GIS ANALYST 2

State-of-Nevad; Carson City (NV); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) is seeking a GIS Analyst II to design, implement, support, and administer all aspects of the department's enterprise GIS for statewide outdoor recreation and trail planning. The role collaborates with NDOR staff and federal, state, local, nonprofit, and private partners to improve data accuracy and accessibility.

Primary duties include managing statewide datasets, supporting the Nevada Trail Finder, creating maps and GIS

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in GIS or related field with two years of GIS experience.
• Associate degree in GIS with three years of professional GIS experience.
• High school diploma with four years GIS experience, or Nevada GIS Analyst I experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain statewide GIS datasets and improve trail and outdoor recreation data.
• Support the Nevada Trail Finder website and related GIS applications.
• Coordinate with NDOR staff and partners to enhance data accuracy and accessibility.
• Provide GIS technical assistance, data services, and web mapping support.

Skills

GIS analysis

GPS data collection

Cartography

Education

Bachelor's degree in GIS or related field

Associate degree in GIS

One year as GIS Analyst I in Nevada State service

Tools

ArcGIS

Job description

GIS Analysts are responsible for designing, implementing, supporting and administering all aspects of a department’s and/or division’s enterprise geographic information system.

The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (NDCNR), protects, manages, and enhances the State’s resources to provide the highest quality of life for Nevada’s citizens and visitors. The NDCNR with over 900 employees consists of the Director’s Office and the following divisions and programs: Environmental Protection, Forestry, State Lands, State Parks, Water Resources, Outdoor Recreation, Natural Heritage, State Historic Preservation Office, Off-Highway Vehicles, Sagebrush Ecosystem, and the Conservation Districts Program. The Department also provides support staff to the Nevada Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and has responsibility for numerous Boards, Commissions, and Councils. The Department has locations and/or provides program services in every community of the State. The Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), Bureau of Information Technology Services (BITS), is seeking a GIS Analyst II to provide primary GIS support to the Nevada Division of Outdoor Recreation (NDOR). This position is part of the DCNR GIS Team and supports statewide outdoor recreation, trail planning, and public access to recreation information. Primary responsibilities include managing and improving statewide trail and outdoor recreation datasets; supporting the Nevada Trail Finder website; creating maps, web maps, and GIS applications; conducting field data collection; and supporting public outreach and marketing efforts. The position will collaborate with NDOR staff and federal, state, local, nonprofit, and private partners to improve the accuracy, accessibility, and usability of recreation data. As a member of the DCNR GIS Team, the position will also contribute to department-wide GIS initiatives and provide GIS technical assistance, data services, and web mapping support to other DCNR divisions as needed.

Bachelor'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 professional GIS experience which included GIS/GPS data collection, analysis and 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 three years of professional GIS experience as described above; OR graduation from high school or equivalent education and four years of professional GIS experience as described above; OR one year of experience as a GIS Analyst I in Nevada State service; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience as described above.

Additional Position Requirements

• ArcGIS software experience is required

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 the full range of duties outlined in the series concept and participate in design, testing, implementation and maintenance of GIS software applications, tools, data management projects, and associated data layers and databases. Incumbents perform spatial analyses such as buffering, spatial overlays and distance calculations using established methods and procedures; assist in the evaluation of GIS technologies and solutions and the development of GIS policies, procedures and standards. This is the journey level in the series.

This class specification lists the major knowledge, skills and abilities of the job and is not all inclusive. Incumbents 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; geoprocessing and editing tools, and spatial data validation techniques; GIS analysis tools. Working knowledge of: spatial topologies; structured query language (SQL); cartographic principles, map projections and coordinate systems.

Skilled with:

map services; enterprise spatial databases; multi-user GIS editing workflows; linear referencing and dynamic segmentation; mobile GIS technology and GPS data collection.

Ability to:

collect user requirements and design GIS datasets/databases that includes data validation and quality assurance mechanisms; solve moderately complex GIS problems; differentiate between common GIS- and IT-related problems; write basic scripts to automate GIS processes; effectively train and mentor low-level users and end users in the use of GIS Software; solve moderately complex GIS software problems and assist end users with second-level technical support; perform moderately difficult spatial analyses; and all knowledge, skills, and abilities required at the lower levels.