Sr. Geospatial Analyst - DHS (GIS)

Location: Remote

Company

hirify.global supports a Department of Homeland Security program through its DHS GCIS department.

What you will do

• Acquire, organize, process, update, validate, archive, and maintain geospatial and operational datasets for DHS mission programs.
• Prepare and publish data, web maps, hosted layers, geospatial services, and dashboards in ESRI Portal, ArcGIS Online, GII repositories, and approved environments.
• Perform geoprocessing, spatial analysis, data conversion, coordinate validation, mapping, joins, overlays, and GIS automation.
• Configure symbology, labeling, pop-ups, filters, layouts, widgets, and data sources for maps, dashboards, and Experience Builder applications.
• Maintain metadata, data dictionaries, lineage, repository structures, versioning, access controls, and data-handling documentation.
• Participate in requirements analysis, Jira story creation, Agile ceremonies, manual and automated testing, defect documentation, user acceptance testing, and regression testing.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in IT, Computer Science, Geography, or a related field.
• 10+ years of relevant professional, internship, academic, military, or project experience in GIS, geospatial analysis, cartography, data management, or location intelligence.
• SME experience with ESRI technology, including ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Enterprise/Portal, ArcGIS Online, web maps, hosted feature layers, Dashboards, or comparable GIS tools.
• Understanding of spatial data concepts, coordinate systems, projections, geocoding, vector and raster data, attributes, metadata, data quality, and basic spatial analysis.
• Ability to work with tabular, JSON, web-service, and geospatial formats and to organize and validate data systematically.
• Basic experience with Python, ArcGIS Notebooks, SQL, Arcade, or another scripting or query language used for data processing or GIS automation.
• Strong attention to detail, analytical reasoning, documentation, organization, communication, and willingness to learn in a collaborative Agile environment.
• Ability to satisfy DHS suitability, background-investigation, Entry on Duty, security, system-access, and Public Trust Clearance requirements.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote full-time position supporting DHS GCIS.
• Work in a collaborative Agile environment with sprint planning, backlog refinement, demonstrations, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Use Jira, Confluence, GitLab, and other Government-approved tools for work tracking, documentation, scripts, configuration items, decisions, and deliverables.
• Follow DHS geospatial methodologies, approved standards, governance procedures, accessibility requirements, security controls, and data-retention practices.