GIS Analyst

Base pay range: $28.00/hr - $36.00/hr

Position Title: GIS Analyst

Type: Permanent Full-time

Classification: Technical

Under the general direction of the Coeur d’Alene Tribe’s GIS Manager and the Senior GIS Analyst/GIS System Manager, performs advanced professional technical work for the acquisition, analysis and maintenance of complex digital geospatial data. Work requires independent judgment in managing multiple priorities and in coordinating work activities to meet established schedules and goals. Duties include specific tasks within seven areas of responsibility.

• Coordinates technical GIS projects to achieve desired goals with available resources, plans and organizes individual work, reports on progress, makes recommendations and implements changes as needed
• Assists in definition and procurement of new data
• Performs sophisticated raster and vector-based GIS analysis and classification as needed
• Produces sophisticated maps, reports, imagery and related GIS products and services as needed
• Designs and develops project specific GIS applications or processes requiring programming and or customization of GIS applications
• Designs, implements, and documents quality control measures for special projects, products, and services
• Provides technical assistance to other GIS Analysts and Technicians, and to other departments’ GIS users, departmental managers and administrators related to their projects
• Develops, conducts and coordinates specialized GIS training sessions for GIS staff and other Tribal GIS users, and presents at GIS workshops
• Evaluates new GIS technologies products and services
• Assists the Senior GIS Analyst in managing the Tribe’s Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Program
  • Assists in managing the Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS’s, aka UAV’s, “drones”) and ancillary hardware, and software used in flight programming and data collection
  • Assists in planning aerial imagery acquisition schedule for Tribal lands to be monitored by the UAS’s
  • Using the appropriate software, creates flight missions for both the fix-wing and rotary based autopilots
  • Safely conducts UAS flights in the field on Tribal lands within the Coeur d’Alene Reservation in compliance with Tribal rules and the FAA regulations
  • Downloads collected imagery from the UAS cameras, geotags and processes into usable raster layers
  • Assists in managing the UAS imagery library
• Assists the GIS Manager and Senior GIS Analyst with recommendations for GIS products and services and preparation of GIS budget
• Attends project demonstrations, seminars, workshops and other professional opportunities to maintain the necessary level of GIS expertise
• Grant acquisition and management
• Reports directly to the Tribe’s GIS Manager and the Senior GIS Analyst/GIS System Manager
• Other duties as assigned

• Bachelor’s degree in GIS or a related field from an accredited college or university, plus at least four years experience in GIS and enterprise database management, preferably in a governmental setting. Combined educational and professional background should involve at least four years of increasingly responsible experience in GIS and enterprise database management, or any combination of experience and education that would likely provide the required knowledge
• Knowledge of SQL Server RDBMS as it applies to Enterprise GIS implementations
• Knowledge of ArcGIS data models (including ESRI Geodatabases, shape files, raster, etc)
• Knowledge of ERSI software programming languages, including , SQL, Python, HTML and Java Script
• Experience with Intel-based computing hardware and TCP/IP networking, and peripheral devices such as large format plotters used in GIS applications
• Extensive knowledge of ESRI’s GIS software products including ArcGIS Enterprise/AGOL, ArcGIS Desktop (Arc Map, Arc Catalog, ArcGIS Pro) and associated Extensions
• Knowledge of ESRI web/mobile applications: including Instant Maps, Experience Builder, Dashboard, Field Maps, and Survey 123
• Knowledge of raster compression and data storage software and methods
• Skilled in the use of the Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook)
• Knowledge of the principles and…