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Salary– DOE

Things you’ll get to do:

  • Use your GIS technical skills
    • Assist with gathering, compiling, mapping, and analyzing planning and infrastructure data
    • Enter data and populate database tables and attributes
    • Review and interpret data sources
    • Enter, edit and update GIS spatial data, (including points, lines and polygons, and attribute data) into databases or layers
    • Perform data extractions, transformation and loading processes
    • Enter parameters and produce a variety of maps, shapefiles, feature classes, graphics, tables, reports, and other information products

 

  • Create and manage data, information, and documentation
    • Create, edit, and maintain GIS data, reports, processes, procedures, workflows, and other technical documentation
    • Record and document details related to map updates, additions, and deletions
    • Ensure data integrity
    • Perform field work to collect or verify data
  • Help the team continuously improve
    • Identify inefficiencies in processes and methods
    • Formulate recommendations for improvements
    • Research best practices and trends to ensure compliance with regulations and operational plans
    • Assist in system testing and debugging

 

  • Assist with cross-departmental GIS projects
    • Assist in facilitating small group project meetings and client work sessions
    • Support other team members in client meetings
    • Research and respond to mapping, analysis, report, and information requests.

 
Abilities we’re looking for:

  • Establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external customers and collaborate across diverse departments, stakeholders, and within the GIS Team
  • Understand concepts, customer needs, and direction of system development
  • Perform highly detailed work
  • A natural curiosity and ability to independently research answers/solve problems
  • Provide and accept assistance and feedback
  • Work quickly and accurately with minimal supervision
  • Adapt to change and reallocate task priorities
  • Handle multiple, concurrent tasks

Qualifications

The minimum qualifications for the GIS Technician position are: 

  • An Associate’s degree in geography, environmental studies, computer science, engineering, GIS, or related field; AND
  • One year of professional experience (outside of academia) regularly operating GIS using Esri’s software suite

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  • Three to six years professional experience in the GIS field using Esri’s software suite, AND a certificate in GIS

The minimum qualifications for the GIS Technician Senior position are:

  • An Associate’s degree in geography, environmental studies, computer science, engineering, GIS, or related field; AND
  • Three years of professional experience (outside of academia) regularly operating GIS using Esri’s software suite

-OR-

  • Five to eight years professional experience in the GIS field using Esri’s software suite, AND a certificate in GIS

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience editing within a versioned enterprise geodatabase
  • Experience working with Autodesk products including AutoCAD
  • Experience with managing utility, planning, and public safety GIS data
  • Experience working in local, regional, state or federal government