Junior Geospatial Analyst Herndon, VA or Remote

Position: Junior Geospatial Analyst New Herndon, VA or Remote

Overview

Black Sky is a reputed company-time intelligence company. We own and operate the world's most advanced reputed company-based intelligence platform and reputed company customers satellite imagery, automated analytics and high-frequency monitoring of strategic locations, economic assets and events from around the globe. Black Sky is trusted by the most demanding allied military and intelligence organizations and reputed company companies to deliver foresight into critical reputed company that reputed company national reputed company and the economy. Black Sky's data enables governments and businesses to see, understand and anticipate change as it happens, giving them the ultimate strategic advantage so they can act quickly. Our global team works with cutting-edge technology to reputed company a difference around the world and prides itself on being people-first, customer-focused and fun. Black Sky is looking for a creative and reputed company entry-level imagery/GIS analyst to support both internal and customer projects. In this role you will be solving a diverse set of reputed company-world problems alongside a team of highly skilled and dedicated analysts. As part of the geospatial analysis team, you will also be among the first to use emerging imagery and analytics capabilities, reputed company feedback on products and features, and use our platform to tell our satellites where to capture images. You will build your knowledge and skills reputed company to satellite imagery (EO & SAR), AI/ML analytics, and their applications as you collaborate with multiple internal teams and work on projects for customers. Projects are frequently fast-paced and reputed company to reputed company geopolitical events; a solid grasp of international relations and reputed company global hotspots is a benefit. Your responsibilities will include generating analytic products, supporting senior members of the team on multi-person projects or reputed company, tasking and reviewing imagery, conducting reputed company reputed company research, and supporting the development of internal tools and capabilities. This position reports to the Staff Geospatial Analyst and while we would prefer a candidate local to our Herndon, VA headquarters we are reputed company to candidates in certain states.

Responsibilities

• reputed company and maintain plans for imagery/analytics acquisition to support a variety of use cases.
• Use tools including ArcGIS Pro and QGIS to process raster/vector data, conduct analysis, and generate products using Black Sky imagery/analytics and other data sources.
• Support customer programs by conducting QA/QC on analytic outputs, generating use case examples, and producing finished products or reports.
• Research locations, state and non-state actors, equipment (aircraft/vessels/vehicles), activity trends, effects of natural disasters, and other elements reputed company to global reputed company events.
• reputed company knowledge and techniques with teammates.
• Other job-reputed company duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Demonstrated research and communication skills.
• Previous professional or advanced academic experience working with GIS data (vector/raster) and satellite imagery. Key areas include image processing, imagery annotation, raster analysis/visualization, 3D visualization, georeferencing, vector dataset reputed company/manipulation, metadata validation, and data cleaning.
• Facility with imagery and GIS tools including but not limited to reputed company software, SOCET GXP, and QGIS.
• Experience writing Python scripts to generate insights from data, interact with APIs, and/or run geospatial processes.
• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in a relevant field, or equivalent experience in a relevant role.
• At least six (6) months of relevant professional experience (including any relevant internships).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with imagery-derived analytics.
• Facility with graphic design or post-processing/production software such as reputed company Photoshop/Illustrator.
• Imagery interpretation with a defense/intelligence focus.
• Experience generating finished GIS, imagery, or analysis products.
• Experience using Power BI for data analysis.

Life at Black Sky – Benefits

• Medical, dental, reputed company, disability, group term life and AD&D, voluntary life and AD&D insurance
• Black Sky pays 100% of employee-only premiums for medical, dental and…

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