GIS Analyst

Job Title

GIS Analyst

Location

Sunnyvale, California

About RMSI

RMSI’s AI-powered spatial intelligence solutions in mapping, asset integrity, network optimization, and climate risk modeling help organization enable operational autonomy, and drive sustainable growth.

With a workforce of over 6000 employees, RMSI stands as one of the largest employers in the geospatial industry and is consistently recognized as a top employer. Our operations include three state-of-the-art development centers in India and six fully owned international subsidiaries in the US, Canada, Australia, the UK, the Middle East, and Bahrain.

For more information about RMSI, please visit www.rmsi.com.

Role

The role involves performing GIS analyst activities.

Responsibilities

· Assemble and present analysis of geospatial data coverage and quality, for suitability testing of source datasets.

· Extract, query, analyze and produce visualizations for geographic boundaries and other geospatial data types.

· Develop bash shell, python and SQL code to perform spatial data extraction and analysis.

· Manage code and code documentation in GitHub, performing peer review of team member contributions.

· Setup territory projects for territory feature custom editing.

· Produce technical documentation for address formatting requirements in collaboration with subject matter experts.

· Produce and maintain address formatting rulesets for countries globally, using internal applications.

· Test, review and generate reports on data and address formatting changes.

· Document processes and steps to complete tasks.

· Apply Agile software development practices for managing tasks and sprint stories.

· File bug reports for tools and software issues

Skill & Qualification

· 2 years training/college or working experience in mapping, GIS, and spatial analysis.

· Use of GIS software such as ArcGIS, QGIS, PostgreSQL/PostGIS to process geospatial data and analyze layers of data relevant to mapping applications.

· Ability to write and run Snowflake/Postgres SQL queries to analyze data results.

· Knowledge of administrative, census, postal and regional geographies and their use in commercial mapping applications.

· Ability to analyze addressing datasets in a variety of formats (e.g. CSV, shapefile and JSON) and identify postal related layers (e.g. localities and dependent localities) required for address geocoding.

· Ability to research and troubleshoot issues in maps data to improve data quality and geocoding accuracy.

· Understanding of and experience using GitHub for code revision management.

· Ability to write Linux commands for basic data processing and GIT repo maintenance.

· Ability to read, understand, apply and contribute modifications to technical data specifications.

· Ability to identify and propose task optimizations to improve process workflows.

· Strong written and verbal communication skills, with experience presenting and summarizing detailed analysis.

· Able to work both in a team or independently when required.

· Experience in data localization and understanding semantics in other languages is a bonus but not required.

· Ability to follow and question complex procedural instructions in English that may have gaps, ambiguities, contradictions or other imperfections typical of early-stage piloting.

· Ability to work full-time on location as required

Work Location: In person

Salary : $58,878 - $77,387