Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Ocean Associates, Inc. provides consulting and technical services to government and other organizations. The company is seeking a Geospatial Analyst to support NOAA's review of deep-seabed mineral applications through GIS analysis, geospatial data management, regulatory package preparation, and coordination of legal and interagency follow-up actions.
Responsibilities
- Utilize Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software to execute spatial analyses, georeference application boundaries, and verify lease coordinates against international boundaries and existing claims, and environmental considerations
- Produce and maintain validated geospatial data layers and metadata reflecting NOS standards to track resource distributions and exploration impacts within the deep seabed minerals data architecture
- Review draft regulatory packages for administrative completeness and compile necessary scientific attachments, maps, or geospatial datasets prior to submission to the NOAA OGC
- Monitor, log, and distribute follow-up action items stemming from OGC legal reviews or interagency consultations to facilitate timely processing schedules
Skills
- • Bachelor's degree or higher in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), geomatics, geography, or a related geospatial field
- • 3 years of professional experience managing coastal or marine spatial datasets
- • Demonstrated proficiency using industry-standard geospatial software (e.g., Esri ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Toolbox) to conduct ocean zoning, benthic habitat mapping, analysis of maritime boundaries, or conflict evaluations
- • Proven experience developing metadata records that fully comply with federal open-data and machine-readable mandates as outlined by the NOAA Environmental Data Management Committee (EDMC)
Benefits
- This is a part-time position with benefit options.
- Work may be performed primarily off-site (remote), with occasional requirements for in-person meetings at NOAA facilities at NOAA Silver Spring Metro Center (SSMC) Campus, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
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