GIS/FME Analyst

at  Aversan

GIS/FME ANALYST

Aversan Inc. (www.aversan.com) is a reputable Engineering Company that provides expertise in Systems Integration and Software Testing for industries including Digital Health, Medical Devices, IT and Aerospace. We are currently seeking a qualified GIS/FME Analyst to work on leading edge technology products. The successful candidate for this full-time position will be a part of a highly motivated and highly technical work environment that feeds off the collective energy of a team-oriented workplace.
Location: Montreal, Quebec
Schedule: HYBRID – 2 Days a week in office
Description - As a GIS Analyst, you will work in a cross-functional team with the Product Owner, Designers and Technical Leads to support our synthetic environment (SE).

Responsibilities

• Have a range of responsibilities from creating, maintaining, and updating a variety of synthetic environment (SE) content data sets used within our training ecosystem not limited to the following:
• Gathering geospatial data, imagery data, cultural feature data, and architectural information to create synthetic environment content data sets.
• Understanding different types of geographic datasets, including shapefiles, raster & geodatabases, and the ability to create and edit data in ArcGIS environment
• Familiar with GIS software tools (ArcMap and FME) to develop SE content data sets from source data
• Produce SE content data sets compliant to Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC 1.0) specifications.
• Deploy SE content data sets.
• Manage GIS database and update GIS metadata.
• Use Agile engineering practices and various software and web development technologies to rapidly develop creative and efficient solutions that enhance the client customer and employee experience.
• Collaborate with other team members to craft clear user stories, design tests for prototypes and products, and continuously deliver product enhancements.
• Be an change agent & Agile mindset promoter
• Contribute to the collaborative and stimulating work environment
• Be connected to the industry to know tendencies and suggest innovative ideas

Basic Qualifications

• University or college degree in IT, GIS, or geomatics. Another combination of equivalent training and experience may be considered, as required
• Must be able to be cleared to work on Canadian Controlled Goods Program (CGP) projects
• Analyzing and manipulation of GIS data sets using ArcGIS and FME.

Technical Skills

• Working with satellite imagery, digital elevation models, and vector data to create detailed, high-resolution data sets.
• As a Passion for manipulating GIS data and a demonstrated interest for continual learning
• Displays an Agile mindset
• Demonstrated ability to work and make decisions unsupervised
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Good time-management skills, ability to juggle several tasks at once
• Ability to adapt quickly to changes in technology and to operate in an R&D environment

• Result-oriented, strong planning and organizational skillBilingualism is preferred (will be helpful for interactions)

• Have a range of responsibilities from creating, maintaining, and updating a variety of synthetic environment (SE) content data sets used within our training ecosystem not limited to the following:
• Gathering geospatial data, imagery data, cultural feature data, and architectural information to create synthetic environment content data sets.
• Understanding different types of geographic datasets, including shapefiles, raster & geodatabases, and the ability to create and edit data in ArcGIS environment
• Familiar with GIS software tools (ArcMap and FME) to develop SE content data sets from source data
• Produce SE content data sets compliant to Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC 1.0) specifications.
• Deploy SE content data sets.
• Manage GIS database and update GIS metadata.
• Use Agile engineering practices and various software and web development technologies to rapidly develop creative and efficient solutions that enhance the client customer and employee experience.
• Collaborate with other team members to craft clear user stories, design tests for prototypes and products, and continuously deliver product enhancements.
• Be an change agent & Agile mindset promoter
• Contribute to the collaborative and stimulating work environment
• Be connected to the industry to know tendencies and suggest innovative idea