Hybrid: 3 days remote 2 days office.
At Verizon we run a world-class Engineering organization and as a part of the Engineering Program Office that manages large capital programs using state of the art analytics seek to improve the capital planning and management processes enhancing systems realigning the organization and adding opportunities for personal skill-building and professional growth. We have an opening for a talented and experienced Geospatial Data Engineer with hands-on expertise in creation and automation of complex spatial and data algorithms using Python automation and strong DB/ETL scripting skills. The successful candidate will act as an internal consultant working closely with Strategy and Network Planning groups who will need to have strong analytical skills as well as presentation capabilities that builds the story from data and modeling that leads to an action.
The candidate must be willing to work in an interdisciplinary field together with computer scientists business spocs and telecom network engineers and will require excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Interpreting executive asks understanding multiple data sources models and software tools with business line specific decision support and data analysis
Communicate with and influence stakeholders at all levels of the business
Assess the impact of strategic financial decisions across Business Units and present to leadership
Developing new approaches and scenarios to analyze and evaluate business strategies across various business geographies technologies drivers and scales
Modeling complex systems by integrating large varied datasets of economic demographic and telecom related information
Create and walk through executive presentations that explain the complex data and algorithms used in simple easy-to-understand visually striking layman terms that leave a residual impact on an executive audience
Assess feasibility of new markets for capital investment and reassess changes to existing investments
Work will involve challenging existing constructs and business paradigms and creatively solving problems that result in a business transformation of a process or a program or a current approach
Challenge existing thought processes and actively work in cross disciplinary groups and make a case using rich data and presentation
Work ahead of the curve expecting changes by designing developing and implementing methods and strategies to continually improve processes and capital decision making for major strategic initiatives
What were looking for...
Youll need to have:
Bachelor's degree in Business Administration Accounting Finance or Economics any other related discipline or four or more years of work experience
Six or more years of relevant work experience
Experience with large-scale parallel computing in distributed environments and familiarity with GIS and spatial databases e.g. Postgres / PostGIS Oracle/ESRI sde is preferred
Demonstrated use of Python in automation of analytics tasks
Demonstrated use of / development of spatially enabled Web Front Ends ArcGIS JavaScript API React
Demonstrated experience managing data in SQL and/or NoSQL databases Postgres Oracle Teradata Hadoop Casandra MongoDB
Good interpersonal and communication skills. Ability to convey complex information to upper level execs
Ability to adapt to quickly changing business environments and requests that come in related to upper level executive requests
Experienced in Telecom Cable or other network related field Electric Wastewater Gas/Oil Urban planning
Experience with Microsoft Office Suite especially Microsoft Excel and Powerpoint and/or Google Sheets and Slides
Even better if you have:
A Master's in Management Information Systems Computer Science GIS
Preference will be given to candidates with programming experience in one or more programming languages e.g. Python JavaScript and experience with Postgres
Experience in analysis of large spatial and non-spatial datasets
Experience with a multitude of databases in general Oracle Teradata
Knowledge of R SPSS or SAS for statistical analysis is preferred
Strong strategic skills with the proven ability to identify and assess key points implications and recommendations
Experience developing business cases and determining the Total Cost of Ownership
Business analytical skills ability to apply business logic to design techniques for desired outputs
Ability to work independently and within a team in a fast changing environment with changing priorities and changing time constraints
Ability to interpret business requests and communicate findings effectively
Capability to communicate technical findings to non-technical audiences
A strategic mindset and problem solving skills
Strong interpersonal skills and ability to multitasking
Effective communication skills
A high degree of analytical capability with the demonstrated ability to structure business case around a high-level strategic vision
Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.