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Job Title EO / GIS Analyst Job Location Harwell, Oxfordshire Position Full time, permanent Remuneration Competitive salary and benefits package Apply To [log in to unmask] Company Description: Rezatec helps businesses better manage their land-based assets by making use of the increasingly sophisticated but complex array of Earth Observation (EO) imagery and data available. We do this through our unique landscape intelligence platform aggregating large amounts of diverse data from satellites, airborne and ground instruments, applying relevant modelling and using our mapping, measuring and monitoring techniques with best-in-class technology to provide critical decision support for our customers Role Description: A vacancy exists within Rezatec for an EO / GIS Analyst to join our EO team, based at our head office in Harwell, Oxfordshire. The role will involve sourcing, processing, analysing geospatial datasets and may include field work to collect ground calibration data. The role will suit a confident, team-orientated individual with proven ability to meet challenging deadlines within a dynamic environment. The applicant should have a degree in a science related subject and either an MSc in a GIS or remote sensing discipline, or have equivalent working experience in this area. Experience with environmental data is an advantage but we will accept applications from other industries as long as the applicant can demonstrate their knowledge in geospatial information. The successful candidate must be eligible to work in the UK and be able to commute to the Harwell office. Key Tasks: The successful candidate will contribute to projects within the agriculture, water, forestry, energy and carbon sectors. Specific tasks include but are not limited to: • Sourcing and pre-processing satellite, aerial and vector datasets • Analysing datasets using both open source and proprietary software applications to create EO data products • Development of automation scripts • Field data collection, using mobile GIS technologies, which may include travel In addition there will be a requirement to assist with the delivery of data products through web mapping services. Essential Skills • Firm understanding of GIS and EO concepts, such as projections, data management, formats and metadata • Demonstrable knowledge of GIS and EO techniques for processing and analysing geospatial datasets, in particular satellite derived imagery • Experience with EO / GIS software applications, such as Erdas Imagine, ENVI and FME • Scripting and statistical languages, in particular, but not limited to, Python and R Project • Proficient in Microsoft Office, in particular Excel • Strong written and verbal skills • Someone who can work on their own initiative as well as within a team and can make a contribution into applied techniques and processes Desirable Skills • SAR data analysis • Experience with agricultural or hydrological datasets • Spatial Databases, in particular PostGreSQL+ PostGIS • Web mapping technologies, for example Erdas Apollo, ArcGIS for server, Geoserver • Web mapping scripting skills: javascript, html, css To unsubscribe or modify your gis-jobs settings, please visit: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/gis-jobs