AIR Worldwide (AIR), a Verisk business, provides risk modeling solutions that make individuals, businesses, and society more resilient to extreme events. In 1987, AIR Worldwide founded the catastrophe modeling industry and today models the risk from natural catastrophes, terrorism, pandemics, casualty catastrophes, and cyber attacks, globally. Insurance, reinsurance, financial, corporate, and government clients rely on AIR’s advanced science, software, and consulting services for catastrophe risk management, insurance-linked securities, site-specific engineering analyses, and agricultural risk management. AIR Worldwide, is headquartered in Boston with additional offices in North America, Europe, and Asia. To learn more about AIR, please visit us at: www.air-worldwide.com. We are proud to be a part of the Verisk family of companies!

With a history of impressive growth, an innovative culture, and offering industry-leading solutions, Verisk Analytics is an amazing place to work and make a difference. In 2018, Forbes magazine named Verisk to its World’s Best Employers list and, in 2017, to its World’s Most Innovative Companies list for the third consecutive year. We also earned the Great Place to Work® Certification for the third consecutive year in recognition of our outstanding workplace culture.

Verisk is a leading data analytics provider serving customers in insurance, energy and specialized markets, and financial services. Using advanced technologies to collect and analyze billions of records, Verisk draws on unique data assets and deep domain expertise to provide first-to-market innovations integrated into customer workflows. We’ve been delivering predictive analytics and decision support solutions to our customers for nearly 50 years, helping them protect people, property, and financial assets. At Verisk, you’ll be part of an organization that’s committed to serving the long-term interests of our stakeholders, including the communities where we operate.

At Verisk, you can build an exciting career with meaningful work; create a positive and lasting impact on the business; and find the support, coaching, and training you need to advance your career. Our culture of innovation means your ideas on how to improve our business will be heard. As key contributors to our success, our team members enjoy working in a business-casual, collaborative environment that offers state-of-the-art resources, advanced technologies, and an excellent benefits package.

When you join AIR, you’ll be a member of a market leader developing state-of-the-art products and delivering best-in-class consulting services to a variety of clients.  You’ll use your expertise and our tools to help develop, enhance, manage, and apply the risk modeling solutions to a variety of client applications and may also be involved with direct interaction with clients regarding the analysis of their portfolios and properties.

Responsibilities, But Not Limited To:

• Plan, manage, and timely complete large-scale GIS dataset preparation projects in support of flood model development projects
• Manage, guide, and lead a team of over 10 GIS Analysts, both in Boston and overseas in India
• Collect, create, process, and maintain a variety of large and diverse datasets that are input for the country-scale flood models in different regions of the world
• Evaluate GIS data sources and datasets, perform QA, and apply necessary corrections
• Analyze, validate, and present results using spreadsheets, charts, and maps
• Write technical documents for internal use and distribution to clients
• Keep abreast with latest technologies employed in creation of digital elevation datasets and have knowledge about sources of such datasets
• Automate GIS procedures and develop new and innovative ways for Geoprocessing team workflows
• Work as member of multi-faceted research team and assist Flood team members in ensuring best GIS practices

Experience, Knowledge and Abilities:

• Fluent in ESRI products and ModelBuilder, including ArcGIS 10.2+
• Strong geo-analytics and geo-processing skills with emphasis on raster format
• Effective communication skills, both written and verbal
• Willingness to learn and apply new technologies, strategies, and theories is crucial. Open-minded and receptive to feedback and suggestion. With tremendous opportunity to learn and grow within the AIR Worldwide team, the applicant must be self-motivated.
• Regular interaction between the GIS team members in Boston and India offices is required. Ability to work within a team and collaborative skills to manage work among all levels, skillsets and seniorities.

Desired Experience:

• Experience and knowledge about techniques for creating digital terrain models from digital surface models
• Knowledge of Python, C#, Open Source GIS, R, SQL Server, C++, Matlab
• Experience in SQL Server database administration and syntax is a plus
• Proven automation tasks with an eye on process improvement
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Willingness and enthusiasm to learn elements of catastrophe modeling and insurance industry

• Bachelor's degree with 1-3 years of relevant experience
• Master’s degree preferred

At this time, we can only consider candidates who are eligible to work in the US for other than practical training

Verisk Analytics is an equal opportunity employer.

All members of the Verisk Analytics family of companies are equal opportunity employers. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, veteran's status, age or disability.

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