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# GIS Specialist

- **Company:** State of Montana
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $12,648.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Computer-Aided Design, Geographic Information Systems, Data Files, Database Applications, Microsoft Office, Spatial Data Infrastructures, Information Technology
- **Published:** October 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://mtstatejobs.taleo.net/careersection/200/jobdetail.ftl?job=26142516

## About the Role

* Research and analysis
 * Accuracy and attention to detail
 * Conflict resolution and written, verbal, and interpersonal communication
 * Microsoft programs and other database applications
 * Written, verbal, and interpersonal communication

You would be a great fit for this position if you:

 * Self-motivation
 * Follow instructions
 * Provide timely customer service
 * Handling multiple priorities under deadlines, Effective May 26, 2026, this agency is participating in E-Verify to confirm employment eligibility. After accepting a job offer and completing Form I-9, your information will be submitted to the Department of Homeland Security and Social Security Administration for verification. For more information about E-Verify, please visit the E-Verify website found here, https://www.e-verify.gov/ .

Eligibility to Work: In accordance with the Immigration Reform and Control Act, the person selected must produce within three days of hire documents that show authorization to work in the United States. Examples of such documentation include a birth certificate or Social Security card along with a driver's license or other picture I.D., or a U.S. passport, or a "green card". The State of Montana does not sponsor.

Special Information: Candidates must be eligible to work in the United States. A valid driver's license is required with less than 12 conviction points in the most recent completed 36 months.

Successful applicants are required to successfully pass DOR tax and background check(s)., The above competencies are typically acquired through a combination of education and experience equivalent to:

 * One year of post-secondary education or vocational training in cartography, Computer Assisted Design (CAD), GIS, business, auditing, accounting, or closely related field; and
 * Two years of job-related experience.
 * Preferred work experience may be acquired through real estate appraisal, lending, construction, sales, agriculture, forest land, surveying, GIS, or cartography.
 * Must pass the department's CORE Assessment training, within the first year of employment.

## Description

This position resides in the Property Assessment Division of Department of Revenue. Duties include constructing and maintaining the cadastral mapping system and associated ownership information, parcel identification, and related spatial data including the resolution of technical issues with the GIS (Geographic Information System); information technology support for the discovery, valuation, classification, and assessment of all real and personal property within a county or region; and administrative support work as required. The position does not supervise other staff.

Knowledge of:

 * Deeds and legal descriptions
 * The cartographic process
 * Cadastral mapping, GIS software, related data file formats, and Right-of-way information
 * Data sources such as aerial maps, Government Land Office (GLO), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), U.S. Public Land Survey System, and private surveys
 * Algebra, geometry, and trigonometry
 * The application of federal and state statutes, administrative rules, polices, and procedures, Eligibility for employment will be subject to the following:
 * Criminal Background Check. Circumstances involving convictions will be reviewed
 * Tax status must be current. Circumstances involving tax status issues will be reviewed

Working Conditions

 * Work hours may exceed 40 hours from time to time, including weekends.
 * Office environment.
 * Lifting is infrequent, less than 15 pounds.
 * Travel is required, must have a valid driver's license.

REMOTE/TELEWORK: This position may be eligible to work from an approved worksite; however, the successful candidate must be a primary resident of Montana as a condition of employment. This position would be required to report to the Department of Revenue office assigned by the supervisor. Employees must meet and sustain Department of Revenue telework eligibility requirements and supervisor's approval to participate in the DOR Telework Program. Full-time teleworking is not available.