Senior Geospatial Analyst

Why do you need to choose between doing important work and having a fulfilling life? At Ardent, we have both. Ardent employees are committed to solving our customers’ most difficult problems—and we are committed to the well-being, personal goals, and professional development of our employee. We are “All In.” We put forth our strongest effort possible to get the mission accomplished and we do it together. We respect the skills and experience you bring to the Ardent team. And we provide a rewarding environment to help you succeed. 

We offer highly competitive benefits, professional development opportunities, and an exceptional culture that embraces flexibility, innovation, collaboration, and career growth. A collective service mindset underpins our work, and a shared camaraderie to serve clients, colleagues and our communities set us apart. Our full commitment to being "All In" for our employees and our clients is not just our approach, it is our standard. If this sounds like the perfect fit for you, choose Ardent and make a difference with us.

Ardent is seeking a Senior Geospatial Analyst to join our team.  

This is a remote role/hybrid role ideally located in the Washington, D.C. metro.

Position Description:

The successful candidate for the Geospatial Analyst position requires an in-depth knowledge of industry leading Geospatial tools including the ESRI desktop tool set.  The Geospatial Analyst, by virtue of the position, may be required to provide surge support during critical incidents affecting the Nation’s security. 

Responsibilities:

The successful candidate for the Geospatial Analyst position will provide a broad range of Geospatial Support functions (at one of two government client locations in the DC area) such as:

• Respond to various requirements for geospatial products and services
• Support contingency incidents or special events
• Create geospatial analytics and products focused on critical infrastructure and resiliency
• Create maps or visualization output focused on critical infrastructure and cyber information for hazards, such as natural disasters, terrorist threats and attacks, chemical spills, radiological events, Special Security Events (SSE), bombing prevention, security analysis and reporting, and other cyber and infrastructure projects and programs.
• Provide geospatial support to troubleshoot issues with ArcGIS software
• Provide geospatial support to clean, format, and analyze issues with geospatial data

Requirements:

• Development of Geospatial Products using ESRI desktop and web-based tools
• Strong cartographic skills and visual interpretation of data
• Ability to interpret and explain geospatial products to DHS leadership
• Understanding of visualization tools such as ESRI-based web interfaces (Portal for ArcGIS, ArcGIS Online)
• Understanding of ESRI Geodatabases and OGC service standards for geospatial data
• Strong communications skills, both verbal and written
• Experience with Microsoft SharePoint
• Bachelor's degree in Geography/GIS or computer science related field
• Minimum of 7 years of  experience with desktop GIS software

Due to the nature of the work we support, all candidates in consideration for this role must be U.S. Citizens willing to undergo the government issued background investigation process.

Ardent is an equal opportunity employer. We will not discriminate and will take affirmative action measures to ensure against discrimination in employment, recruitment, advertisements for employment, compensation, termination, upgrading, promotions, and other conditions of employment against any employee or job applicant on the bases of race, color, gender, national origin, age, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.