GIS Specialist 4 - Woodbury - CDM Smith

Description

The successful candidate will have to be onsite at JFK Airport in New York. Under light supervision, they review data sources, support GIS data development activities, and recommend approaches for geodatabase design, data development, quality control, and data delivery – for project activities of basic to moderate complexity. They conduct GIS analysis to support clients and projects. This may include the generation of geospatial statistics, 3D and spatial analysis, and temporal analysis within a standard GIS software environment. Under light supervision, they lead technical aspects of GIS needs assessments and/or other GIS consulting activities such as strategic plans, upgrade evaluations, etc. They lead group and individual discussions with clients to gather data. They evaluate requirements and develop conceptual designs for systems and applications that will address requirements. They support application development activities through completion of requirements analysis, application specification and conceptual designs, and basic application configuration using industry standard GIS-based environments. These could include web, mobile, and dashboard applications. They develop designs that can be reused for other projects. They support end-user testing. Under limited supervision, they conceptualize and design databases of basic to high complexity including designs that incorporate spatial data and integrate with 3rd party applications. They support the development of GIS-based system architecture plans including development of recommendations for GIS, hardware, software, geodatabase design, and enterprise geodatabase implementation. They provide technical guidance and training to more junior staff. They review the work of more junior staff. They provide proposal development support including graphics development and basic scope development. May attend conferences, symposia, etc. to improve the visibility of the firm's products and services in collaboration with applicable sales staff. They perform other duties as required. They contribute to firm's TKM by assisting in the development of white papers and technical design documentation of new or special case designs, studies, etc. Submits technical papers and designs for publishing to technical journals with approval and review.