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Review Vacancy

Date Posted 04/14/17

Applications Due05/05/17

Vacancy ID38353

AgencyParks, Recreation & Historic Preservation, Office of

TitleGIS Database Specialist

Occupational CategoryI.T. Engineering, Sciences

Salary GradeHourly

Bargaining UnitPS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)

Salary RangeFrom $20.91 to $20.91 Hourly

Employment Type Full-Time

Appointment Type Temporary

Jurisdictional Class Labor Class

Travel Percentage 0%

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 37.5

Workday

From 9 AM

To 5 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? No

County Albany

Street Address 625 Broadway

City Albany

StateNY

Zip Code12238

Minimum Qualifications 1 – 3 years of demonstrated experience in geographic information systems. Knowledge of GIS database management.
Bachelor’s degree (BS or BA) in geography, GIS, forestry, environmental science or a closely related field. GIS certificate or GISP preferred but not required.
Experience with ESRI software suite including scripting.

Duties Description The NYS OPRHP GIS Bureau is seeking a qualified candidate to improve and maintain the existing GIS database of State Park data and to provide recommendations for and implement a database improvement and organization plan. Preferred candidate will experience writing and implementing Python scripting in ESRI’s software.

The GIS Bureau for NYS OPRHP maintains park boundary, infrastructure, utility and transportation (including trails) data relating to NYS Park properties. This data has been collected over several years and is in different formats and relative quality. A consistent data storage structure and database format needs to be developed and implemented. Implementing this structure will involve editing and cleaning up data for over 200 park facilities. This process, once developed, will need to be scripted for ease of implementation.
Qualified candidate will be able to write, test and implement python (or other preferred language) scripts to automate the process.
Additional duties may include updating existing data to meet current standards, creating metadata for select data sets and documenting workflow to do such tasks. Other tasks may include cartographic map production and providing training and technical support to agency staff.

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Name Christina Croll

Telephone (518) 473-7787

Fax

Email Address Christina.croll@its.ny.gov

Address

Street 625 Broadway

City Albany

State NY

Zip Code 12238

 

Notes on ApplyingInterested individuals should send a cover letter and resume by May 5, 2017 to:
Christina Croll
NYS OPRHP
GIS Bureau
625 Broadway
Albany, NY 12238
(518)473-7787
Christina.croll@its.ny.gov

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