GIS Data Analyst

The Opportunity:

As an analytics professional, you love diving into data and turning it into meaningful insights. With the abundance of structured and unstructured data, you understand the importance of transforming complex data sets into useful information to solve challenges. As a GIS data analyst at Booz Allen, you can use your skills to support a mission and use data for good. We need a GIS data analyst like you to bring your knowledge to strengthen the nation's public health systems.

As a client-facing GIS data analyst on our Health team, you’ll work closely with your clients to understand their questions and needs and then dig into their data-rich environments to help find the pieces of their information puzzle. Not only will you extract and evaluate their data, you’ll also help your client interpret the information and recommend how it can be used to make an impact on the importance of geography and place in shaping health outcomes.

How You’ll Contribute:
As a GIS data analyst on our team, you’ll:

·       Use your technical knowledge to support client and stakeholder relationships supporting public health missions.

·       Research, develop, and test data methodologies, and generate cross-functional solutions through extraction, analysis, and visualization of large data sets.

·       Contribute to impactful work and guide decision-making across multiple organizations.

·       Apply your communication skills and analytical mindset by simplifying technical requirements and trends, based on audience.

·       Present data findings and recommendations to clients and stakeholders using your knowledge of databases, scripting languages such as SQL, ArcGIS, and Microsoft Office Suite.

·       Establish quantitative and qualitative metrics and key performance indicators to drive technical outcomes.

·       Apply data visualization through different formats such as Maps, Graphics, Tables, and other visualizations.

·       Grow your communication and technical skills by merging consulting and big data to create data-centric solutions in Public Health.

Work with us to help drive large-scale business and process decisions through data insights.

Join us. The world can’t wait.

You Have: 

·       5+ years of experience in working with GIS, cartography, geography, computer science, public health, or data analytics

·       Experience with Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and software, including ArcGIS, ArcGIS online, or QGIS

·       Experience with Structured Query Language (SQL) for data management and analysis

·       Experience with data visualizations for broad audiences

·       Experience in a built environment or environmental health

·       Experience in working with large environmental datasets

·       Ability to troubleshoot desktop, web, database, and server problems

·       Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or Suitability/Fitness determination based on client requirements

·       Bachelor's degree

Nice If You Have: 

·       Experience with software products, including SaTScan, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator or Adobe InDesign, Google Maps or Google Earth, and Microsoft Office Suite, including Access, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Power BI, and Outlook

·       Experience with programming and scripting, including R, Python, or SAS

·       Knowledge of relational database concepts

·       Knowledge of public health, cartography, and environmental health

·       Knowledge of health equity or social vulnerability

Vetting:

Applicants selected will be subject to a government investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements of the U.S. government client.

Create Your Career:

Grow With Us
Your growth matters to us—that’s why we offer a variety of ways for you to develop your career. With professional and leadership development opportunities like upskilling programs, tuition reimbursement, mentoring, and firm-sponsored networking, you can chart a unique and fulfilling career path on your own terms.

A Place Where You Belong
Diverse perspectives cultivate collective ingenuity. Booz Allen’s culture of respect, equity, and opportunity means that, here, you are free to bring your whole self to work. With an array of business resource groups and other opportunities for connection, you’ll build your community in no time.

Support Your Well-Being
Our comprehensive benefits package includes wellness programs with HSA contributions, paid holidays, paid parental leave, a generous 401(k) match, and more. With these benefits, plus the option for flexible schedules and remote and hybrid locations, we’ll support you as you pursue a balanced, fulfilling life—at work and at home.

Your Candidate Journey
At Booz Allen, we know our people are what propel us forward, and we value relationships most of all. Here, we’ve compiled a list of resources so you’ll know what to expect as we forge a connection with you during your journey as a candidate with us.

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $45,300.00 to $93,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees.

Work Model
Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of flexibility and collaboration, whether that happens in person or remotely.

• If this position is listed as remote or hybrid, you’ll periodically work from a Booz Allen or client site facility.
• If this position is listed as onsite, you’ll work with colleagues and clients in person, as needed for the specific role.

EEO Commitment

We’re an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that empowers our people to fearlessly drive change – no matter their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, lactation, or related medical conditions), national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.