GIS Consultant

Job Description

Job Title: GIS Consultant

Location: Washington, DC

Contract Length: 6 months +

Responsibilities:

• The position’s essential duties include the following:

• Serve as technical team lead in the development of GIS System, providing mentoring, guidance and troubleshooting to analysis team members in solving complex reporting and analytical problems

• Build and implement web mapping applications using technologies such as: Boundless Suite, CARTO, MapBox, Google Maps API, Leaflet, etc.

• Utilize Open Geo suite of software applications with relational databases including PostGres and Vertica.

• Install/configure various components of OpenGeo stack of products – GeoServer, OpenLayers, PostGIS, QGIS

• Complete documentation of datasets and processes.

• Ability to overlay maps with different layers

• Coordination of some short- and long-term enterprise GIS projects

• Provide geospatial support to internal and external teams with data development, data scrubbing and analysis, on-line and hardcopy map creation, setup of ETL processes, training, and setup of field data collection apps.

• Create and maintain web map applications published, analyze and prepare statistics on spatial and non-spatial data within relational databases.

• Prepare and execute workflows and geoprocessing models using Python.

• Prepare and execute queries in spatial and non-spatial databases using SQL.

• Develop and maintain geospatial datasets including those stored in relational databases.

• Conduct end user training on GIS system

TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE:

Type of Experience Years of Experience

• Knowledge of Relational Databases 7 years

• Requirements Gathering 7 years

• SQL Programming 7 years

• Java/J2EE 7 years

• Geo Server 5 years

• Carto 5 years

• MapBox 5 years

• Leaflet 5 years

• Google Map API 5 years

• Open Layers 5 years

• Post GIS 5 years

• QGIS 5 years

• Geo Node 4 years

• CSS/HTML 7 years

• Java scripting 7 years

• Python scripting 5 years

• Pentaho PDI/ Kettle 5 years

• ETL using open data tools 4 years

• Configuring web map services for data dissemination 4 years

NOTE: In addition, please list any desired experience.

• POST GIS

• SQL Server

• Pentaho PDI / Kettle

• REST API

• Web Mapping Services /Web Feature Service

• Boundless Open Geo Suite

• Vertica

• Creating visual displays for data analysis and presentation

• Prefer experience with State, Federal & local government agencies.

• Expertise working with Census, ACS data sets.

SPECIAL SKILLS:

• Ability to Install, configure Boundless Open Geo Stack of products.

• Ability to create Maps using QGIS and publishing it on GeoServer

• Ability to translate logical models into physical implementation.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are an absolute must.

• Ability to work well under pressure and work on multiple tasks simultaneously.

• Outstanding analytic skills—in particular, an ability to translate an unstructured strategic question into a structured program of research, to disaggregate potential drivers of performance, to explore relationships between multiple pieces of data, and to test and identify the drivers underlying performance measures

• Outstanding ability to synthesize research results into actionable strategies and recommendations

• Advanced verbal and written communication skills and the ability to present effectively to small and large groups.

• Energetic, organized, detail-oriented

• Consistent ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment

• Must be strong self-starter able to work independently under limited supervision

• Ability to build consensus and to work through others in achieving desired results and objectives.

• Consistent ability to set and deliver against a work plan in a fast-paced environment

• Ability to foster a cooperative work environment and to freely give and receive feedback

• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of constituencies in a diverse community.

• Ability to lift 15 – 25 pounds

• General computer and presentation skills

• Customer and results oriented

Qualifications

Additional Information

If you are interested in above position, please share your updated resume to gmahesh(at)usmsystems(dot)com or can directly call me on 703-880-4184.