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GIS Specialist (mid-level) (CDM)

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Summary

Updated:

April 30, 2008

Duration:

Full Time

 

Address:

Dublin,

Country:

Ireland

  

Contact Name:

Robert Sherman

Contact Email:

shermanrd@cdm.com

Web:

www.cdm.com

 

Primary Phone:

672-1000-0000

Job Description

• Leading small to medium (i.e. < $50,000) GIS needs assessments or other GIS consulting activities such as strategic plans, upgrade evaluations, etc.
• Leading group and individual discussions with clients to gather data
• Evaluating requirements and developing conceptual designs for systems and applications that will address requirements
• Substantially supporting business process modeling efforts
• Developing hardware/software recommendations and specifications
• Possibly assisting with the development of hardware and/or software testing algorithms, and performing testing
• Conceptualizing and designing moderately to very complex databases of, including designs that incorporate spatial data
• Reviewing data sources for moderately to very complex project activities and recommending approaches for data conversion, migration/manipulation, quality control, quality assurance, etc. (for review by others)
• Developing conceptual designs for applications or performing coding for portions of applications, or for simple applications in their entirety
• Possibly duplicating and modifying existing applications for new clients, particularly browser-based applications
• Possibly developing application testing plans and testing applications
• Supporting end users for specific applications
• Training CDM staff and clients, in one-on-one or group situations
• Managing projects up to $250K, with a total management load of about $250K in revenue annually
• Contributing to monthly workloads process for their projects
• Identifying and tracking follow-on work opportunities through leads tracking process
• On production manager track, overseeing the work of 3 to 7 interns and/or junior GIS staff
• Fielding GIS support requests and directing appropriate work to production staff, handling higher level requests personally, and/or shipping to other production centers
• Contributing monthly to workloads process
• On business development track, assisting with proposals and participating in interviews
• Possibly leading small proposal efforts (

Job Requirements

• B.S./B.A. or M.S./M.A. in computer science, geography, geology, engineering, planning, mathematics, government, or a related field
• Four years’ experience applying GIS technology with B.S., or 3 years’ with M.S.
• Familiarity with most or all of the following tools: Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, UML Tools, ArcInfo 9.x, ArcEditor 9.x, ArcView 9.x, ArcGIS Extensions, Model Builder, ArcIMS, ArcGIS Server, ArcSDE, ArcPad, GPS Unit, Internet Explorer, VBA for ArcGIS, ArcIMS, Autodesk MapGuide, Avenue, Visual Stuido 2005, VM Ware.
• Competence in HTML, Javascript, Visual Basic/VBA programming
• Strict attention to detail where errors are not easily corrected Excellent time management skills

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