Climate and Energy Data Manager

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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 Climate and Energy Data Manager to join our team at a customer-site in McLean, VA.

Life with Us
Project: Our long-standing customer counts on our team to help enhance their timely and thorough economic analysis, often geared towards policy makers.  We do this as a team by providing short and long term geospatial and data management and analysis to combine with the customer’s all-source analysis.  Working with the customer to meet their needs and expectations are the highest of priorities, resulting in a rewarding experience.

Your Career: We at Maxar are very serious about professional development and continuing education.  We offer everyone the opportunity to define their own career trajectory.  Our group has some amazing resources at our disposal specifically for this purpose. You will work with your direct supervisor and/or a mentor to set appropriate goals and design a plan to help you make consistent progress.

We offer:

• Dedicated professional development time.
• Conference attendance
• Corporate partner industry training
• Peer groups
• Paid certifications
• Education reimbursement
• Student loan forgiveness
• and much more…

Day-to-Day with your Colleagues:

• Serving as the team’s data manager who will be responsible for climate and energy data collection, formatting, storage, cataloguing, and initial analysis of the data while making the data sources readily available and accessible for the customer.

• Working closely with analysts to determine what resources you can bring to complete tasks.
• Determining how to create, enhance, and adapt data sources to meet the customer’s needs.
• Providing the customer with regular progress updates, including presenting at team meetings.

Minimum Requirements: 

• US Citizen with TS/SCI ISSA cleared with Polygraph.
• Ability and desire to work at the Sponsor’s facility in the Washington Metropolitan Area (WMA).
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as Geography, Economics, Energy Studies, Climate Studies, Computer Science, and/or Systems Engineering, etc.- 4 years of relevant experience may be substituted for a degree.
• Minimum 2 years’ professional experience.
• Experience with managing data to include collection, formatting, storage, cataloguing, and some data analysis.
• Experience with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Power Point).

Preferred Requirements:

• Experience using economic, energy and/or climate data sources from industry, academia, the IC, the military, and/ or the scientific community.
• Experience modeling economic, energy and/or climate data.
• Experience with statistical analysis and data manipulation.
• Understanding of energy security and climate change issues.
• Ability to manage major modeling efforts.
• Ability to apply sophisticated econometric work to finished intelligence.
• Experience with geospatial analysis and software such as ArcGIS, QGIS.
• Experience with remote sensing and imagery analysis.
• Cartographic experience.
• Experience working with User Interface / User Experience (UI/UX) designers.
• Python experience.

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Our salary ranges are market-driven and set to allow for flexibility. Individual pay will be competitive based on a candidate’s unique set of knowledge, skills, and geographic diversity, with earnings potential commensurate with experience. The range for this position is:

$96,000.00 – $160,000.00 annually.

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.