GIS Mapping & Database Specialist
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Job Summary: The GIS Specialist plays a vital role in supporting and enhancing REV's mapping data systems by providing prompt and professional customer service, maintaining high-quality data, and ensuring accurate, accessible GIS information. This position is responsible for collecting, managing, and analyzing geospatial data; creating maps, visualizations, and online GIS applications; and performing data conversions across platforms such as AutoCAD, M4, Vetro, and ArcGIS. The role also includes assisting in the development of GIS-based databases and applications, supporting process improvements, and contributing to quality initiatives. The Specialist ensures effective data storage, security, and visualization to support organizational decision-making and serves as a knowledgeable resource on GIS technologies and best practices. ESSENTIAL DUTIES, FUNCTIONS & KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES: (include but are not limited to) Specialist I:
- Provides prompt, courteous service to all internal and external customers
- Prioritizes and addresses customer needs and demands in a professional manner, providing follow-up and developing cooperative relationships
- Identifies opportunities and recommends methods to improve processes and procedures
- Assists in design and implementation of quality improvement initiatives on departmental level
- Assists team members in completion of tasks and assignments to ensure continuity of service
- Assists in maintaining various databases of special information making up the enterprise GIS and other databases and applications of interest
- Assists in upgrades, and maintaining database software and hardware
- Ensures that data quality and information is consistently maintained and reliably accessible for organizational uses
- Performs data conversions across different software applications such as AutoCAD, M4, Vetro, ArcGIS, and others
- Supports infrastructure for GIS/Data source reporting
- Assist with M4 GIS data conversion to Vetro.
- Assists in design, development and implementation of informational databases using GIS technology to meet various needs
- Assists in configuring and maintaining intranet/internet web based GIS applications
- Transposes and updates geospatial data from records, CAD Drawing, maps, parish land base maps, demographic models, and other source documents into a geodatabase
- Proficiently performs as a project manager
- Other duties as assigned
Specialist II:
- Create maps and visualizations using GIS software.
- Perform spatial analysis to identify patterns, trends, and relationships in data.
- Collect, manage, and maintain geospatial data from various sources.
- Prepare reports and presentations summarizing findings and insights from spatial analysis.
- Manage data storage, security, and access.
- Conduct research and analysis to support decision-making.
- Implements data visualization techniques to present spatial information effectively
- Create online GIS maps that can be viewed by others either within or outside of the organization
- Serve as a subject matter expert in GIS and spatial data analysis
- Stay updated on emerging GIS technologies and best practices
- Manages REV's ESRI online account and licenses.
Requirements
- Accepts responsibility
- Communicates effectively
- Ensures quality assurance standards within deadlines
- Self-motivated
- Works well with a team
- Ability to multi-task effectively, * Equivalence to an Associate's degree in this area of specialty from an accredited college or university
- 1 year of working experience in the field or in a related area; and/or a combination of education, experience and additional related certifications
- General knowledge of Geographic Information System principles
- Fundamental knowledge in AutoCAD
- General knowledge of geographic concepts of location, scale, and resolution
- Fundamental GIS skills
- Operational knowledge of plotters, scanners, GPS, digitizers, scanners and wireless devices
- Familiarity with relational database systems and programs used for GIS processing
- General database skills
- General knowledge of Telecommunication, CATV, WAN, LAN, ENET, etc. Network design principles and technologies
Specialist II:
- 2+ years of working experience in the field or in a related area; and/or a combination of education, experience and additional related certifications