GIS Analyst - Research Analysis Spec Sr

• Job
• Full/Part Time:
  Full-Time
• Regular/Temporary:
  Unlimited
• Who May Apply:
  Open to all qualified job seekers
• Date Posted: 10/01/2026
• Closing Date: 10/21/2026
• Hiring Agency/Seniority Unit:
  Department of Natural Resources
• Division/Unit:
  Lands and Minerals
• Work Shift/
  
  Work Hours:
  
  Day Shift
• Days of Work:
  Monday
  - Friday
• Travel Required:
  
  Yes - occasionally
• Salary Range: $32.97 - $48.60 / hourly; $68,841 - $101,477 / annually
• Job Class Option:
  Geographic Info Systems
• Classified Status:
  Classified
• Bargaining Unit/Union: 214 - MN Assoc of Professional Empl/MAPE
• FLSA Status:
  Exempt
  - Administrative
• Designated in Connect 700 Program for Applicants with Disabilities:
  Yes

At the State of Minnesota, employees play a critical role in developing policies, providing essential services, and working to improve the well-being and quality of life for all Minnesotans. The State of Minnesota is committed to equity and inclusion, and invests in employees by providing benefits, support resources, and training and development opportunities.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is seeking to fill one full-time GIS Analyst / Research Analysis Specialist Senior position in Hibbing MN. This position will develop and maintain a GIS database to track mineral ownership that has gone tax forfeit and is now owned by the counties; this will involve developing a system to accurately and quickly spatially access scanned data and files necessary to perform mineral valuations for the Department’s Mineral Valuation Program and to create digital maps for the communication of complex information regarding minerals and mineral management in plain language to be presented to DNR management up to the Director level for presentations and decision making.

As well as creating DNR web pages, presentations, posters, and other digital products.

• Utilize expertise in GIS software to develop, build, and maintain a system to organize, store, and easily access scanned historic documents utilizing the spatial capabilities of the GIS software.
• Build a GIS dataset that tracks and displays the tax- forfeit parcels from all the counties in the state of Minnesota in order to better track and display the minerals that the DNR manages.
• Apply digital cartographic expertise to answer queries.
• Perform statistical and spatial analysis on any data, such as state-owned mineral rights, exploration drilling or other mineral activity applying digital cartographic expertise to answer queries.
• Search for trends over time in statewide spatial data that may explain certain queries or that may suggest future outcomes.
• Create communications maps, posters, presentations, and DNR web pages to present complex datasets of visual information.
• Provide GIS, geodatabase, statistical, and digital cartographic expertise to a varied team of professionals that are creating data and maps for ferrous, nonferrous, and aggregate on state mineral ownership.

• A bachelor's degree Cartography, GIS, or Statistical analysis or similar field.
• Three (3) years of professional experience in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Adobe Pro, and geospatial analysis. A master's degree in Cartography, GIS, or Statistical analysis or similar field may substitute for one (1) year of experience.
• Experience with database management systems, such as Microsoft Access and Excel.
• Experience with statistical analysis and cartographic packages.
• Experience with planning and design of databases that best accommodate expression of data via appropriate computer-generated graphics and figures.
• Knowledge of Arc Pad, ArcGIS applications including Pro and Enterprise, Survey 123, geodatabases, and GIS software.
• Knowledge of cartographic procedures, design, concepts and standards with experience in developing multicolor maps.
• Communication and organization skills sufficient to produce timely and understandable technical reports and analyses.
• Skills in transforming complex technical language information into plain language sufficient for presentation to the public.
• Ability to use advanced statistical tools to conduct qualitative and quantitative analysis.
• Ability to make major decisions affecting the overall direction of work, relating to GIS design, development and maintenance of spatial and tabular data.

• Master's degree or higher in cartography, GIS, or statistical…