Drone Data Analyst

About the role

Victory Farms is looking for a Drone Data Analyst to manage, process and analyse drone data collected by its drone team. The role covers data organisation, imagery processing, GIS and spatial analysis, data visualisation and quality control, and works closely with drone pilots and farm teams.

Key responsibilities

• Manage and organise drone datasets, keeping structured repositories, metadata, version control and data quality.
• Process aerial imagery to produce orthomosaics, digital elevation models, point clouds and multispectral analysis, and check image quality.
• Develop and maintain GIS layers and spatial databases, and produce maps for farm planning, monitoring and environmental assessment.
• Analyse drone data to find trends and patterns, and prepare charts, maps and dashboards for internal stakeholders.
• Design data products, interactive maps and dashboards, and help build prototypes that use drone and spatial data.
• Run quality assurance on processed datasets, document workflows and develop standard procedures.
• Work with drone pilots on data collection requirements and support farm teams and the Drone Team Manager.

Required profile

• Diploma or Bachelor's degree in GIS, surveying, remote sensing, geography, geomatics, data science, computer science, environmental science, agriculture or a related field.
• 1-2 years of relevant professional experience.
• Strong analytical, organisational and communication skills, with the ability to explain technical findings to non-technical people.

Required skills

• GIS software such as QGIS or ArcGIS, with knowledge of coordinate systems and raster/vector datasets.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Excel; basic data visualisation and reporting.
• Desirable: drone photogrammetry, multispectral imagery (NDVI), orthomosaic and DEM generation, 3D modelling, PostGIS, dashboard development, Python, DJI data workflows and farm operations knowledge.