GIS ANALYST

GIS Analysts are responsible for designing, implementing, supporting and administering all aspects of a department’s and/or division’s enterprise geographic information system.

The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (NDCNR), protects, manages, and enhances the State’s resources to provide the highest quality of life for Nevada’s citizens and visitors. The NDCNR with over 900 employees consists of the Director’s Office and the following divisions and programs:
Environmental Protection, Forestry, State Lands, State Parks, Water Resources, Outdoor Recreation, Natural Heritage, State Historic Preservation Office, Off-Highway Vehicles, Sagebrush Ecosystem, and the Conservation Districts Program. The Department also provides support staff to the Nevada Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and has responsibility for numerous Boards, Commissions, and Councils. The Department has locations and/or provides program services in every community of the State.

The Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), Bureau of Information Technology Services (BITS), is seeking a GIS Analyst II to provide primary GIS support to the Nevada Division of Outdoor Recreation (NDOR). This position is part of the DCNR GIS Team and supports statewide outdoor recreation, trail planning, and public access to recreation information. Primary responsibilities include managing and improving statewide trail and outdoor recreation datasets;

supporting the Nevada Trail Finder website; creating maps, web maps, and GIS applications; conducting field data collection; and supporting public outreach and marketing efforts. The position will collaborate with NDOR staff and federal, state, local, nonprofit, and private partners to improve the accuracy, accessibility, and usability of recreation data. As a member of the DCNR GIS Team, the position will also contribute to department-wide GIS initiatives and provide GIS technical assistance, data services, and web mapping support to other DCNR divisions as needed.

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in geographic information systems, geography, cartography, computer information systems, or a closely related field and two years of professional GIS experience which included GIS/GPS data collection, analysis and validation; GIS software application development; and/or cartographic design; OR an Associate's degree from an accredited college or university in geographic information systems, geography, cartography, computer information systems, or a closely related field and three years of professional GIS experience as described above;

OR graduation from high school or equivalent education and four years of professional GIS experience as described above; OR one year of experience as a GIS Analyst I in Nevada State service; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience as described above.

• ArcGIS software experience is required

Develop and maintain the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) which may include any of the following: maintenance of the statewide road network, calibrated linear referencing methods and associated GIS data layers and/or maintenance of the enterprise GIS servers, databases, associated data layers, web maps and other GIS data products as needed; ensure agency business units’ ability to integrate and synchronize business data.

Plan, design, modify, implement and administer multiple spatial databases; develop and enforce administration procedures and security standards; facilitate and monitor multi-user versioned editing and viewing workflows; design, implement and monitor spatial database security, performance and availability; create database objects, user and roles; create and…