Data Analyst I – Geospatial, Water Resources

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⛰️ Colorado – Remote

⛰️ Colorado – Remote

💵 $70k - $75k / year

⏰ Full Time

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🟡 Mid-level

📉 Data Analyst

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Lynker

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2007

💼 Consulting

🔬 Science

Consulting • Science • Engineering

Lynker is a premier science, engineering, and technology company that specializes in providing innovative solutions in weather and climate science, marine/ocean science and engineering, and space weather and space climate. The company partners with governments, communities, and industries to deliver impactful services that address global environmental security and economic prosperity. By leveraging a team of skilled scientists, engineers, and educators, Lynker tackles some of the nation’s most important missions and challenges, while also focusing on training, communications, and outreach for effective environmental policy and compliance.

📋 Description

• Acquire, clean, and integrate national-scale geospatial and hydrologic datasets • Write and maintain repeatable Python and SQL data-processing scripts under version control • Run QA/QC checks on derived geospatial products and model outputs • Identify, quantify, and escalate spatial and attribute errors • Assemble validation and reference datasets from field-verified and independently mapped sources • Produce accuracy summaries, confusion matrices, and regional/class error rates • Create tables, figures, maps, and summary statistics for technical memoranda, monthly reports, and client review meetings • Maintain metadata, data dictionaries, and versioned data releases for reproducibility • Work with S3, GeoParquet, cloud-optimized GeoTIFF, and Zarr formats • Coordinate daily with partner-organization analysts and developers on data standards and hand-offs

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in data science, statistics, computer science, geography, GIS, environmental science, hydrology, engineering, or a related quantitative field • 0–2 years of professional or internship experience in data analysis, data engineering, or software development • Working proficiency in Python for data work, including pandas • Proficiency with SQL and relational databases • Familiarity with Git and collaborative code review • Demonstrated experience taking a technical task from raw data to a finished, documented result • Clear technical writing for non-specialist reviewers • Must be a U.S. citizen • Must be able to pass a federal background investigation for facility and system access • Experience with Python geospatial libraries or willingness to learn them quickly • Exposure to ArcGIS Pro, QGIS, or PostGIS • Familiarity with national public datasets such as NHD/NHDPlus HR, National Wetlands Inventory, SSURGO/gSSURGO, 3DEP, or NLCD • R for statistical analysis and reporting • Machine learning coursework or project experience, particularly image segmentation, classification, or training-data curation • Experience building ETL workflows on AWS, including S3 and automated pipelines • Awareness of Clean Water Act aquatic resource jurisdiction, wetland delineation, or environmental permitting data • Prior exposure to federal contract work and government-reviewed deliverables

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare for the employee at no monthly cost • Medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage • Personal Time Off (PTO) plus paid holidays • Highly competitive compensation plan calibrated against industry and location benchmarks • 401(k) retirement plan with company matching • Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) • Flexible spending accounts • Employee assistance program (EAP) • Short- and long-term disability insurance • Life and accident insurance • Tuition assistance/training/workforce improvement reimbursement • Spot bonuses for exceptional performance • Annual Employee Recognition Awards with bonuses • Employee Referral Program • Free centralized, self-directed Learning Management System • Personalized career growth plans for every employee • Team-oriented work environment • Lynker is an employee-owned business