GIS Analyst/Developer

Waggoner Engineering, Inc. is hiring a GIS Analyst/Developer for our Jackson, MS office.

Are you ready to inspire, engage and deliver? For almost 50 years Waggoner has delivered sound results through a culture of integrity, service and creativity to benefit our clients. Waggoner has more than doubled in size over the last five years and growth is expected to significantly increase through the addition of talented personnel.

What does that mean for you? Waggoner differentiates itself as a leader in growth strategy for water and disaster recovery, as well as providing full engineering services across 19 offices and 6 states; we need people who are inspired for future growth, engage as leaders in their respective fields, and deliver to both internal and external clients.

If you are tired of hearing “we’ve always done it this way”; if you have a work hard/play hard attitude; and if you enjoy working with a vast team of professionals across various disciplines, you will fit right into our culture.

Responsible for implementing several Geospatial intelligence applications, combined AI, Analytics. Projects will primarily be water, wastewater, stormwater, power and utilities, and resilience related. Lead, develop, employ a full range of restoration tools based in the latest ESRI architecture framework (ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Enterprise, Advanced Analytics, spatial analysis, “what if scenarios”, Artificial intelligence, Dashboard analytics, reporting, and automation), and actively engage and coordinate a broad range of public and private agencies, and municipalities. Responsible for the design, development, and support of business intelligence solutions to meet reporting and analytic needs from our business partners in Direct Lending / Originations. Implement robust, reliable, and custom reporting and visualizations using BI tools (Power BI, Tableau, Excel). Develop and maintain self-service reporting solutions and/or automated solutions. Use SQL as main tool for data preparation: extracting, cleansing, aggregation, and summarizing data to create meaningful visualizations. Ensure the quality and accuracy of data by creating automated testing scripts. Participate in the design and implementation of logical and physical data models. Review proposed production changes to ensure highest quality data standards and lowest production impact. Navigate, understand, and leverage existing complex data structures for reporting. Support production BI solutions by monitoring and tuning SQL queries and data loads. Address user questions concerning data integrity. Monitor performance and communicates functional and technical issues proactively.

Bachelor degree in Geography, Geomatics, Watershed Science, or other related field with a strong emphasis in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and 3 years of experience with GIS, geospatial computing, and/or satellite/drone imagery. Experience in developing and carrying out data analytical strategies and pipelines on GIS data. Experience working with large-volume datasets, those likely requiring novel data structures and/or parallelized workflows for analytical processing. Strong general computational skills and advanced proficiency programming in Python. Experience with Git or similar source control management system. Experience with ESRI ArcGIS suite of products and extensions, including 3D Analyst and Spatial Analyst. Strong understanding and experience with spatial data. Experience with workflow automation, model building, and Microsoft Office Suite.

We know work isn't only about what you do, it's also about who you work for and with! Waggoner Engineering provides a fun, family-friendly, and multicultural work environment that supports a work life balance, including:

Waggoner Engineering, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.

Founded in 1976, Waggoner has become more than an engineering firm. Our solutions are developed through a culture of integrity, service, and creativity for the benefit of our clients.

Our highly skilled and diverse staff of program management, planning, economic development, and policy professionals are committed to delivering engineering excellence and creative solutions to every project across the major disciplines.

Our Vision

Aspire to be the first choice of clients and employees to provide sustainable and resilient planning, geo-spatial, engineering and
disaster recovery services.

Our Mission

To improve the quality of lives of our clients, communities, and employees.