Do you have a drive to contribute to our nation’s security and have direct impact on mission?  Maxar has an urgent and immediate need for a Geospatial Data Scientist to join our team at a customer-site in McLean, VA.

Life with Us

Project: We are a team that helps solve complex problems and provide real solutions for an important Intelligence Community customer.  In an increasingly data-rich environment, threats to our country are harder to detect and require applications that can visualize and analyze live data as quickly as it arrives.  We are looking to add a geospatial data scientist to our team of motivated software developers and geospatial analysts to help make the customer’s vision a reality.

Your Career: We are quickly growing our team in the customer space and this opportunity will provide ample opportunity for career growth, whether in leadership or an expanded skillset. You will have the opportunity to work closely with leadership to help set your own goals and ensure you are on a path to achieving them.

We offer:

• Conference attendance
• Corporate partner industry training
• Peer groups
• Paid certifications
• Education reimbursement
• Student loan forgiveness
• Flexible Time Off
• Tenure bonus based on using required clearance on-site

Day-to-Day with your Colleagues:

• Conducting analysis and visualization of live data across a wide range of regions and topics to provide insight and early detection of anomalies.
• Contributing to the content, design, and maintenance of a web application that ingests live data and provides visualization and analytic tools to identify intelligence anomalies.
• Provide data visualization using applications such as Tableau, Arc Suite, or similar software.
• Applying knowledge and experience using geospatial/data science analytic methodologies and principles to understand intelligence issues.
• Use critical thinking skills to investigate data and unlock unique insights from varied datasets.
• Working closely with other analysts, government task leads and analysts, and Project Managers in a team environment to enhance the mission.
• Provide repeatable analytic code examples, such as those in python notebooks or similar technology, for use by sponsor analysts.

Minimum Requirements: 

• US Citizen with Current/active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph.
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as Data Science, Geography, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or related STEM degree program.
• Minimum 15 years’ experience in data science, geography, computer science, mathematics, GIS or related discipline.
• Experience working with visualization software packages such as Tableau.
• Experience with SQL queries and visualization of large datasets.
• Experience with geospatial software packages such as ArcGIS, ArcPro, QGIS.

Preferred Requirements:

• Experience with PostGIS/PostGRES or willingness to learn.
• Experience with AWS terminology or willingness to learn.
• Experience using Python.
• Experience with Data Science methodologies.
• Experience with Python notebooks.

In support of pay transparency at Maxar, we disclose salary ranges on all of our U.S. job postings. We use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop market-driven ranges for our roles, and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range. To accommodate all locations, we have listed the bottom to the top of the possible range, and will share the target range for a specific location during the recruiting discussion. Individual pay will be competitive based on a candidates unique set of knowledge, skills, and geographic diversity, with earnings potential commensurate with experience. The range for this position is:

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health and welfare insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees. You can find more information on our benefits at: https://www.maxar.com/careers/benefits

This position will be posted for a minimum of three business days, and will be posted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire. 

Maxar employees must follow all applicable Maxar policies and COVID-19 requirements as well as those of Maxar customers and third parties. Individual job requirements may vary, and Maxar reserves the right to modify its policies and requirements as it deems appropriate in accordance with applicable law.

Maxar Technologies values diversity in the workplace and is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.