Gis Technician

2 weeks ago

Toronto, Canada MapYourProperty Full time

**GIS Technician**

**Employee Status**:Full-time, Permanent

**Why MapYourProperty?**

MapYourProperty has a big goal - we’re out to change the way professionals in the real estate business find and assess development opportunities. Our mission is to turn a dinosaur industry on its head with a cutting-edge cloud platform and we’re off to a great start. MapYourProperty, in collaboration with a consortium of NGOs, has recently been approved to build an end to end intelligence platform to inform the affordable housing sector in an attempt to address the housing crisis in Canada. The final platform will empower users to make better, faster decisions about affordable housing development.

Our focus is to expand our data coverage geographically, approaching new regions throughout Canada with innovative techniques in geospatial data mining and manipulation. We are looking to hire GIS Technicians with a strong interest in geospatial data creation and a passion for real estate, urban planning and housing. MYP is backed by Techstars, the largest seed VC in the United States and Colliers International, the largest commercial brokerage in the world. The firm services the top 5 residential developers, real estate brokerages, and municipal law firms in the Greater Toronto Area.

The GIS Technician will be working with the data team to assist with our rapid expansion into multiple Canadian markets over the next year. This includes acquiring data from each region or local municipality, conducting raster and vector manipulation, and geospatial analysis on a North American scale. This role is currently remote, with weekly or bi-weekly meetings in Toronto.

**Responsibilities**
- Edit and manipulate data using Adobe Suite (Illustrator), ArcGIS Pro, and QGIS
- Utilize open data and in-house data extraction techniques to manipulate geospatial data and produce high quality cartographic maps
- Working with other team members to update and edit existing data or create new datasets in a collaborative environment
- GIS data creation, maintenance and QA as it is related to platform development
- Data storage and management - following best practices, incumbent will extract, maintain and load data from desktop to cloud environments
- Knowledge of SQL and Python is considered an asset

**Qualifications**
- College or university degree in related discipline, minimum 3 year college graduate diploma/degree or other equivalent
- Recent graduate or a preferred minimum of 1-2 year experience using ESRI and Adobe software in a professional or workplace environment
- Proficiency in ArcGIS Pro, QGIS, Adobe Illustrator is required
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Excel is required
- Must be able to work collaboratively and with other team members
- Being organized & following data management practices is a necessity
- Strong written and verbal communication skills are required
- Previous experience in planning or policy mapping is considered an asset
- Experience with PostGIS/PostGreSQL and basic SQL is a nice to have
- Passionate about affordable housing and solving the housing crisis is an asset
- Strong interest in maps and geospatial data around real estate, urban planning, demographics, and affordable housing. Did we already mention maps, because we love maps
- At MapYourProperty, we don’t just accept differences - we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it. MapYourProperty is an equal opportunity employer. Employment at MapYourProperty is based solely on a person's merit and qualifications directly related to professional competence. MapYourProperty does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), or any other basis protected by law._

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Paid time off

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Toronto, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Education**:

- Bachelor's Degree (preferred)

**Experience**:

- GIS: 2 years (preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Toronto, ON

Application deadline: 2023-01-18

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