GIS Specialist
Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Professional Area:
Economic Planning and Development
Environmental and Natural Resources Planning
Land-Use Management and Code Enforcement
Transportation Planning
Urban Design
Experience:
1-3 years
Contact person:
Beth Wichser
Phone:
2155921800
Fax:
2155929125
Email:
resumes@dvrpc.org
Location:
Philadelphia, PA
The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) seeks a highly motivated, detail oriented GIS Specialist in the Office of Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
Working as part of a team of skilled planning and engineering professionals, this technical position is responsible for providing spatial analysis, cartography, and web mapping application development in support of the region’s transportation, land use, environmental, and economic planning activities. Working closely with other staff, and with the support and guidance of the Senior GIS Specialist, the GIS Specialist’s primary duties include compiling, analyzing, and managing geospatial data, designing and developing map products, and programming and implementing web enabled mapping applications. Work is performed in accordance with broadly-defined agency policies and professional standards and under administrative and technical review by management during progress and upon completion. Innovation and creativity are highly encouraged.
Responsibilities
- Create, modify, maintain, and analyze geospatial databases.
- Design and develop high quality cartographic products.
- Design, develop, implement, and maintain web enabled mapping applications.
- Build and maintain ArcGIS Server map and features services that support web, desktop and smart device applications.
- Develop powerful and vivid data-driven visualizations.
- Meet with staff to provide expertise that define data needs, project requirements, and required outputs.
- Represent the Office of GIS and the Commission at meetings and public forums as required.
- Will help coordinate the implementation of projects, objectives, policies and procedures for the production and maintenance of geospatial application development related projects.
- Design and edit custom queries, scripts and other methods to meet customer needs.
- Proactively identify application inefficiencies and propose solutions.
- Perform other duties as required.
Qualifications
- Proven experience with ESRI ArcGIS software.
- Demonstrated ability to apply analytical methods and sound judgment to solve problems.
- Considerable knowledge of cartographic principles.
- Experience developing web mapping applications using ArcGIS Server, Leaflet, Google Maps API, CartoDB, and MapBox.
- Experience with web development client-side technologies such as HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, and JSON.
- Knowledge of programming and web development server-side technologies: Python, ASP.NET, PHP, and Ruby a plus.
- Experience with relational database principles including structured query language (SQL).
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with DVRPC staff and client groups.
- Oral and written communications skills that allow accurate translation of user requests into GIS products.
Minimum Experience & Training
THREE YEARS of professional Geographic Information Systems (GIS) or web application development experience; and graduation from a four year college/university, with major course work in GIS, geography, planning, computer science, information technology, or a related discipline. A Master’s degree can be substituted for one year of experience.
Salary Range:
Mid to High 40,000s (position level & salary commensurate with education & experience)
To Apply: Submit a cover letter and resume to resumes@dvrpc.org