POSITION: Senior Geographic Information System (GIS) Specialist
LOCATION: Facilities Systems Branch (FSB), Marine Corps Information Technology Center (MCITC) – Kansas City   2306 East Bannister Road, Kansas City, Missouri 64131
STATUS: Contingent on Contract Award
CLEARANCE: Active Secret Clearance Required

Position Summary:
The FSB Database Engineer is responsible for the design, build, automation, support, security, management, and optimization of GIS systems, such as such as ESRI ArcGIS Software Suites, ESRI Portal for ArcGIS, and supporting software.

Responsibilities:
Maintain up-to-date knowledge of current and emerging technologies and technical strategy, and advise the business where improvements are deemed necessary.
Design verification procedures to ensure reliability of newly installed or upgraded systems.
Research, guide, and perform implementation of best practices for systems over which this position has been designated lead.
Manage internal projects of new implementation and software system upgrades.
Document and provide training for Junior and Mid-level team members for new and existing solutions.
Mentor Junior and Mid-level team members to ensure skills transfer for systems under this position’s oversight.
Provide reporting for systems over which this position has been designated lead.
Serve as final tier of internal support escalation for FSB hosted GIS Systems.
Ensure geospatial data meets business area requirements.
Identify datasets to be collected to support business processes.
Ensure GIS data meets industry standards and follows best practices.
Coordinate IGI&S related contract and data acquisition efforts with the IGI&S Manager.
Establish standards, review, and validate all relevant GIS metadata, including the abstract and attribution.
Act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in all matters regarding the GIS applications hosted or supported by FSB. 
Capable of architecting and designing the system architecture for GIS applications hosted or supported by FSB. 
Software and systems support in analyzing, troubleshooting, testing and making recommendations related to systems environment.
Provide for Incident Response and Problem Management including root cause of system problems, such as configuration issues resulting in operational performance degradation or system outages, supporting the local manager with information and advice on the necessary corrective actions and/or interim workarounds.

Experience:

·      At the GIS Specialist level, required experience for the requisite GIS Systems and/or associated software are:

o  ESRI ArcGIS

  • 5+ Years’ Experience Utilizing or Supporting ESRI ArcGIS

o  ESRI Portal for ArcGIS

  • 3+ Years’ Experience Utilizing or Supporting ESRI Portal for ArcGIS

o  Operating Systems (Windows Server)

  • 2+ Years’ Experience Supporting or Administering ESRI Software on a Windows Server Platform

o  Internet Information Services (IIS)

  • 2+ Years’ Experience Supporting or Administering ESRI Portal for ArcGIS on IIS

o  Citrix XenDesktop

  • 2+ Years’ Experience Supporting or Administering Supporting ESRI ArcGIS in a Citrix Environment

Education, Experience, and Licensing Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree in geography, planning, computer science, or related field plus (12) years of experience.
• Three years of experience in the use of ArcGIS Desktop and its related extensions and relational databases. 
• Demonstrated experience designing custom applications with relevant programming languages. 
• Proficient use of Microsoft Office Professional (Excel, and Access), Microsoft Windows, Internet,   and computer networks. 
• One year of project management experience with budget responsibilities must be included in the three years of experience.
•  DoD Secret Clearance
•  US Citizenship

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Cask is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with a disability.
 
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