KCC seeks a Geospatial Analyst to join our growing team of catastrophe model developers. KCC develops catastrophe reference models to estimate the probabilistic risk to natural perils. KCC scientists and engineers create stochastic sets of hypothetical catastrophe scenarios that are overlayed on geospatially distributed building replacement statistics. These geospatial databases are developed by the exposure development team for the Unites States and the rest of the world. This position is for a Geospatial Analyst to be part of exposure development.
Responsibilities
- Develop geographically detailed building exposures that are vulnerable to natural catastrophes
- Research global construction trends
- Develop innovative and efficient computational methods to process large spatial datasets across multiple data types and structures
- Obtain, process, analyze, and format vector and raster datasets from external data providers
- Prepare reports and presentations that describe results of completed and ongoing projects
- Support model development and client facing teams with geospatial calculations and visualizations
Qualifications
- Master's degree in Civil Engineering, Architecture, Geography or GIS, Economics, Statistics, or closely related fields and 2-5 years related work experience required
- Experience with GIS software suite (ArcGIS suite or QGIS) handling both vector and raster data required
- Proven experience using ArcPy or PyQGIS, GDAL, RasterIO, and C# and .NET, a plus
- Competent and proven analytical skills and programming experience in R/Python and SQL required
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, keen orientation to detail, an eye for professional presentation, and recognized organizational abilities required
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What We Do
Karen Clark & Company develops software that provides innovative tools for catastrophe risk management. Over two decades ago, Nobel Peace Prize Honoree Karen Clark pioneered the catastrophe risk modeling techniques and solutions used today by virtually every insurance and reinsurance company in the world.
Karen Clark & Company is now leading the next generation of catastrophe risk management solutions to address the evolving needs of its clients. RiskInsight®, the first open loss modeling platform, is used by insurance and reinsurance companies in US and non-US markets and supports new catastrophe models for major perils such as hurricanes, earthquakes, and severe convective storms. Additional innovations by Karen Clark & Company include the Characteristic Event (CE) methodology and real-time event tracking.
