Staff GIS Specialist
Staff GIS Specialist
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Job Description
In this role youll gather data from different sources (like maps and satellite images) for specific regions to make sure we have all the information we need. Youll investigate various sources of data including free and paid options and check if they cover the areas we need if theyre uptodate and ensure their quality.
To prepare this data youll use specialized tools (like GDAL and custom software) to clean resize and align it so its ready for our team to use.
This role involves working closely with different teams in our organization. Youll partner with the AI/ML teams to supply diverse data they need for building new machine learning models and with the Pipeline and Product teams to ensure they have the necessary data required.
Responsibilities include but not limited to:
- Aggregate data for target regions and ensure that a complete collection of data is available.
- Research open public domain and commercial sensor data sources to determine the areas quality and freshness of available data.
- Utilize open source (e.g. gda1) and internally developed software tools to preprocess align crop resample and otherwise prepare data for use
- Contribute to our internal tools that process and source geospatial datasets.
- Partner with groups across the organization to understand needs for GIS data for AI/ML research. Coordinate with AI/ML team to provide diverse data for developing new machine learning algorithms and the Pipeline and Product teams to provide data to roll out new regions.
- Partner closely with leadership to understand the highlevel product vision
Qualifications :
- Masters degree in Computer Science Engineering Mathematics or a related field
- 3 years of relevant industry experience in a fast paced high growth tech environment.
- Experience with GIS modalities and formats such as orthoimagery (e.g. GeoTIFF) LiDAR (e.g. LAS/LAZ) vector data (e.g. ESRI Shapefiles GeoJSON) elevation and terrain information such as DTM DSM and DEMs landcover information.
- Basic scripting abilities (e.g. with Python) for rudimentary automation of common tasks and/or contributing to our existing tool palette.
Desired Characteristics:
- Teamoriented and collaborative approach with a demonstrated aptitude enthusiasm and willingness to learn new methods tools practices and skills.
- Experience working with opensource GIS libraries and tools including PROJ and GDAL for spatial data processing transformation and analysis.
- Experience with some flavor of Linux. Comfort with some flavor of a Unix shell environment (e.g. bash) is preferred.
- Enthusiasm for automated development processes and systems.
This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits including medical dental and vision insurance 401(k) paid leave tuition reimbursement and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website. Salary range: $125000 $155000 (bonus eligibility).
We are accepting applications for this position on an ongoing basis.
Additional Information :
As part of our selection process external candidates may be required to attend an inperson interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversals policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race color religion creed gender gender identity or expression age national origin or ancestry citizenship disability sexual orientation marital status pregnancy veteran status membership in the uniformed services genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable law.
If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to .
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qualified applicants with criminal histories or arrest or conviction records in a manner
consistent with relevant legal requirements including the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance
Initiative For Hiring Ordinance the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act where applicable.
Remote Work :
Yes
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Remote
Company Industry
Key Skills
- Databases
- ArcGIS
- GIS
- Microsoft Access
- Data Collection
- Relational Databases
- CAD
- Autodesk
- Data Management
- ArcView
- Metadata
- Oil & Gas Experience
