duplication, and usability.
• Document data-quality findings, corrections, assumptions, limitations, source lineage, and unresolved issues; elevate material concerns to senior staff.
• Create and maintain dataset, service, and database metadata in accordance with DHS geospatial methodologies, approved standards, and program procedures.
• Assist with database metadata design, repository maintenance, data dictionaries, field definitions, source descriptions, terms of use, points of contact, and update schedules.
• Support reconciliation of published layers, web services, source data, metadata, and related documentation so that information remains accurate and traceable.
• Design, configure, publish, and maintain web maps, hosted layers, and geospatial services under established technical and governance procedures.
• Configure appropriate symbology, labeling, pop-ups, filters, fields, scales, legends, and other presentation settings to meet user and mission requirements.
• Create and update ArcGIS Dashboards that present real-time information, key performance indicators, status, trends, and operational context.
• Assist with Experience Builder applications and other ESRI web experiences by configuring maps, widgets, data sources, layouts, and user-facing content.
• Validate that published products display accurate information, perform as expected, and support applicable accessibility, security, and user requirements
• Participate in requirements discussions and translate stakeholder data, mapping, visualization, and reporting needs into documented Jira stories, tasks, acceptance criteria, and data specifications.
• Execute assigned manual and automated test cases for data workflows, maps, layers, dashboards, services, and geospatial applications; record results and document defects.
• Support user acceptance, integration, regression, data-quality, and operational testing and verify that corrections meet defined requirements.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, sprint planning, backlog refinement, demonstrations, reviews, and retrospectives; keep assigned work and blockers current in Jira.
• Use Confluence, GitLab, and other Government-approved tools to maintain documentation, scripts, configuration items, decisions, and work products