GIS Cartographer

General Dynamics IT; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 124,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics IT is seeking a GIS Cartographer for a high-impact role supporting AF/A35E OTTI efforts at the Pentagon. You will work with a large team of programmers and customer staff to deliver reliable, interoperable cartographic solutions and maintain critical geographic databases.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years of cartography experience, proficiency in ArcGIS and ESRI tools, and a DoD Secret clearance.

Qualifications

• Active DoD Secret clearance required.
• Bachelor's degree required.
• 10+ years of cartography and GIS experience.
• Experience with AF OTTI elements, airspace and ranges.
• Familiarity with USAF airspace databases and related publications.
• Ability to travel up to 25%.

Responsibilities

• Conduct cartographic requests to support AF/A35E OTTI efforts.
• Maintain geographic databases and distribute files to designers in required formats.
• Ensure maps are designed correctly with quality assurance/quality control.
• Standardize cartographic practices and procedures.
• Draft cartographic standard operating procedures.
• Provide ad hoc map creation and cartographic design support as needed.

Skills

Cartography

ESRI ArcGIS

GIS Spatial Analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

ArcGIS

ESRI software

ArcGIS 3D Spatial Extensions

Map Publisher

Google Earth

KML

SharePoint

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Excel

Outlook

Adobe Suite

SGHAT

Radar Line of Sight modeling

Job description

Requisition and Clearance

Type of Requisition: Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Secret

Public Trust/Other Required: None

Job Family

Data Science and Data Engineering

Job Qualifications

• Skills: Cartography, ESRI ArcGIS, GIS Spatial Analysis
• Certifications: None
• Experience: 10 + years of related experience
• US Citizenship Required: Yes

Job 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.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT

• 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.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED

• 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.

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE

At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.

• Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
• Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
• Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
• Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

The likely salary range for this position is $124,093 - $151,800. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Travel Required

10-25%

T elecommuting Options

Onsite

Work Location

USA VA Arlington

Total Rewards at GDIT

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect our income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review