Geographic Information Systems Technician

https://www.cowcreek-nsn.gov/ POSITION PURPOSE: Reporting to the GIS Program Manager, the GIS Technician will support the ongoing maintenance and dissemination of data and applications in the GIS environment. Reporting to the Program Manager, the GIS Technician will work with various Tribal departments and programs to ensure that their needs for GIS Information are met on a day-to-day basis. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: • Plan, coordinate, and execute successful UAV missions to capture images and videos of desired locations for Tribal departments. • Responsible for researching flight restrictions to ensure drone flights comply with FAA rule • Create maps and conduct simple analyses to support the needs of Tribal departments • Create and update online field maps used for data collection in remote areas • Responsible for monitoring, editing, transforming, and reclassifying data collected by field workers into appropriate databases and assist in collecting field data as needed • Coordination of equipment check out by field staff • Create and document procedures and metadata definitions • Fulfill staff needs of large printing requests by managing plotter/scanner QUALIFICATIONS: • Minimum two-year College Diploma in Geographic Information Systems, Geography, Planning, Natural Sciences, Computer Science, or related field. • FAA Part 107 License, or ability to obtain • Experience operating UAV for the use of photography and collecting aerial images • 2-3 years of experience and knowledge with GIS databases and editing using ESRI ArcGIS Pro Software and/or other computer-related software; • 2-3 years of experience in developing paper and web cartographic products using ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online (AGOL).