Data Analyst

🇺🇸 Las Cruces, New Mexico 🕑 Full-Time 💰 TBD 💻 Data Science 🗓️ September 20th, 2026

Edtech.com's Summary

New Mexico State University is hiring a Data Analyst to support a rangeland vegetation assessment and mapping project at the Jornada Experimental Range. The role combines remote field data collection across southwestern New Mexico with lab and office work analyzing and managing the resulting datasets.

Highlights

Collects landscape-scale vegetation inventory and monitoring data as part of a two- to four-person field team
Digs soil pits and characterizes soils to determine ecological sites and states
Travels extensively to remote field locations, including overnight stays
Enters and error-checks field data and creates supporting metadata
Analyzes data and manages project records in the office
Uses ArcGIS, MS Excel, MS Access (DIMA), Survey123, R, and GPS units
Is initially a one-year appointment that may be extended, contingent on external funding
Requires an associate's degree plus two years of relevant experience, or a bachelor's degree
Prefers a degree in ecology, environmental science, range science, soil science, or a related field
Prefers experience identifying plants to species and performing self-directed field work