The County of Santa Clara Department of Planning and Development is currently recruiting for a Senior GIS Analyst. Under supervision, the Sr. GIS Analyst will provide spatial analysis, reporting, mapping, mapping application, and technical support; maintain and update the database using GIS and related software packages; prepare and develop data for distribution to county departments, the public, local, state, and federal agencies; provide spatial analytics for customers' needs; and create and integrate GIS applications for broader use of GIS.

Typical Tasks

• Leads the Enterprise GIS system architecture design and implementation plan;
• Works with management to understand business issues and their environment (includes external County partners, NGO's and affiliated governmental entities);
• Analyzes, proposes and maintains design of the GIS database and fileshares;
• Establishes standards for GIS data maintenance operation, GIS applications, maps, and other GIS products based on the research on best practices and own experiences particular to the organization;
• Performs advanced database design, development, administration and maintenance to ensure the integrity, completeness, and accuracy and accessibility of data layers for multiple users in a variety of environments; design and implements enhancements to databases to incorporate new data sets;
• Develops, monitors and coordinates project activities, such as scheduling tracking and reporting and assesses the impact of planned changes;
• Designs and implements GIS system architecture; plans and executes the system upgrades and maintains GIS systems and authorization levels;
• Leads the development of complex application programming to create solutions using GIS technology for business customers;
• Provides technical GIS leadership, coaching/mentoring to team members;
• Develop, program, test, install, and maintain custom GIS applications, scripts, and tools to automate processes;
• Working closely with DBA team, administer and optimize a variety of departmental and multi-agency data sets; establish security protocols and privileges;
• Designs GIS integrated business solutions and geospatial solutions, including geodatabase design, business workflow programming, and web applications and mapping;
• May lead GIS staff;
• Prepares detailed technical specifications from which programs will be written;
• Writes complex scripts and queries to identify database discrepancies, automate corrections, and automate updates;
• Compiles, integrates and analyzes data from a variety of sources, including aerial photography, terrain, topographic, hydrologic, and time-sequenced event data, in order to provide a concise visual representation of complex idea;
• Reviews existing and incoming data from outside agencies (Federal, State, local) for currency, accuracy, quality, documentation and consistency with central GIS database standards;
• Creates geodatabases, instances, tables, layers, and feature classes;
• Works with Business Analysts and customers to understand reporting requirements and to determine and analyze business processes;
• Codes, documents, and maintain GIS integrated business software and GIS application software;
• Codes, edits, installs, and verifies programs for accessing, maintaining, linking and populating databases;
• Creates new layers and maintains existing layers for the GIS database, performs quality control on the layers and maintains metadata for the layers in the GIS database;
• Develops test plans for new application functionality;
• Produces cartographic products for reports, meetings and presentations;
• Provide GIS guidance and training to lower level staff;
• Performs user training on GIS integrated business solutions and GIS applications and tools;
• Diagrams information flow, showing source and distribution of all segments, processing elements and channels;
• Performs complex spatial analyses including spatial statistics and building models for automation;
• Digitizes drawings and inputs them to the GIS database, following a standard procedure;
• Generates custom maps to meet specific customer requirements; researches and responds to customer requests for information;
• Generates production and quality reports as required;
• Analyzes and evaluates geo-spatial data and ensures GIS data is accurate and reliable;
• Participates in the auditing of data;
• May be assigned as a Disaster Service Worker, as required;
• Performs other related duties, as required.