GIS Analyst

1 week ago

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada City of Vancouver Full time

Main Purpose and Function

The GIS Analyst is responsible for investigating, analyzing, and developing GIS solutions. They may be involved in all stages of the logical, conceptual, and physical design, testing, and implementation and support of the final product. The GIS Analyst is required to perform advanced spatial data analysis using standard industry tools to generate statistics, metrics, and visual output to drive strategic and operational decisions.

Key Responsibilities

  • Elicit and analyze business requirements working closely with clients and stakeholders.
  • Evaluate existing and proposed business processes and systems to drive design and development of enhancements and new GIS solutions of varying complexity.
  • Configure out-of-the-box and develop custom GIS solutions leveraging the City's ESRI platform.
  • Facilitate discussions with GIS users in City departments to identify challenges and develop procedures and standards to address the same.
  • Develop and implement strategies for encouraging data governance best practices and adoption of standards leveraging change management techniques.
  • Serve as a technical and educational resource around GIS solution products, data visualization, and GIS analysis, geospatial data creation and management.
  • Provide technical assistance as required as part of the GIS hybrid support team to deliver on agreed priorities.
  • Plan, document, and execute GIS solution implementation, including rollback strategies, coordinating activities with other Technology Services teams and clients, following best practices for project management, application deployment, and communication.
  • Estimate time and cost of research, analysis, and development activities and report progress against estimates to management, project managers, and team members.
  • Prepare and maintain detailed user and operations documentation to ensure service levels can be measured and achieved, and to meet audit requirements for safeguarding software, data, and business continuity.
  • Prepare test data, test scripts, and test environments, conduct testing (logic, usability, integration, security, and acceptance), debug programs, and support user acceptance testing as part of the GIS hybrid support team.
  • Stay current with developments in GIS, spatial analysis, programming languages, data modeling, integration tools, database technologies, and data visualization tools, techniques, and best design practices.
  • Ensure cybersecurity and privacy compliance requirements are met.
  • Other duties and responsibilities, as assigned.

Qualifications

Education and Experience:

  • Completion of a university degree or college diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology, or GIS.
  • 3 years of experience (preferably in a municipal environment) with implementation and maintenance of ESRI GIS solutions leveraging ArcGIS Enterprise platform and ArcGIS Pro.
  • 3 years of experience with SQL, Python, and FME scripting.
  • 3 years of experience with user engagement, requirements gathering, and change management.
  • Completion of GIS professional designation or ESRI certification is an asset.
  • An equivalent combination of training and experience.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

  • Excellent oral, written, and presentation skills with the ability to communicate complex ideas to all levels of the organization.
  • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships both internally and externally with technical and non-technical staff.
  • Advanced skills in ESRI ArcGIS Pro, including extensions such as Spatial or Network Analyst.
  • Advanced skills configuring web-based GIS solutions using Story Maps, Experience Builder, and Dashboards in ArcGIS Enterprise and ArcGIS Online environments.
  • Experience configuring mobile GIS data collection tools, including Field Maps, Survey123, and Workforce.
  • Strong skills with ESRI geodatabases, geodatabase modeling, and data warehouses.
  • Strong SQL skills in a Microsoft SQL Server environment.
  • Strong knowledge of ArcGIS Python API, Jupyter Notebooks, and Safe Software FME.
  • Ability to strategically answer complex business questions through data analysis, scenario modeling, data visualizations, and creative thinking.
  • Ability to leverage strong analytical, technical, and troubleshooting skills to solve complex problems and perform root cause analysis.
  • Ability to analyze and synthesize data from multiple data sources and formats.
  • Ability to customize GIS applications leveraging the ESRI platform when an out-of-the-box solution does not meet all business requirements.
  • Experience managing GIS projects using standard project management methodologies, including Agile, Kanban, and waterfall.
  • Working knowledge of source control tools.
  • Experience with GIS in a municipal environment and understanding of its relationship with other business systems.
  • Experience developing solutions with ArcGIS REST APIs,.Net, C#, JavaScript, and HTML.
  • Some knowledge of user experience, design, and accessibility principles.
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, Visio, and Project.
  • Experience with ITIL enterprise service management, preferably with ServiceNow.
  • Familiarity with CAD, BIM, Power BI, imagery analysis, machine learning, and data science.
  • Ability to handle business-critical and sensitive information.
  • Demonstrated ability to work under pressure, manage multiple projects, changing priorities, and respond to requests in a timely manner.
  • Demonstrated ability to work both independently and as a member of a team.
  • Naturally curious and actively seeks opportunities for continuous improvement.

Flexible Work Program

Where operationally appropriate and subject to change, the City of Vancouver has a Flexible Work Program. This program allows staff to work remotely 1 – 4 days a week from locations that are a daily commutable distance from their work at a City worksite. At this time, this position is eligible to be part of the Flexible Work Program.

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