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# GIS Cartographer

- **Company:** GOWDA INFORMATICS AUTOMATION AND TECHNOLOGIES LLC
- **Location:** Arlington, TX, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $124,093 - $151,800
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Word, Keyhole Markup Languages, Microsoft Excel, Geographic Information Systems, Adobe Creative Cloud, ArcGIS (Software), Microsoft Outlook, Databases, Google Earth, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft SharePoint, Esri GIS (Software), Modeling and Simulation
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/gis-cartographer-arlington-tx--5a90379d-6409-4f71-8543-01ec2b7d316e

## About the Role

Cartography, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Data Science, Cartography, ArcGIS, Geospatial Analysis, United States Citizen, Air Force, Team Player, Customer Support/Service, 10 + years of related experience, * An active DoW Secret security clearance.

 * A Bachelor's degree.
 * 10 years of experience with cartography, and GIS software.
 * Experience with and understanding of AF OTTI elements specifically, airspace, and ranges.
 * Experience with HAF-level coordination processes and ability to access and work at the Pentagon.
 * Experience with using ArcGIS, ESRI, ArcGIS. w/3D Spatial Extensions, Map Publisher plug-in, Google Earth, KML, SharePoint, Microsoft Word, Power Point, Excel, Outlook, and Adobe Suite.
 * Experience with Solar Glare Hazard Analysis Tool (SGHAT) and Radar Line of Sight modeling.
 * Knowledge of Air Force and DoW airspace databases to include Digital Aeronautical Flight Information File (SAFIF) and DoW Flight Information Publications - Area Planning (AP/1A Special Use Airspace and AP/1B Military Training Routes).
 * Familiarity with USAF Airspace, Range, Radar, and Cyber nomenclature, SSI-TRF expertise.
 * The ability to travel up to 25%.

Additional desired experience and skills:

 * Advanced (master's) geospatial degree.
 * Strongly driven to present error-free work products.
 * Able to be resourceful under pressure.
 * Able to prioritize, multi-task, adapt to rapidly changing schedules.
 * Able to meet deadlines with minimal supervision.

## Description

Looking for a GIS Cartographer opportunity at a place you can make an impact every day? Discover this great opportunity in Headquarters Air Force AF/A35E, Pentagon. Bring your expertise and collaborative skills to make an impact towards our military defense by discovering your new role supporting this critical mission. GDIT supports the US Air Force as a prime for their Air Force Modeling and Simulation Support Services 3.0 contract supporting Operational Training and Test Infrastructure (OTTI) Lines of Effort. Our team ensures the Department of the Air Force maintain mission readiness and lethality by providing reliable, interoperable, and mission-aligned OTTI and Modeling and Simulation capabilities. You will be part of a large team of programmers that works closely with the customer and other GDIT teams to deliver quality systems., As a GIS Cartographer, the work you'll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of The Air Force.

 * Conduct cartographic-based requests to support AF/A35E with OTTI efforts.
 * Maintain current geographic databases, including shape files, hard copy maps, rasters, vectors, imagery, and geographic data, and distribute needed files to designers in the appropriate formats.
 * Ensure maps are designed correctly as well as maintain quality assurance and quality control oversight.
 * Ensure cartographic principal standardization, best practices, and procedures are utilized.
 * Analyze the writing of cartographic stander operating procedures.
 * Provide ad hoc map creation and cartographic design support, as needed.