GIS Analyst

About Halo Land Management

Halo Land Management partners with leading energy and infrastructure developers to enable the projects that power communities and grow economies. From title research and curative support to negotiation and right of way execution, our teams move projects forward efficiently while maintaining the highest standards of accuracy, communication, and professionalism.

As we continue to scale, we are building a clear and consistent foundation for what success looks like in every role. The GIS Analyst is a critical part of that standard by turning spatial and legal data into clean, reliable mapping deliverables that guide high value decisions across oil and gas, renewables, and utility infrastructure.

Position Summary

As a GIS Analyst, you transform legal descriptions, parcel data, and ownership records into accurate geospatial datasets that support title, curative, right of way, and client reporting needs. You build and maintain structured geodatabases, convert metes and bounds calls into mapped features, and ensure spatial accuracy aligns with underlying legal documentation.

Your work directly impacts due diligence timelines, risk identification, and project execution by making complex tract and corridor information clear, searchable, and decision ready. The ideal candidate is detail focused, process driven, and comfortable working cross functionally with Title, ROW, and project leadership.

Key Responsibilities

Spatial Data Creation and Conversion

• Convert metes and bounds descriptions, surveys, plats, and deed call information into accurate GIS features
• Create and maintain shapefiles, feature classes, web layers, and map products for project needs
• Integrate tax parcel data, public record layers, and client provided datasets into consistent project workspaces
• Build tract, lease, corridor, and ownership layers that support both surface and mineral workflows

Geodatabase Management and Standardization

• Build and maintain metadata rich geodatabases aligned to internal standards and client specifications
• Standardize attribute tables, naming conventions, domains, and schema to support reporting and searchability
• Perform joins, relates, and dataset integrations to connect ownership and tract data to mapped layers
• Support version control practices so deliverables are consistent across edits and releases

Quality Control and Legal Alignment

• QA spatial accuracy, topology, and attribution to ensure mapped layers align with legal descriptions and source records
• Identify discrepancies between historic deeds, surveys, and current tract boundaries and flag items for review
• Annotate potential title gaps, ownership issues, or boundary conflicts in a clear and traceable way
• Validate final outputs against requirements before delivery to internal teams or clients

Cross Functional Collaboration

• Partner closely with Title, Curative, and ROW teams to ensure mapping reflects project realities and record evidence
• Communicate regularly with abstractors, land agents, and project leads to clarify scope, assumptions, and data needs
• Participate in review cycles with internal stakeholders to refine outputs and resolve open questions
• Support project meetings by translating complex spatial findings into clear visuals and summaries

Planning and Workflow Management

• Manage multiple project priorities while maintaining accuracy, documentation, and consistent output quality
• Maintain organized files, documentation, and work notes so datasets remain auditable and transferable
• Proactively communicate blockers, data quality issues, or scope gaps before they impact timelines

What Success Looks Like

Milestones help ensure each analyst is supported and developing as expected.

Within 30 Days

• Learn Halo GIS standards, file structures, naming conventions, and deliverable requirements
• Gain access to required tools, templates, shared drives, and project trackers
• Complete initial mapping tasks with guidance and feedback, including basic tract and parcel staging
• Demonstrate consistent documentation of sources, assumptions, and edits
• Produce at least one clean deliverable package that meets internal QA expectations

Within 90 Days

• Independently build and maintain project geodatabases with standardized attributes and metadata
• Convert metes and bounds descriptions into mapped features with strong accuracy and clear notes
• Identify and flag boundary or ownership discrepancies early with supporting context
• Deliver GIS outputs that require minimal revisions and align to client specifications
• Collaborate smoothly with Title and ROW teams to keep mapping aligned with the legal record

Within 6 Months

• Consistently deliver complex tract and corridor datasets on schedule across multiple projects
• Build repeatable workflows that improve throughput without sacrificing quality
• Support cross functional problem solving when title and spatial records conflict
• Maintain strong version control and documentation so handoffs are seamless

Within 12 Months

• Serve as a trusted internal resource for GIS standards, data quality, and deliverable structure
• Support process improvements, templates, and workflow documentation that strengthen the GIS function
• Reliably manage multiple project pipelines while maintaining high quality and predictable delivery
• Contribute to training and quality calibration for newer GIS team members

Top Abilities

Spatial accuracy and data discipline

Produces clean, precise datasets and protects alignment between mapped layers and source records.

Operational fluency in GIS systems

Uses GIS tools and geodatabase workflows correctly so data remains standardized, searchable, and reliable.

Cross functional clarity

Communicates assumptions, discrepancies, and findings in a way that helps Title, ROW, and project teams make decisions quickly.

Key Attributes and Behaviors

• Detail focused with a high standard for accuracy and consistency
• Organized and process driven with strong follow through
• Proactive communicator who flags risks early and documents clearly
• Team minded and collaborative across functions
• Calm and steady when priorities shift or data is incomplete

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Geography, GIS, Urban Planning, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• 2+ years of GIS experience supporting oil and gas, utilities, right of way, or energy infrastructure work
• Proficiency with ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online, including geodatabases and layer management
• Strong understanding of geospatial data management principles and spatial QA practices
• Strong spreadsheet skills, including lookups, joins, formatting, and dataset validation
• Demonstrated experience partnering cross functionally with legal, title, land, or project teams
• Ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines while maintaining quality

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct experience supporting title and land projects in the Appalachian Basin
• Familiarity with county deed index systems, courthouse portals, or tools such as Landex
• Experience mapping mineral ownership, leases, or complex tract histories
• Exposure to QA workflows tied to legal descriptions and deed call interpretation

Culture Fit

You will thrive here if you enjoy turning complex data into clarity, take pride in accuracy, and value consistent communication. Halo is a team that moves fast, supports each other, and treats quality like it is personal.

What’s In It for Me

• Meaningful work that directly supports high impact energy and infrastructure projects
• A collaborative environment with strong cross functional partnership
• Clear expectations, structured standards, and opportunities to grow
• The chance to build expertise across oil and gas, renewables, and utility corridors
• A culture that recognizes results, professionalism, and continuous improvement