Sr. GIS Analyst

Position Summary

The Senior Geographic Information System (GIS) Analyst uses spatial analysis techniques to manipulate, extract, locate, and analyze geographic and tabular data to answer complex questions and fulfill customer requests.

Results of the analysis are conveyed in the form of maps, reports, and charts, where the output information is used in the decision making process throughout Antero Resources Corporation (the Company ).

Senior GIS Analysts are also responsible for creating innovative, sustainable solutions, that satisfy customer requirements and comply with GIS and IT standards and polices.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Create map products and data outputs on a daily basis that is easy to understand, and meet customer and business expectations for data accuracy, content, currency, and overall intent.
• Gather external and internal customer requirements and apply one’s own understanding and knowledge of the various business processes, to design, create, and maintain enterprise databases, custom workflows, and tools.
• Design logical, multi-step processes that require spatial analysis, data integration, and reporting. Then interpret the information, maintain the data, and communicate with the customers to help generate ongoing solutions that meet their needs.
• Support and maintain the map services and mapping applications used by the growing customer base within the organization.
• GIS web browser mapping applications that contain map services and maps which are maintained by the Sr. GIS Analysts.
• Review and provide feedback regarding GIS Analyst’s deliverables to ensure that the highest quality control standards are being met by the GIS Department, and exceed management expectations.

Other Duties and Responsibilities

• Attend the various department meetings such as Land, Midstream, Operations, etc. to gain insight into the Company’s initiatives and prioritize workload accordingly.
• Advise on best practices and standards to promote and apply them within the department and organization.
• Serve as a GIS technical lead and point of contact for questions related to GIS related matters, supporting specific business groups in the Company.
• Utilize Python scripting or Model Builder to automate routine tasks by analyzing the weekly data from the vendor, and write scripts to prepare the data that gets sent to the different distribution lists.
• Troubleshoot and resolve problems with GIS solutions, software, and processes in an appropriate fashion.
• Assist in the training of GIS software and procedures to the customers as needed.
• Actively seek out and identify areas for process improvement, like documenting and performing data clean up. To ensure a more accurate and reliable data, and improve and streamline processes so the results are consistent and able to be repeated.

Qualifications

Required Education, Experience, Licensure

• Bachelor’s degree in Geography, GIS, Computer Science or Natural Resources discipline with a concentration in Geographic Information Systems.
• Five (5) or more years of experience utilizing GIS.
• Prior Oil and Gas Industry related experience.

Preferred Education, Experience, Licensure

• Experience working in a multi-tiered GIS environment.
• Experience using Global Positioning System (GPS) field collection devices.

Required Core Competencies Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• High proficiency with ESRI’s ArcGIS for Desktop application.
• Working knowledge of ArcGIS for Server, ArcGIS Mobile Applications, Python, Petra, and relational databases.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to identify incorrect results and reconcile accordingly.
• Ability to extend or alter the standard analysis by leveraging on past experiences and subject matter knowledge.
• Good verbal and written communication skills with the ability to present detailed subject matter material to a wide variety of audiences, including upper management.
• High level of organizational skills and ability to correctly archive and maintain structured data stores.
• Ability to recognize and understand the different processes across multiple disciplines within the Company, as daily requests can originate from any department.
• Ability to independently research information needed to complete a task with little to no direction.
• Provide great customer service to build and maintain a good relationship with internal and external customers.
• Strong documentation and technical writing skills to document developed codes.
• Knowledge of land information is preferred.
• Ability to safely operate vehicles, equipment, and tools.
• Able to recognize and apply safety processes and procedures.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Functions as an individual contributor with no supervisory responsibilities.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

• Job is performed in an office setting with exposure to computer screens and requires frequent use of a computer, keyboard, mouse, and multi-line telephone system.
• The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and talk or hear.

Physical Demands

• The employee is occasionally required to sit, stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms.
• Minimal amount of traversing through challenging terrain to evaluate project sites, conditions, manually inspect slopes or perform work.

Travel Requirements

• Minimal travel may be required to other locations.
• Minimal travel to Company’s field operations. Approximately 5% of time in field.

The above declarations are not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job described, nor are they intended to be such a listing of the skills and abilities required to do the job.

Rather, they are intended only to describe the general nature of the job.

Summary of Available Benefits* :

• Health Care eligibility including Medical & Prescription, Dental and Vision coverages
• Health Savings Account (HSA), Dependent Care FSA and Dependent Care FSA match
• Employer Paid Insurance : Basic Life and AD&D (employee, spouse, child), Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Coverage
• Voluntary Insurance : Life and AD&D, Accident, Long Term Care, Critical Illness, Pet Insurance, Legal Services
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 401(k) with employer matching
• Student Loan Repayment Reimbursement
• Vacation, Personal Choice Days (PCD), Sick Time
• Paid Parental Leave
• Company paid Holidays
• Wellness Reimbursement
• Subsidized Parking and Public Transportation
• Financial Well-being Program
• Professional Membership Reimbursement
• Employee Discount Programs
• Benefits eligibility is dependent on the employee’s job classification. Effective date is the first of the month after the event date or the first of the month if the event date is the first of the month.
30+ days ago