Position will be open until filled.

We are currently seeking:

A GIS coordinator to join our team. In this role, you will assist the GIS division to help coordinate the development of the City Geographic Information System (GIS) and databases; promote the GIS program, identify priorities, coordinate development activities with other agencies and City departments, and assure the program achieves strategic goals.

Your responsibilities will include:

1. Assisting the GIS manager in the exercise of his/her responsibilities.
2. Assisting in the design, development (implementation), operation, and maintenance of the organization's geographic information system, web servers, application servers, relational database servers, file server, license management, and City business systems.
3. Assisting in the City's geographic information system server administration, including coordination, design, installs, configuration, security, and troubleshooting.
4. Assisting in City's geographic information system database administration, including coordination, interoperability, design, security, backups and linkages to other City business process databases.
5. Coordinating the development, implementation, and maintenance of GIS technical standards, system server design, and database development activities with the requirements of the City's IT department.
6. Coordinating and consulting with users, departments, management, vendors, and other GIS staff to determine needs, understand business processes, develop project objectives, and ensure that it meet system requirements; Coordinates GIS activities with the other facets of the organization's work and recommend corrective actions if necessary.
7. Coordinating workflows with other departments to exchange, share and integrate digital data.
8. Developing organizational GIS applications to assist product end users with the decision-making process, satisfy specific user needs in the organization, and support City goals; Coordinate, design, install, test, and develop SOP's for organizational applications.
9. Coordinating data management, including input, collection, prioritizing, data structure, coordination, and updates of organizational spatial databases into City's geographic information system.
10. Developing and managing organizational quality control procedures for data implemented into City's GIS from various sources.
11. Assisting in guiding policy making and reviewing GIS plans regarding organizational GIS matters.
12. Assisting in preparing, monitoring, adjusting and approving GIS division budgets.
13. RFP and contract development, and hardware and software acquisition.
14. Serving as subject matter expert on the GIS program; providing leadership in the deployment of GIS technology; identifying and researching technical issues and recommends solutions.
15. Providing support for GIS data conversion, systems integration, system's and application's development, and implementation.
16. Providing organizational technical support and training for users of GIS products.

The above duties are not intended to serve as a comprehensive list of all duties performed by all employees in this classification, only a representative summary of the primary duties and responsibilities. Incumbent(s) may not be required to perform all duties listed and may be required to perform additional, position-specific duties.

Requirements and Skills:

• Analyzing technical issues and implementing solutions to technical problems.
• Using GIS - ESRI software suite programs, procedures, and application programming languages.
• Utilizing computer technology to plan, organize and conduct research studies.
• Reading, understanding, developing, manipulating, and analyzing geographic information in a variety of data formats and projections.
• Understanding and working with data from multiple public and private sources;
• Compilation, analysis, and presentation of technical and statistical information in reports and maps.
• Performing accurate data entry and mathematical calculations.
• Maintaining complex technical records and files.
• Operating a personal computer utilizing specialized GIS software and file management procedures.
• Following verbal and written instructions.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Education and Experience:

Bachelor's Degree in MIS, Engineering, Computer Science, or a closely related field; AND four year's experience developing a GIS program, information systems or technical experience in computers; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Required Licenses or Certifications:

• Must possess a valid Texas Driver's License.
• Applicants with an out-of-state driver license must provide an original certified driving record from the state of driving licensure.

Physical Demands / Work Environment:

• Work is performed in a standard office environment.

Job postings may be withdrawn at any time at direction of the City Manager.