GIS Technician w/ City of Shoreline (WA)

GENERAL SUMMARY
Shoreline is an inclusive City that endeavors to build a work culture which embraces diversity, encourages participation, and promotes equity.    

​This position will be part of the City’s IT team and will report directly to the IT supervisor. The IT group consists of eleven positions including the IT manager. Support and reporting issues can be escalated to the GIS Analyst, and/or the IT supervisor. The City has a number of master plans requiring GIS work over the next four years and this position will help backfill the GIS Analyst as these will require a significant amount of the Analyst’s time. We are also working on a project to improve and update the City’s Wastewater GIS data.

DEFINITION
Support the editing and delivery of  Geographic Information System (GIS) products.  Function as a technical advisor providing, guidance, training, customer support, and direction in spatial data capture, use, analysis and quality assurance and control.  Responsibilities include but are not limited to: Editing mission critical GIS data sets consisting of, property, transportation, utility, planning, economic and demographic, and administrative layers. Maintain GIS data that supports the City's Asset Management system. Respond to ad hoc requests from staff and the public.

Essential Functions:

• Edit GIS data.  Research source documents for property related to mapping; apply geoprocessing tools for entering property and other boundaries; process CAD based survey information including, easements, property boundaries, and utilities; maintain existing datasets for accuracy and currency; and plan, analyze, and implement, new data.
• Support asset management.  Edit and maintain facility and asset data; troubleshoot and support field collection and GPS devises and software.
• Perform spatial analysis in order to address a question or gain useful knowledge.  Analyze GIS data for patterns; increase the effectiveness of existing data by combining multiple data layers and sources and use spatial analysis to improve the understanding and development of City performance benchmarks.
• Digitize and transform data from CAD, PDF, and TIFF plans/as-builts files into GIS.
• Trouble shoot coordinate and projection issues. 

Marginal Functions:

• Participate in special projects as assigned. 
• Perform related duties and responsibilities as required.

QUALIFICATIONS
Knowledge of:

• ESRI’s ArcMap suite ( ArcPro, Arc Catalog, ArcServer, Portal).
• Principles of relational database management design and develop­ment.
• Methods and techniques of software and system installation, setup and upgrading.
• Familiarity with utility as-builts.

Ability to:

• Participate and work effectively in an organization committed to advancing principles and practices of equity and anti-racism.
• Use current ESRI enterprise software and extensions.
• Manage geographic database development and refinement projects.
• Conduct complex spatial analysis.
• Evaluate spatial control, data integrity and quality.
• Provide support to system users regarding custom data and mapping products.
• Research, analyze and evaluate new service delivery methods and techniques.
• Communicate clearly and effectively.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
• Experience and Training Guidelines
• Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying.  A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:

Experience:
One to three years of increasingly responsible experience in GIS editing and maintenance. Local government experience preferred.    

Training:
A bachelor's degree and/or a GIS certificate from an accredited college or university with major course work Geography, GIS or related field.

HOW TO APPLY: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/shorelinewa/jobs/4477634/gis-technician