Geospatial Analyst

KCC seeks a Geospatial Analyst to join our growing team of catastrophe model developers. KCC develops catastrophe reference models to estimate the probabilistic risk to natural perils. KCC scientists and engineers create stochastic sets of hypothetical catastrophe scenarios that are overlayed on geospatially distributed building replacement statistics. These geospatial databases are developed by the exposure development team for the Unites States and the rest of the world. This position is for a Geospatial Analyst to be part of exposure development.

Responsibilities

• Develop geographically detailed building exposures that are vulnerable to natural catastrophes
• Research global construction trends
• Develop innovative and efficient computational methods to process large spatial datasets across multiple data types and structures
• Obtain, process, analyze, and format vector and raster datasets from external data providers
• Prepare reports and presentations that describe results of completed and ongoing projects
• Support model development and client facing teams with geospatial calculations and visualizations

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Civil Engineering, Architecture, Geography or GIS, Economics, Statistics, or closely related fields and 2-5 years related work experience required
• Experience with GIS software suite (ArcGIS suite or QGIS) handling both vector and raster data required
• Proven experience using ArcPy or PyQGIS, GDAL, RasterIO, and C# and .NET, a plus
• Competent and proven analytical skills and programming experience in R/Python and SQL required
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, keen orientation to detail, an eye for professional presentation, and recognized organizational abilities required