GIS ANALYST 1 - UNDERFILL

State-of-Nevad; Carson City (NV); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Nevada Department of Transportation in Carson City, NV seeks a GIS Analyst 1 underfill for a GIS Analyst 2 to support statewide planning, data management, and GIS product development. The role focuses on designing, testing, and implementing GIS applications and managing diverse geospatial data to guide NDOT’s initiatives.

The incumbent will work with staff and consultants to ensure GIS datasets, maps, and digital products meet quality standards and usability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in geographic information systems, geography, cartography, computer information systems, or closely related field with 1 year GIS experience.
• Associate's degree in GIS-related field with 2 years GIS experience incl. data collection/analysis; or cartographic design.
• High school diploma with 3 years GIS experience incl. professional GIS tasks.

Responsibilities

• Design, test, and implement GIS applications and products.
• Develop methodologies to meet project objectives and manage geospatial data.
• Coordinate with staff, consultants, and leadership to ensure data quality and usability.
• Maintain GIS datasets and ensure maps and digital products meet standards.

Skills

GIS basics

Spatial analysis

Data management

Cartography

Education

Bachelor's degree in GIS or related field

Associate's degree in GIS or related field

High school diploma + GIS experience

Tools

GIS software

Job description

The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) is seeking a skilled and motivated GIS Analyst 1 as an underfill for a GIS Analyst 2 to join the Planning & Development Division in Carson City, Nevada. This position plays a key role in supporting statewide planning efforts, data management, and GIS product development that inform NDOT’s strategic transportation initiatives, including the One Nevada Transportation Plan. The GIS Analyst is responsible for designing, testing, and implementing GIS applications; developing methodologies to meet project objectives; and managing a wide range of geospatial data to support NDOT’s planning and operational needs. The incumbent will work closely with staff, consultants, and NDOT leadership to ensure all GIS datasets, maps, and digital products meet established standards for quality, completeness, and usability. NOTE: THIS RECRUITMENT MAY BE USED TO UNDERFILL A GIS ANALYST 2. INCUMBENT MAY PROGRESS TO THE NEXT LEVEL AFTER MEETING THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS, SATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE, AND WITH APPROVAL OF THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY. ***Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S, we are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time. Please note that this position is on-site and does not offer remote work options. The Job Duties section listed in this announcement reflects the Statewide Class Specifications for all positions and do not fully correlate with the specific duties of this position***.

GIS Analysts are responsible for designing, implementing, supporting and administering all aspects of a department’s and/or division’s enterprise geographic information system.Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in geographic information systems, geography, cartography, computer information systems, or a closely related field and one year of professional GIS experience which included GIS/GPS data collection, analysis and/or validation; GIS software application development; and/or cartographic design; OR an Associate's degree from an accredited college or university in geographic information systems, geography, cartography, computer information systems, or a closely related field and two years of GIS experience as described above, to include at least one year of professional GIS experience; OR graduation from high school or equivalent education and three years of GIS experience as described above to include at least one year of professional GIS experience; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience as described above.

Develop and maintain the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) which may include any of the following: maintenance of the statewide road network, calibrated linear referencing methods and associated GIS data layers and/or maintenance of the enterprise GIS servers, databases, associated data layers, web maps and other GIS data products as needed; ensure agency business units’ ability to integrate and synchronize business data.

• Plan, design, modify, implement and administer multiple spatial databases; develop and enforce administration procedures and security standards; facilitate and monitor multi-user versioned editing and viewing workflows; design, implement and monitor spatial database security, performance and availability; create database objects, user and roles; create and maintain spatial database replication environment, schedule and monitor replica synchronizations; test and perform software updates.
• Install, configure and administer GIS Server application software; create, optimize, publish and monitor multiple web map, feature, geoprocessing, and search services on the intranet and internet; document web service data source dependencies.
• Develop, implement, document and enforce GIS server-related administration procedures and security standards; monitor system utilization and responsiveness, and tune server configurations to enhance performance and ensure availability of published services; test and perform software updates; collect user requirements, design, write, test, deploy and maintain multiple statewide custom GIS software applications using multiple programming languages; develop and enforce GIS application-related operational procedures and security standards; adhere to software development best practices, maintain code in shared source code repositories, and maintain technical currency with coding techniques and relevant Information Technology (IT) and GIS technologies.
• Analyze user requirements, existing business workflows, policies, regulations and statutes to develop and implement enhanced GIS-based solutions and workflows; determine project objectives by analyzing user needs through consultation with end users, technicians, analysts, management and vendors; review available hardware and/or software tools to choose appropriate implementation platform; identify required sequencing of steps and coordination with other personnel; execute project steps and ensure that project deliverables meet customer requirements; provide technical support to end users in order to resolve software and database related issues.
• Design, implement and maintain GIS datasets and perform quality assurance/quality control procedures and corrections; perform spatial analyses and interpret and communicate analytical results; use Global Positioning System (GPS) hardware and software to collect and validate data in the field; may utilize Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) consisting of hardware, to include Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), to collect data in the field and use associated software to post process and validate collected data; produce digital and printed cartographic products using GIS software.
• Coordinate and conduct formal and informal training sessions to educate end users on the usage of off-the-shelf and custom GIS software; coordinate with internal and external entities to disseminate and share GIS data, and collaborate on GIS projects.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

Under general supervision, incumbents perform some of the duties described in the series concept in a more limited manner as determined by the agency. Some positions are permanently allocated to this level in the series and do not provide for automatic progression to the next level in the series. This is the sub-journey level in the series.

This class specification lists the major knowledge, skills and abilities of the job and is not all inclusive. Incumbent(s) will be expected to have knowledge, skills and abilities from a previous level.

Knowledge of:

• basic GIS software functionality; spatial relationships; theories, principles, and concepts related to GIS technology.

Skilled in:

• basic cartographic principles, map projections and coordinate systems; sources of information and research techniques; problem-solving methods.

Ability to:

• create a map layout suitable for printing, edit GIS data, perform spatial and attribute queries, label features on a map; solve simple GIS software problems and assist end users with first-level technical support; understand and utilize computer systems and GIS software; make mathematical and statistical computations including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and algebra; establish and maintain effective working relationships with others; and all knowledge, skills, and abilities required at the lower level.